Since I moved to Toronto in 2012, I’ve learned a lot about the city. It’s wildly multicultural, with great food, real sports fans, and … a tiiiny bit of an inferiority complex, simply because it’s in Canada. It’s a city desperate to be taken seriously as “world-class,” as many in the United States still slough it off as a land of snow and moose and goofy accents.



I’m just spitballing here, but I think this is why people don’t really give the time of day to much below events that are at the top level. They don’t go to Toronto Argonauts games, it took Toronto FC a long time to earn the support it now has, and I suspect it’s why the Toronto Marlies don’t sell more tickets.



My first year with the Marlies, the attendance baffled me. Toronto is “the center of the hockey universe,” we’re told, but if it’s not a weekend game or playoffs, they’re probably not selling out...