HAMILTON

Forget the injuries.

Forget the records.

Hamilton holds a special place in its heart for the annual Labour Day game and they spoke with their hearts and wallets on Tuesday.

There is no longer a ticket to be had for the tilt between the 6-3 Tiger-Cats and the 6-3 Argonauts on Monday.

The sellout, a little earlier than usual, was announced late Tuesday afternoon. Earlier in the day the team website was warning potential buyers there were only a few hundred tickets remaining.

It’s the 12th consecutive sellout at Tim Hortons Field since the stadium opened last year on Labour Day.

Quarterback Zach Collaros has played in both markets and knows the history of the Labour Day game, but acknowledges it probably means a little more in Hamilton where the Ticat faithful take hating the Double Blue to new levels.

The Ticats are 7-5 since 2000 in the annual game that was unforgettably (and unforgivably) not scheduled in either 2011 or 2013. The Argos though have won four of the past seven.

In the game’s long history, the Hamilton/Toronto Labour Day tilt has been rather one-sided in Hamilton’s favour. The Ticats/Wildcats own a 30-15-1 record in the game since the first such game was played in 1948.