The guy is just beyond class and a mythical legend. I cannot remember another player in my time (I’m 31) who had the ability to make such an impression on any person who is a fan of baseball.

The most impressive part of this comment is that you remember the Hurricanes schedule all the way back to November.

Oh Canada!

This is a criminally underused GIF

Still remember him from his days at Rogers Sportsnet up here in Canada.

His reception returning to the barn was almost as bad as when Vince Carter played his first game back in Toronto.

That hit 100% changed his career from a first line centre to a 3rd line veteran. 

Yankees? As a Leafs fan I would compare the last 50 years of this team to the Mets.

You forget that for like 4 years as a starter he worked in a Chan Gailey Offense. Those offences were the definition of mediocrity 

As a Cardinals fan I cannot believe how unbelievably bad my team is. But instead of being like butt fumble bad or McAdoo bad, they are just boring as fuck bad.

Last year in Fort McMurray, AB it was the same thing. Half the CITY burned down and needed to be rebuilt. This stuff is scary and unfortunately is only going to get worse with global warming.

My god.......another Cardinals fan in Canada!!!! I never thought I would see the day! Hey man hows it going?

As a Raptors fan I am very torn by this trade. On one side of it I know this was necessary as clearly the previous core was not making a run to the Finals ever. LeBron owned them too many times to be considered a contender anymore with who they had. The team (as good as its bench was) was spinning its tires the past…

Couldn’t be happier for him. Great coach who did the best he could with the talent he had in Toronto. Not his fault Lowry and DeRozan fold like lawn chairs when the playoffs come around.

Watching CM Punk was awful but can you really blame Jackson? I mean I guarantee he was told that if CM Punk was that bad to try and extend the fight. Not his fault he was so awful he couldn’t even pretend it was a fight.

My fuck is he good. I hate how to keep another year of control they are making him play against garbage competition. Why can’t they just bring him up and get rid of Morales/Travis/any mediocre infielder already.

I see your Simon and raise you a Pat Peake!

Not nearly enough love for this post

Two things coming from a proud Leafs fan:

In all fairness those characteristics are still desirable in players, but that whole speed and skill thing is something they cannot comprehend for some reason lol