Being a Canadian Team in a mainly US dominate competition

Here we are sitting at 3 games to 2 games lead during a baseball competition that means that the winner will be names the World Series Champion. There have been times when I have been sitting here and thinking why are we considered the Canadian Team versus why we are just not another one of the teams competing for the World Series. It is so hard to be sitting and thinking that we are the only non-American team and why are we always referred to as the “Canadian Team”.

For someone that has been born and raised in Canada it can be extremely frustrating when we heard that baseball was founded in the US and no other team should be allowed to win the world series (I was told this by someone that I know). If the “World Series” was only allowed to be won by an American Team, it should be names the “United Stated Series” because that is entirely different than the “World Series”. We also must remember how many players are not American that are participating in the World Series because we have players both in Canada, United States and a lot of the other international countries so we have to respect that.

I have even heard people say that because baseball originated in the United States (it’s an American game), but I must correct the person because baseball evolved from the older bat-and-ball games already being played in England in the 18^th century. Baseball wasn’t founded in the United States it was imported into the United States, and we have to accept that.

This year we are seeing that the first NLB game was played in Japan, and the final game is going to be played in Canada. Sure, it might be the Los Angles Dodgers that was the team involved both of these games, but we have to respect that the first and final games were played outside of the United States, so the World Series is really a World Series this year.

I am not writing this after game 6 or 7 because I want to be totally neutral because right now we don’t know who is going to win the World Series, but I want to ensure that we are getting credit for being part of the final series of the season and yes we are a Canadian Team, and the only Canadian Team. We are going see what happens in the next couple of days and I am going to be happy to say that the Toronto Blue Jays, win or lose, have really shown we are as good as any American team.

I must say that I am extremely proud to say that I am cheering for the Canadian Team (the Toronto Blue Jays) and I would really welcome the World Series Title and Trophy back here in Canada after 32 years.

 

 

 

My favourite sport

For me, I think I have two sports that are my favourite and that is because I can watch them at different times of the year. The two sports are baseball and hockey, but I don't play either of them but I do enjoy watching them.

Hockey would be the first sport that I remember watching because my mom was a very big hockey fan. Hockey was on the television on Wednesday and Saturday evenings in our house when I was growing up. Of course, we didn't have all the channels that are now available so you got to watch the broadcasts that were available and that meant hockey basically two nights a week. Growing up, I also got to like some players and what makes a lot of people laugh is when I say that I had a blue and white room when I was a kid with a giant maple leaf painted on one way of my room. I was a Toronto Maple Leaf fan growing up but it was because of Dave Keon and also that was the team that was on most of the time in our house based on the broadcasts. I also got a Leaf jersey when I was 9 so I wasn't complaining about that either. Yes, I was a girl that loved hockey and went to hockey games from a very early age. Now instead of saying I am a Leaf fan, I say I am a hockey fan because there are a lot of players that I like so I don't cheer for one team. Also with the new channels we get, it means that there are a lot more teams that we can watch on a weekly basis.

My other favourite sport is baseball and that is since I was a teenager when Toronto finally got it's own baseball team. I loved being able to go down and watch some of the games and enjoyed going to both Exhibition Stadium to see some of the early games and then the Skydome/Rogers Centre later on to see games. I have to admit that I am still a Blue Jays fan and have never switched to another team which is something for me. I may like a player or two on different times but the Jays are still the team that I will cheer loudly for.

These are the two sports that I will watch all the time because they are the ones that I love and understand. The other things that I will watch are the Summer and Winter Olympics to see how Canada does during each of them. Now, the Winter Olympics are the ones that I watch a little closer and maybe that is because we are stuck inside a lot more when they are happening so they are a lot easier to watch.

Sports are something that I do enjoy watching and if I am watching them on television I am normally doing something else as well. Either one of these sports can be found on our television at home most of the time and you will see that I will probably be crafting while watching them. No, I don't play sports but at least I can enjoy watching them.