You can smell it in the air as you walk you through the
streets of downtown Toronto. You can feel it in your classrooms and offices.
The buzz of the Jays lurks into every second of your day, reminding you that
this just might be our time. I may just be a sports obsessed 18 year old girl,
but I know the magic of sports when I see it happening right in front of my
eyes.
It’s weird
to even think that for the first time in 22 years, the Toronto Blue Jays are
headed to the post-season. After countless seasons and empty promises from
management, telling us suffering Canadian baseball fans that it’ll be our turn
some day, it is hard to believe that it has finally come.
I’ve been a
baseball fan as far back as I can remember, and I have never been this excited
about a single team… ever. I’ve been ridiculed for being a Blue Jays fan just
about my entire life. I’ve heard things like “you should watch a real team like
the Yankees” or “the Jays are in the division of death in the AL east, they’ll
never be able to capture first place”. OH YA HATERS??? IS THAT SO????? THE LAST
TIME I CHECKED, THE JAYS LEAD THE AL EAST THIS SEASON, ABOVE THE YANKEES.
Ok, maybe I’m
getting a little carried away, but realistically how could you not? Right here
is where I would list off all of the superstars the jays have on their team,
but then I realized I would literally have to write everyone on the roster.
Collectively, over the course of this 2015 MLB season, I have watched the
Blue Jays grow as an organization, and bring happiness to Canadian baseball
fans everywhere.
Someone
pinch me, the jays are in the postseason, and we all know that they aren’t going
down without a fight.
Who knows, maybe in a month’s time we
could be talking about the World Series Champions, but for now let’s sit back
and watch October baseball. It’s been a long time coming, enjoy it while you
can sports fans.
