"32 years is a long time to go between winning a World Series and getting to your next Fall Classic. That's what makes this 2025 run for the Toronto Blue Jays so special. The entire city of Toronto has had only one of it's major sports franchises win a championship since the Blue Jays in 1993 - the Toronto Raptors were NBA champions in 2019."
"Sure, the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL have won several Grey Cups and Toronto FC which has an enormous following and are absolutely a part of Toronto's sports fabric and they took home the MLS Cup in 2017. But the CFL and MLS do not equate to the heights of popularity of Major League Baseball. So for all intents and purposes, Toronto's sports fans have had very little to celebrate in three decades."
"And for the Blue Jays, a franchise that has been around for almost 50 years - this is a scenario they have only been in three times. That is so many summers that have come and gone where so many great players have worn a Blue Jays uniform that never got to within one win of a World Series title."
Toronto experienced a 32-year championship drought for major sports teams between the Blue Jays' 1993 title and the 2025 run. The Raptors provided the only other major championship in 2019. The CFL Argonauts and MLS Toronto FC achieved notable successes but did not match Major League Baseball's popularity in the city. The Blue Jays franchise, approaching fifty years, has reached this World Series scenario only three times. Many excellent Blue Jays players spent seasons coming agonizingly close, with the 1980s core and Pat Gillick's talent-development approach producing several near-miss teams.
Read at Jays Journal
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]