tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post3125706236786226285..comments2023-10-29T06:50:22.166-04:00Comments on Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs: Why the Raptors Live in TorontoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-10659904798684920712011-02-17T21:45:02.309-05:002011-02-17T21:45:02.309-05:00I live in Toronto and I remember when the name was...I live in Toronto and I remember when the name was picked. I thought it was a bit trendy at the time, but the bigger scandal were the colours: silver, red, purple and black. <br /><br />Every other team in Toronto has blue and white. The Toronto Maple Leafs (hockey) the Blue Jays (Baseball) and the Toronto Argonauts (Canadian Football League (blue white and silver). Even the University of Toronto has blue and white.Glendon Mellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03582347493421110738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-8687886360724245112010-02-18T04:53:36.786-05:002010-02-18T04:53:36.786-05:00The European football (soccer) system has an inter...The European football (soccer) system has an interesting way to spread suspense throughoiut the league. Relagation. THose at the bottom are in danger of dropping down into the second league. This widens participation down to an amateur level, and makes it exciting not only at the top of the charts, but also at the bottom.<br /><br />As for the Raptor... <br />www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Od9ohHGEdavidmaashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16696298300141402317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-22457514612278260492010-02-17T21:31:34.904-05:002010-02-17T21:31:34.904-05:00The NBA has a way of doing that... I think I'd...The NBA has a way of doing that... I think I'd been watching for a few years before I realized there was a team called the Kings. My interest waxed and waned with one Michael Jordan, mostly because I grew up near Chicago... and he was kind of a big deal.<br /><br />If I ever name a sports team, I'm totally calling it the trilobites. Or the crinoids. I ain't even going vertebrate.davorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04970830405883835452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-13925205530939781672010-02-17T19:49:41.065-05:002010-02-17T19:49:41.065-05:00I'm not an NBA fan, nor have I ever really car...I'm not an NBA fan, nor have I ever really cared for Basketball, but after a few decades of osmosis I can pretty reliably match an NBA team to its home city. But I thought the Grizzlies was a hockey team and I've never even heard of the Raptors.<br /><br />NBA marketing fail?Dziban303https://www.blogger.com/profile/02686966407846729364noreply@blogger.com