Sportsfeld Storytime

If you weren't watching the Toronto Blue Jays in 2011, it would be next to impossible to explain what it was like for Brett Lawrie to pop up overnight and become one of the biggest names in the whole city. This month we're revisiting the Brett Lawrie Experience, culminating in his first game-winning home run against the Boston Red Sox. In this episode, we examine the year before the Lawrie trade,...

On this week's episode of Sportsfeld Storytime, we wrap up our look back at the Roy Halladay/AJ Burnett duel of 2009. This week, we're remembering the Roy Halladay trade, which saw him leave Toronto and head to Philadelphia where he would, of course, throw a no-hitter in his first playoff appearance. We then look back at Life After Doc, as Alex Anthopolous makes his first moves as GM, Jose Bautist...

It was the hottest ticket in town in 2009: Blue Jays vs Yankees, Roy Halladay vs AJ Burnett. Come to relive one of Doc's last gems as a Blue Jay, and stay for the extended conversation about Travis Snider's career that you knew was inevitably going to happen the moment you realized he was on a team we were going to talk about in a Storytime. Join us for a look back to May 12, 2009, with 43,737 oth...

On this week's edition of Sportsfeld Storytime, we continue our look back at the Roy Halladay/AJ Burnett showdown of 2009. This week, we Remember Some Guys like Aaron Hill, Lyle Overbay, and Scott Rolen. Plus, Zubes has the opportunity to sing the praises of Travis Snider and slander the good name of Cito Gaston. All that plus the early days of the Blue Jays blogosphere and how that has influenced...

After three years of a starting pitcher bromance in bloom, AJ Burnett left our beloved Toronto Blue Jays to sign with the Yankees. In 2009, he returned to Skydome in a head to head matchup against who else? Roy Halladay. This month on Sportsfeld Storytime we look back at the "Playoff Atmosphere" in the dome several years before the actual playoffs would return to Toronto. In episode one, we rememb...

It's a game that will later be crowned the Game of the Decade by the NHL. After a lengthy playoff drought, the Maple Leafs are back in the post-season. They are the Eastern Conference's fifth seed and face the Boston Bruins in a best of seven series. In this exclusive Patreon series, relive the highs and all the many lows of a game that for roughly 55 minutes seemed like Toronto was destined to wi...

It's a game that will later be crowned the Game of the Decade by the NHL. After a lengthy playoff drought, the Maple Leafs are back in the post-season. They are the Eastern Conference's fifth seed and face the Boston Bruins in a best of seven series. In this exclusive Patreon series, relive the highs and all the many lows of a game that for roughly 55 minutes seemed like Toronto was destined to wi...

It's a game that will later be crowned the Game of the Decade by the NHL. After a lengthy playoff drought, the Maple Leafs are back in the post-season. They are the Eastern Conference's fifth seed and face the Boston Bruins in a best of seven series. In this exclusive Patreon series, relive the highs and all the many lows of a game that for roughly 55 minutes seemed like Toronto was destined to wi...

t's a game that will later be crowned the Game of the Decade by the NHL. After a lengthy playoff drought, the Maple Leafs are back in the post-season. They are the Eastern Conference's fifth seed and face the Boston Bruins in a best of seven series. In this exclusive Patreon series, relive the highs and all the many lows of a game that for roughly 55 minutes seemed like Toronto was destined to win...

It is Sportsfeld Storytime! This week, we're finishing our look back at the 2019 Toronto Raptors, one of the best teams we ever did see. This week, we're recapping the Eastern Conference Finals against the Milwaukee Bucks and the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors. The fact that there were NBA Finals games played in Toronto still seems wild. Remember when Obama showed up? As the kids say...

Is this the dagger?? We've arrived at the fireworks factory of the 2019 Toronto Raptors run. Kawhi Leonard puts on a performance for the ages in Game 7 against the Philadelphia 76ers, culminating in the greatest single moment in Raptors history and one of the most iconic shots ever seen in the NBA Playoffs. Relive all the nerves, the battles, and the back-and-forth action of an instant classic in...

This month on Storytime we're looking back into the not-so-distant past, now that the dust has settled and a large part of the 2019 Raptors have moved on, we remember the incredible Raptors championship run punctuated by The Shot. In episode one we set the scene, starting with the unbelievable middle-of-the-night trade for Kawhi Leonard that Jake found out about while sitting on the toilet. Nobody...

It iiiiiiiis Sportsfeld Storytime. This month, Jake and Zubes take a trip all the way back to August of 2015 to talk about a team that doesn't get enough press, the 2015 Toronto Blue Jays. Before the bat flip, before the AL East title, before the heartbreak, the focus was on one man and his Blue Jays debut. Yes, we are talking about the one, the only David Price. Take yourself back to a Monday aft...

It iiiiiiiis Sportsfeld Storytime. This month, Jake and Zubes take a trip all the way back to August of 2015 to talk about a team that doesn't get enough press, the 2015 Toronto Blue Jays. Before the bat flip, before the AL East title, before the heartbreak, the focus was on one man and his Blue Jays debut. Yes, we are talking about the one, the only David Price. Take yourself back to a Monday aft...

It iiiiiiiis Sportsfeld Storytime. This month, Jake and Zubes take a trip all the way back to August of 2015 to talk about a team that doesn't get enough press, the 2015 Toronto Blue Jays. Before the bat flip, before the AL East title, before the heartbreak, the focus was on one man and his Blue Jays debut. Yes, we are talking about the one, the only David Price. Take yourself back to a Monday aft...

It iiiiiiiis Sportsfeld Storytime. This month, Jake and Zubes take a trip all the way back to August of 2015 to talk about a team that doesn't get enough press, the 2015 Toronto Blue Jays. Before the bat flip, before the AL East title, before the heartbreak, the focus was on one man and his Blue Jays debut. Yes, we are talking about the one, the only David Price. Take yourself back to a Monday aft...

This week on Sportsfeld Storytime we finish our look back at the 2016 Toronto FC season with the 2016 MLS Cup Final, live from BMO Field. Toronto FC was fresh off their extremely dramatic Eastern Conference Finals victory over the Montreal Impact, and standing in their way of their first MLS Cup was their now rivals, the Seattle Sounders. Two teams that had never won the Cup before enter, only one...

This week on Sportsfeld Storytime we're remembering one of the craziest games in TFC history, a remarkable back-and-forth two legs against the Montreal Impact in the 2016 MLS Cup Finals. In this week's episode we look back at the early 3-0 deficit in Leg 1, and then the absolutely magic decisive second leg in the rain and cold at BMO Field. With Giovinco, and Altidore, and Michael Bradley, it was...

This week on Sportsfeld Storytime, we continue our look back at the 2016 MLS Eastern Conference Finals between Toronto FC and the Montreal Impact. This week we track the arrival of the Atomic Ant himself, Sebastian Giovinco, as well as Jozy Altidore, Benoit Cheyrou, and the rest. We look back at Giovinco's MVP 2015 MLS season as well as TFC's first playoff victories against Philadelphia and New Yo...

This month of Sportsfeld Storytime we look back at the epic 2016 MLS Eastern Conference Final matchup in the 401 derby between Toronto FC and the Montreal Impact. In Part 1, we trace back our roots as fans of a brand new club in the city, and Zubes reveals he was a pretty serious part of the supporters section in the early days of the franchise. We remember the growth from games being an excuse to...

In this episode of Sportsfeld Storytime Jake and Zubes discuss how they celebrated Crosby's Golden Goal and then look forward, or back now I guess, to what came next for Team Canada. What they found was a much less exciting Gold Medal Game in 2014, and then a stunning loss in 2018 to....Germany? Whatever you say. Mason Raymond was there though. Come join the Patreon family for bonus episodes, mail...

Iggy!!! In this episode of Sportsfeld Storytime, Sidney Crosby fulfills his destiny as a national hero. We recap Canada's incredible 3-2 OT win in the 2010 Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Gold Medal game, AKA the first good thing to happen to us as sports fans in more than 15 years at the time. Some things are just meant to happen, and Sidney Crosby scoring the Golden Goal on home soil is one of those th...

It iiiiiiiissss Sportsfeld Storytime. In the second episode of our look back at the 2010 Canadian Olympic Men's Hockey Team's road to Gold, we begin the tournament proper. As Martin Brodeur (Martin Brodeur!) fails to live up to the spotlight of the Olympics in Vancouver, it's Roberto Luongo's time to step up. Plus Canada gets a scare from the Swiss, gets beat down by the States, and gets a big win...

It iiiiiiis Sportsfeld Storytime. This month, we're breaking loose from the Toronto sports scene for a change and looking back at one of the greatest games in international hockey history: the 2010 Olympic Men's Ice Hockey gold medal game. In episode one, we look back at the forgotten 2006 team, and the unprecedented build up to the reveal of the 2010 ice hockey roster. We know for once this one e...

It’s May 2001. The Raptors are still the youngest franchise in the NBA and have yet to earn respect around the league. Their previous season ended with a sweep courtesy of the New York Knicks, and in the offseason they lost budding star Tracy McGrady to the Orlando Magic. But there’s hope in the air. Vince Carter has emerged as a star, and carried the Raptors to a franchise best 47-35 regular seas...