Sportsfeld Storytime

At the start of a new year, we're going back to where it all started for us as sports fans: the incredible 1993 Toronto Blue Jays. In this episode we sort through the 1993 regular season, remember that kids under 10 don't remember regular seasons, gaze in wonderment at John Olerud and Paul Molitor, and shake our heads at the idea of adding Rickey Henderson to a championship level roster. Ah, 1993....

It iiiiiisssss Sportsfeld Storytime. In our final look back at our favourite games of 2020, we take a look at an absolute classic. Raptors/Celtics Game 6, live from the bubble. A great Norm Powell game, a great OG Anunoby game, and of course, a great Kyle Lowry game. Plus we share our reflections on the 2020 Raptors season as a whole and our expectations for 2021 and come to the same conclusion ab...

The Toronto Raptors were down 0-2 to the HATED Boston Celtics in the second round of the NBA Playoff bubble. Down 2 with 0.5 seconds left, all hope is lost as 7-foot-5 Tako Fall checks in to the game to guard Kyle Lowry on the inbound pass. The only thing the Celtics didn't account for? OG Anunoby doesn't shoot trying to miss. Relive one of the most exciting games of the year in the latest edition...

It iiiiis Sportsfeld Storytime. As soon as we thought we were out, they pulled us back in. In Part 2 of our look back at our favourite games of 2020, we revisit one of the Leafiest games to ever Leaf. Down 3-0 without a prayer, the Leafs battled back in Game 4 against the Columbus Blue Jackets to force overtime before, spoiler alert, Auston Matthews buried the game winner. And then it was complete...

It is Sportsfeld Storytime! We're celebrating the end of the year by looking back at our favourite games of 2020. The first pick goes to Zubes, who picked the September 7th Blue Jays comeback against the New York Yankees. In one of few bad Hyun-Jin Ryu starts, the Jays turned things around with a ridiculous 10-run 6th inning to beat the Yankees in the very first meeting of the season between the t...

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 iiiiiissss Sportsfeld Storytime. On the final episode of our look back at Game 7 of the 2014 Raptors-Nets series, we look at the aftermath of the Raptors' crushing loss at the buzzer. We discuss why this loss was the beginning of something for the Raptors, and how the 2014 season and playoff run laid the groundwork for what would become the eventual NBA Champions just five years later. All that...

It iiiiiiiiis Sportsfeld Storytime. In part 3 of our 2014 Raptors vs Nets Game 7 lookback, we deal with the final game of the Fuck Brooklyn series. Joe Johnson continues his neverending run of games dominating the Raptors, Drake beefs with KG courtside, Terrence Ross comes up huge in the clutch and Paul Pierce has the last laugh on a big block. But it isn't the ending, it's just the start of the g...

It iiiiiiiiisss Sportsfeld Storytime. In Part Two of our look back at Game 7 of the 2014 Raptors/Nets series, we dig into the first six games of a wild series. Today, we remember DeMar Derozan and Kyle Lowry being actually good in the playoffs, the birth of JV Hive, an absolutely crazy basketball game overshadowed by the Rob Ford crack tape, and the two words that changed everything for the Raptor...

It iiiiiiisss Sportsfeld Storytime. It's October and the Raptors aren't playing, so let's look back at an original Raptors heartbreak that also marks the beginning of the Champion Raptors as we know them today. This month, we're looking back at the 2014 first round series against Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and the Brooklyn Nets. In Episode 1 we look back at the arrival of Masai Ujiri, the farewell...

It iiiiiis Sportsfeld Storytime. This month we are revisiting the end of one of our favourite teams ever, the 2015 Blue Jays. In part 4, we look at the fallout of the end of the playoff run, as the Jays have their general manager step down just a few days after the season ends. How could the Jays have loaded up for 2016 and made a better run than the one they had? And does the team building strate...

It iiiiiis Sportsfeld Storytime. This month we are revisiting the end of one of our favourite teams ever, the 2015 Blue Jays. In episode three, the Jays play their final game of the season, a crazy loss to the Kansas City Royals that had just about everything. Jake and Zubes remember the Amish kid that cheated and stole a home run, two mammoth near-forgotten Jose Bautista home runs, a giant rain d...

In Episode 2 of our look back at Game 6 of the 2015 ALCS, we dive into the Blue Jays incredible playoff run including going down 0-2 to Texas, Troy Tulowitzki's heroics, and a random home run by Jose Bautista that has been forgotten to time. We then discuss the first five games of the Royals series including taunting Johnny Cueto, the legend of Marco Estrada, and Ryan Goins costing the Blue Jays a...

The time has come once again to look back fondly on the 2015 Blue Jays. This time, the guys look back at a time they had blocked out of their memory: how the series against the Kansas City Royals came undone. Remember that Amish kid with the glove? The opposite field singles? The Ryan Goins missed pop up? We're putting ourselves through all of that again. But first, in episode one, all the fond fu...

In the final episode of our look back on the Raptors run to the 2016 Conference Finals, we look at the aftermath of the loss. From the acquisition of Serge Ibaka to the firing of Dwane Casey. From getting swept by LeBron to getting swept by LeBron again. We take a look at what could have been had JV made that shot in 2018, and discuss the reaction to the acquisition of Kawhi. It's been a long road...

It iiiiiis Sportsfeld Storytime. This month, we are looking back to the Raptors' first trip to the Conference Finals. The 2015-16 Raptors won 56 games, hosted the NBA All-Star Game, then survived two Game 7's en route to facing one of the best teams of the modern era in the Eastern Conference Final. In episode 3, the guys dig in to the series against the Cavs, where the Raptors shake off two tough...

It iiiiiis Sportsfeld Storytime. This month, we are looking back to the Raptors' first trip to the Conference Finals. The 2015-16 Raptors won 56 games, hosted the NBA All-Star Game, then survived two Game 7's en route to facing one of the best teams of the modern era in the Eastern Conference Final. In episode 1, the guys go through what was -- at the time -- the best season in Raptors history. A...

It iiiiiis Sportsfeld Storytime. This month, we are looking back to the Raptors' first trip to the Conference Finals. The 2015-16 Raptors won 56 games, hosted the NBA All-Star Game, then survived two Game 7's en route to facing one of the best teams of the modern era in the Eastern Conference Final. In episode 1, the guys go through what was -- at the time -- the best season in Raptors history. A...

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...

Sportsfeld Storytime is back and locked in on the 2002 NHL Playoffs, this time focusing on the Eastern Conference Finals. After a hard fought 7-game series win against the Ottawa Senators, Leafs Nation was a buzz as they can taste the Stanley Cup Finals. The only thing standing in their way is a group of veterans like Ron Francis, Rod Brind'Amour and Arturs Irbe as well as TSN OverDrive's Jeff O'N...