It Doesn't Get More Painful Than Waking Up As a Blue Jay Fan Today - Reliving All Of Toronto's Golden Opportunities To Win The World Series

The anguish of losing: The Blue Jay fan’s guide to dealing with feelings of despair

The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. This tidy maxim has been used for years to describe sports outcomes. This polarized expression, however, oversimplifies fan reaction to events like the Blue Jays’ World Series loss, ignores the complicated emotional terrain of fandom and fails to recognize the psycho-social forces at work. So, why are so many Canadians so deeply invested in the Blue Jays? Fans develop parasocial relationships with p…

It Doesn't Get More Painful Than Waking Up As a Blue Jay Fan Today - Reliving All Of Toronto's Golden Opportunities To Win The World Series

PETER POWER. Getty Images.Honest to God, I don't know how you wake up today as a Blue Jays fan and go about your life. If you're a true diehard who has been through the slog this franchise has endure...

Heartbroken Blue Jays Fans Reeling After Agonizing World Series Defeat to Dodgers

Toronto Blue Jays fans endured a night of pure heartbreak on Saturday, watching in stunned silence as their dream of ending a 32-year championship drought slipped away in one of the most dramatic World Series finales in recent memory. A Night That Started in Hope, Ended in Heartbreak With the Rogers Centre rocking and the score tied 4–4 in the bottom of the ninth, Toronto seemed on the brink of destiny. The bases were loaded — one swing away fro…

‘I’ll relive those at bats for a long time’: Schneider on missed opportunities

John Schneider spoke to the media after Game 7 of the World Series about wanting to have his guys at the plate in crucial situations and missed opportunities.