Doug Smith is my favorite off-season NBA blogger. He's superb really and truly. Usually by the time the fourth quarter of the Raptors NBA season rolls around I am as utterly fed up by his melancholic, often condescending rants as he must be with the fans totally baseless, fear mongering/comment column panic attacks.
Speaking of the Toronto faithful I posed a question to him on his blog the other day regarding our voracity amongst North American sports fans and what makes us seemingly share an angst ridden kinship with fans from other large East Coast cities. His response was succinct, yet pristine in it's accuracy.
Here's how it played out.
Stunning really. As poignant as pelican in a sea of peas.
"What do you think it is about Toronto, New York and Philly fans that make us so "unique"?
Blogger's note: Historical mediocrity, basic insecurity, too much time on their hands"