sigh..... "Who has better fans..."

[Parkdale]

sometimes BlogTO is great, and sometimes....

http://www.blogto.com/photo_of_the_day/2010/07/who_has_better_fans_the_blue_jays_or_tfc/

"Who has better fans, the blue jays of tfc?"

maybe one day people will realize that going to a Jays game and going to a TFC
game are very different things? Just like going to the Leafs is different from going
to the Argos. Sheesh. Slow news day over there? Any point in discussion?

[Fort York Redcoat]

Blue Jays have better boosters.:pbjtime:

We are better supporters.

:scarf:

Leave it.

[Parkdale]

those old ladies with the AM radios who fill out all the stats in the back of the programmes? Those ladies rock!

[Fort York Redcoat]

Ya make friends and maybe they share their baked goods they sneak in..:)

[Brooker]

if there's one thing I cant stand it's the "Who has better fans?" argument. Especially comparing Toronto teams to eachother. I like going to Blue Jays games... so am I a better fan at TFC games than I am at Bluejays games? How so?

[Parkdale]

I love baked good.

Seriously though, there was a jays game (boston in town) at the same time as the World Cup Final. who plans these things?

[Parkdale]

if there's one thing I cant stand it's the "Who has better fans?" argument.

yep.

like I said in my first post, they are different events. Must be slow in Toronto blog-land with the G20 news slowing down.

[Troll]

A fan is a 'fanatic', is it not?

So that 'lady who fills out the stats' who has season tickets and attends 82 games a year is not as big a fan as you.

Do you think you're better because you sing?

[Parkdale]

A fan is a 'fanatic', is it not?

So that 'lady who fills out the stats' who has season tickets and attends 82 games a year is not as big a fan as you.

Do you think you're better because you sing?

who are you talking to? no one in this thread said that. way to put words in someone's mouth.

[Troll]

who are you talking to? no one in this thread said that. way to put words in someone's mouth.


You. You're making backhanded comments about older people who fill out the scoring sheets.

[Carts]

You. You're making backhanded comments about older people who fill out the scoring sheets.

You're delusional...

"...those ladies rock..." How dare someone compliment them...

Carts...

[ExiledRed]

At least they didnt ask who has the best supporters

[canadian_bhoy]

TFC made me like the Jays again.
I always wanted baseball to be jump out of your seat exciting, like the football matches I'd been to overseas. Then when TFC came around, I got that fix and it made me realize that baseball's not about that. Baseball is about chilling in the summer. Get a beer and a hot dog and watch sports - it's amazing.

As for the "who's better" argument. Please - a lot of them are the same people and at the end of the day, most are the usual Toronto sports fan.

[Parkdale]

You. You're making backhanded comments about older people who fill out the scoring sheets.

I'm making backhanded comments? Not at all, but thanks for coming out.

[Carts]

TFC made me like the Jays again.
I always wanted baseball to be jump out of your seat exciting, like the football matches I'd been to overseas. Then when TFC came around, I got that fix and it made me realize that baseball's not about that. Baseball is about chilling in the summer. Get a beer and a hot dog and watch sports - it's amazing.

As for the "who's better" argument. Please - a lot of them are the same people and at the end of the day, most are the usual Toronto sports fan.

Agreed...

I rarely, basically never, watch the Jays on the tube - but I love going to games in the summer and just relaxing (as long as the Dome is open)...

Beer, hotdog, relax in the sun and chill - that's a good day at the ballpark...

Carts...

[Parkdale]

Then when TFC came around, I got that fix and it made me realize that baseball's not about that. Baseball is about chilling in the summer. Get a beer and a hot dog and watch sports - it's amazing.

exactly. going to a baseball game is a totally different experience from going to see TFC.

I was hoping that this thread would point out how there's no point in comparing them, like BlogTO is going with that poll.

[canadian_bhoy]

Agreed...

I rarely, basically never, watch the Jays on the tube - but I love going to games in the summer and just relaxing (as long as the Dome is open)...

Beer, hotdog, relax in the sun and chill - that's a good day at the ballpark...

Carts...

Exactly. It's not a ra-ra sport. It's more about hanging out.

I do enjoy the games on TV though - not the kind of thing you intently watch. It's more like something on in the background.

Plus - baseball playoffs are great.

[Parkdale]

I rarely, basically never, watch the Jays on the tube - but I love going to games in the summer and just relaxing (as long as the Dome is open)...



I dig the game on the radio, if you're at a cottage or relaxing in the backyard.
There are very few sports that work as well as baseball on the radio.

[Troll]

I'm making backhanded comments? Not at all, but thanks for coming out.


Anytime. Please continue to report on stories you don't believe are news-worthy. Is there anything in the Oakville Beaver you don't believe should've made it to print?

These are things we need to know.

[Carts]

I dig the game on the radio, if you're at a cottage or relaxing in the backyard.
There are very few sports that work as well as baseball on the radio.

Ya, baseball on the radio - or even just having the TV audio up high enough to hear it outside is perfect in the summer...

Its the perfect chill background noise...

It would be nice if the Jays were a little more competitive, but hey, beggers can't be choosers... :)

Carts...

[Parkdale]

actually it was about the absurdity of comparing two very different experiences.

Maybe I'll go find an article explaining that Legally Blond The Musical is nothing at all like sing Kris Kristoferson at Casino Rama. But clearly one of them as to be better, or else there wouldn't be a poll!

[canadian_bhoy]

Oh and you can't discount the unfortunate state that is Skydome. A great facility built right at the end of the multi-purpose stadium era.

Imagine if the Jays played in a wrigley type stadium? It would be amazing.

[KdotOdot]

The best part of that blog was that it wasn't even a blog. It was a fucking poll. Uber wack.

And Troll. STFU pal, your attempts to troll are soft as rotten berries. I'm the only one who gets to slap Parkdale in the face with his own stupidity and I only get to do it when its justified.

Get your own prison bitch pal, leave mine out of this.

[Parkdale]

Oh and you can't discount the unfortunate state that is Skydome. A great facility built right at the end of the multi-purpose stadium era.

Imagine if the Jays played in a wrigley type stadium? It would be amazing.


it's an amazing stadium, but just like you said, from a very different time.
When it was being built, I doubt anyone would have seen the advantages
to a BMO field sized venue for soccer or CFL teams. Funny how that's changed.

[Carts]

Oh and you can't discount the unfortunate state that is Skydome. A great facility built right at the end of the multi-purpose stadium era.

Imagine if the Jays played in a wrigley type stadium? It would be amazing.

Southern Ontario has been the victim of two sports venues built and tail end of an era...

SkyDome was completed, just as you said, when the multipurpose, modern style ballparks was ending...

Sport specific grounds began just as the Skydome enjoyed its glory run (thanks to not only the stadium, but the fact the Jays were the best team in baseball)...

Also in that boat - Hamilton's Copps Coliseum... Designed and built before the era of private boxes and "executive seating" dominating NHL rinks - Copps was built like an old school rink of seats & stairs - not 'club levels and elevators' etc...

Carts...

[J .]

Baseball is about chilling in the summer. Get a beer and a hot dog and watch sports - it's amazing.




+1

:drinking:

[Sonny Cheeba]

of coures BlogTO would find it necessary to compare fans within a city of different sports.

it's not like saying Mets v Yankees fans or something. which would make sense. because nobody supports them as a pair.

I goto/watch jays and tfc games.... am i better than myself? probably.

[Troll]

And Troll. STFU pal,


You suffer from an irritable vagina.

[Cowboy905]

i enjoy both.

i go to about 25 - 30 jays games a year and very rarely miss a game on tv. i'm what you'd call a jays fanatic i guess.

i love going to TFC games too and when both teams are playing, i choose TFC simply because theres less games, if i miss a Jays game, i can just go tomorrow....not the case with TFC.

but if i had to choose where i'd rather be, it'd be at a jays game if the dome was open.

the dome was great when it was built, but then along came Camden Yards and that changed everything.

the jays need a ballpark like PNC park in Pittsburgh and it'd make the gameday experience alot more enjoyable. We all also need to forget the Ricciardi era, as it was full of letdowns.

BMO should be rocking for the playoffs though :)

[ExiledRed]

You suffer from an irritable vagina.

sigh...so do i,

but its not cool for you to talk about peoples wives like that.

[Parkdale]

^ well played.

[ManUtd4ever]

I love the Jays but seriously? I don't think TFC supporters and Jays fans should be mentioned in the same breath...

[Dirk Diggler]

Even though I think the two sports cannot be compared, I think TFC fans are clearly superior. TFC has amongst the best fan support in the MLS where as the Jays have amongst the worst support in MLB. I like going to Jays games, no doubt, but a lot of the fans are not nearly as knowledgeable as other baseball fans in other cities across the league.

[bigtfcfan]

Who watches baseball?

[Oldtimer]

I watched the Jays in the 70's. Give me credit. The games were in this open stadium, where the sun would beat down on you, the rain would drench you, and the wind would freeze you. The stadium was way-y-y out at the Exhibition Place.

Today's TFC fans can't say that they have that degree of dedication. Oh wait.... :rolleyes:

[Parkdale]

^ I see what you did there.

[Mikey]

Why are those Blue Jays fans wearing Red Sox gear?

[Parkdale]

good eye mikey!

[james]

better fans its hard to say. Depends what you mean by a better fan. Is it who sells more tickets? who makes more revenue? who are more loyal?

For me Blue Jay fans and Leaf fans are borring (well leaf fans that are at the ACC anyways). They sit there and only cheer when the score board tells them to and sit in there seats for the whole game unless a goal is scored or a home run is hit.

So Leafs and Blue Jay fans deffinitly love there teams, just like TFC fans do. But if it came down to what fans are the loudest its goes to TFC hands down, no one comes close to TFC at loudness and craziest fans at the games. Does that make them better?? for me yes, but not everyone is into that kind of support and obviously others will disagree.

[Cashcleaner]

TFC made me like the Jays again.
I always wanted baseball to be jump out of your seat exciting, like the football matches I'd been to overseas. Then when TFC came around, I got that fix and it made me realize that baseball's not about that. Baseball is about chilling in the summer. Get a beer and a hot dog and watch sports - it's amazing.

As for the "who's better" argument. Please - a lot of them are the same people and at the end of the day, most are the usual Toronto sports fan.

THIS.

I am the same way now. I'll attend a Jays match for a "lazy afternoon" sorta activity. Baseball isn't close to being a favourite sport of mine, but I go for the company with my friends and family more than anything else.

[bigtfcfan]

Last TFC game I went to (against KC) some people came from the Jays game and sat in front of me. They knew nothing about the sport and amongst themselves started the chant: clap clap FC clap clap FC as opposed to clap clap clap TFC clap clap clap TFC. It was pretty sad.

[Sonny Cheeba]

Last TFC game I went to (against KC) some people came from the Jays game and sat in front of me. They knew nothing about the sport and amongst themselves started the chant: clap clap FC clap clap FC as opposed to clap clap clap TFC clap clap clap TFC. It was pretty sad.

yup at a TFC game, you're better than Jays fans who know nothing. :rolleyes:

[WHITEY]

A fan is a 'fanatic', is it not?

So that 'lady who fills out the stats' who has season tickets and attends 82 games a year is not as big a fan as you.

Do you think you're better because you sing?


You. You're making backhanded comments about older people who fill out the scoring sheets.


Anytime. Please continue to report on stories you don't believe are news-worthy. Is there anything in the Oakville Beaver you don't believe should've made it to print?

These are things we need to know.


You suffer from an irritable vagina.

LMAO is this guy for real?

[BC101]

well his name is troll. Dunno what people expected? LOL.

[Sonny Cheeba]

one time i was at a Jays game, i think we were playing the Royals....and some TFC hooligans sat in front of me and didn't even know what Romero's ERA was. then they went on to make up their own chant "BLUE JAYS LET'S GO, *HALFCLAP* YOU CAN DO IT!" instead of "LET'S GO BLUE JAYS" *CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP*..... so so so so so pathetic.

[Ladies Love Julius James]

one time i was at a Jays game, i think we were playing the Royals....and some TFC hooligans sat in front of me and didn't even know what Romero's ERA was. then they went on to make up their own chant "BLUE JAYS LET'S GO, *HALFCLAP* YOU CAN DO IT!" instead of "LET'S GO BLUE JAYS" *CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP*..... so so so so so pathetic.


Then I heard them whisper to each other wondering where Carlos Delgado was.

[Raging Reggie]

I was once at a TFC game and this fucking drunk all dressed in black was staggering around the stairs with some kid with a blue jays hat looking like roy halladay or however you spell it. They were just in a zone. Then the fucking one dude was bragging about fucking stealing skittles and masterbating and shit. Had myself wondering if i should renew my seasons for next year or not. Some people are out of control. I prefer my sporting events with fights in the 500 sections on cheap nights....

[Ladies Love Julius James]

haahahahahhaahhahahahaha there goes my water.

[Sonny Cheeba]

fuck reggie. hahaha

i've seen those same two guys at Jays games.....two words: shit show.

[Ladies Love Julius James]

With a guy who had a prosthetic hook.

[twistedchinaman]

You suffer from an irritable vagina.

As we say here in the West..."Unhappy trails, pilgrim."

[twistedchinaman]

Who watches baseball?

+1....