A sneak peek at Canada at sporting events | Summer feast for the Toronto Blue Jays

The matter of professional sports seems to be one of the topics on Matters that is completely ignored. In fact, there are not many articles about sports, unless it is during the Olympics, when sports and national identity are tied together, and the event is aroused in the text. Ripple, otherwise most of the posts about professional sports are ignored.

Of course, professional sports and identity are also tied together, but the level is in the city. In cities with professional teams in North America, fans in cities rarely support teams from other cities unless they have special reasons. These identities are sometimes Is recessive, only evoked when the team is brilliant in the city. For example, a Portuguese Torontonian usually only watches the Portuguese Super League, teams with Ronaldo, and the Champions League, and scoffs at the North American Football League. However, when Toronto FC entered the league championship in 2017, these Portuguese Toronto football fans, And football fans of other ethnic groups suddenly went crazy and remembered that he was also from Toronto. Or, the professors of the U of T research institute are all from the United States. Even if they have Canadian identity, when it comes to Canadian politics, it is still called your politics. However, in the 2019 NBA championship series, all American professors on Twitter suddenly used our team to describe the Toronto Raptors, the sense of identity that has lived in this city for many years is also inspired by the Champions Cup.

Since then, I have always been addicted to professional ball games in the city. When I lived in Berlin, I was a supporter of Hertha BSC in Berlin. No matter how bad my record was, I had to go to the game by myself every month. . After immigrating to Canada, the tracking scope extended to four professional sports teams in Toronto. While becoming a fan of each team, he gradually established his own identity of Toronto as a living city and Canada as a living country.

This article will first talk about the Toronto Blue Jays of MLB (commonly known as American Professional Baseball), and take you to visit the city scenery of Toronto by the way.

Among the four professional sports teams in Toronto, the Toronto Blue Jays must have the most fans. The Blue Jays have a long history of professional games. Since 1977, they once won the major league championship in the early 1990s, and they are the only team in Canada. major league team. In addition to a Blue Bird T in Toronto, there are also many Canadian fans from other provinces. When running Airbnb, many tourists who live in the Prairie Provinces or Quebec often travel thousands of miles to Toronto with their families just to watch the game. . The Blue Jays are probably also a Canadian professional team with real fans in Taiwan. The last time I met a leader in Wutai Township, when I heard that I came from Toronto, I immediately showed that I was a loyal Blue Jays fan. My husband thought he was a Wang Jianmin fan, so he liked it, but the leader recited a long list of Blue Jays stars and team history. , so that I always felt that no one in Taiwan could tell the difference between Canada and the United States. The husband was moved to tears .

The Blue Jays are home to the Rogers Centre on the shores of Lake Ontario, and yes, of course the roof of the stadium can be opened and closed. The Dome is an absolute must in Toronto, after all, there's a chance it will still be snowing outside when the games kick off in April. In summer, with blue sky, blue chairs, and blue team uniforms, you will feel inexplicably good on the field.

Bringing friends to the Blue Jays home in summer is probably a great joy for Torontonians and Toronto tourists. As long as the weather is good, there are often an average of nearly 40,000 spectators. Part of this is probably due to the ticket price, a baseball game, even if the opponent It is a big-name team like the Yankees or the Angels, and you can enter the venue for about 35 Canadian dollars, and drinking and chatting with friends in a noisy stadium is similar to the concept of Taiwanese singing KTV .

And the audience at the Blue Jays' home are probably the best ones to experience Toronto's multiculturalism. Tickets are affordable and everyone can afford to enter the stadium. Therefore, the fans are composed of various ethnic groups, various classes, various ages, and various sexual orientations. When I see a group of teenagers with the same accent sitting in a row, I start to wonder if the new generation of children who grew up under Multiculturalism will see the same skin color or race as their parents?

After settling in Toronto, the Blue Jays' record has always been a promising start, high and low, but the Blue Jays fans are still supportive. In contrast, although I have nothing to do with baseball games, I always have no interest in going to the baseball stadium to watch the game. No, I have only watched four games so far, and there is no other reason. I have sat in the outfield area, because the distance is too far, and I didn't even notice that Chen Weiyin was replaced. The fans beside them are wearing gloves and waiting for the ultra-close infield tickets to catch the throw-in. No matter how close you look, the outcome of the game is no exception: the toronto blue jays were completely contested by the opposing pitcher So far I have not experienced the joy of watching the ball on the court.

Like the Toronto Raptors, due to Canada's stricter epidemic prevention regulations, the Toronto Blue Jays had no home for the past two seasons. After 670 days of wandering between Buffalo and Florida, they finally returned to capacity restrictions. home ground. Although the Blue Jays fans' support for the team remains unchanged, the inability to enter the stadium to cheer has indeed weakened the emotional ups and downs of victory or loss. The scene of groups wearing Blue Jays jerseys on the streets has disappeared. The epidemic has made the city lose its sight. Not just the connection between people, but also the connection between people and cities.

Fortunately, Canada has now moved towards coexistence with the virus. The Toronto Blue Jays finally played their first home game after the epidemic, facing the Texas Rangers. For the first time in four years, they sold out full-game tickets. The home Rogers Center was at the Blue Jays. The team was about to close for a while during the wandering period, but in the end, it was not idle, and the stadium equipment was fully upgraded. The Blue Jays shouted the slogan of this season #NextLevel. In the opening game, they were first chased by the opponent 7:0 and then chased back by 8 points to win the game dramatically. The gesture announced to the City of Toronto that the favorite city team is now back.

The opening game video is attached below to give you a taste of the atmosphere of the major leagues (the roof is closed because it is still cold.)

Plus this is an ad for the Toronto Blue Jays this season.

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