This is the first entry in a series of posts that I plan on making that will cover all 122 Teams in the four major sports leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL) hehe. MLS, that's cute. This first post I planned on just doing the city of Ottawa, then I realized they only had one team, which makes for a boring post. So I decided to expand it to the whole Province of Ottawa. Canada, catch the excitement!
The province of Ottawa is home to Four major sports teams. From what I gather a province is a goofy canadian version of a state, so they're basically the New York of Canada. Toronto and the city of Ottawa all reside in this province, which, more or less makes my argument valid. From what I hear Toronto is a pretty awesome place, I'll never know because I'm a red-blooded, capitalism loving american. Now, onto the teams!
Major League Baseball.
Toronto Blue Jays- Formed In 1977 The Blue Jays are now the only MLB team in Canada, with the former Montreal Expos moving to Washington DC in 2004. They have two World Series victories in 1992 and 1993 Defeating The Philadelphia Phillies and The Atlanta Braves.
National Basketball League.
Toronto Raptors- Formed in 1995 The Raptors are the only NBA team in Canada, with the former Vancouver Grizzlies moving to Memphis in 2001 (history kind of repeating itself there huh?). The Raptors were Famous for drafting Vince Carter in the 1998 Draft After his Six year Tenure he departed in 2004 and Chris Bosh has emerged as not only a Team Leader, but one of the premier players in the league. It's a shame really, because no one pays attention to any professional sports in Canada.
National Hockey League
I included the NHL because I happen to like hockey, but I have no Illusions that the majority of my readers have the same feeling toward the sport: "meh".
Toronto Maple Leafs- One of the "Original Six" The Toronto Maple Leafs have won eleven Stanley Cups are are bitter Rivals with cross, ugh, provincial rivals The Montreal Canadians. I really can't say much about the Maple Leafs, I mean, um, Mike Myers is a pretty big fan and made his terrible, terrible movie The Love Guru pretty much about the team. So, that's reason enough to hate them.
Ottawa Senators- The Current iteration of the Senators have been around since 1992, and have been one of the most successful franchises during their history, qualifying for the playoffs in 11 of the past 12 years and having one of the league's highest attendance numbers (around 19,000 per game, which is more than most Jacksonville Jaguars games....)
Woo! four down one hundred and eighteen more to go! Tomorrow: The rest of Canada! Getting America's hat out of the way!
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