Toronto Blue Jays fans are jerks

[rockymountaindem]

I just got back from the Jays vs. Red Sox game. It was relatively full in the Rogers Center tonight, and I got another dose of that medicine called "why Toronto is a stupid baseball town". First of all, their fans continue to cheer really loud when nothing happens and ignore rather important plays. It's like they don't even know what baseball is. But that's neither here nor there.

Now, I'll make it known I'm a Red Sox fan and that I was wearing my Sox hat and cheering for my guys. But I'll also say that I don't boo the other team unless it's the Yanks, and that's practically an obligation. From the first batter to the last batter, however, the Jays fans relentlessly booed every Red Sock who came to the plate. They also started chanting "Boston sucks" in the *third* inning when there was still no score. Furthermore, winning a 2-1 game when 13 of your batters strike out is nothing to get too excited about, although the Sox definately played a lackluster game.

I've only seen games in Toronto, Boston and Denver. My experience is rather limited. However, the night I was in attendance at Fenway, during a game against the Jays in 2002, there was absolutely no booing of the Jays. None. At Coors Field, the list of people to boo is:

1) Rockies pitchers
2) Barry Bonds

Everybody else gets a pass. In all the games I've been to in Toronto, the booing is pretty constant. It's like they don't even have a team to root for, the fans are just there to hate on the visitors. That's not condusive to fun. I don't even care that the guys across the aisle were yelling "Fuck you!" at the top of their lungs at the Red Sox consistently throughout the game in front of a bunch of kids and their parents. Hosers like that can be found everywhere. Here's the worst part:

After the game, the "Red Sox suck" chants poured out into the street. Now, after the game that's one thing (third inning is premature, IMHO). My friend, a Jays fan, suggested I remove my hat. I declined. That was when some of the people in the crowd started chanting "Red Sox: Go back to Japan" in reference to Dice-K and reliever Okajima (who made the Jays look like idiots in the 8th by striking out their three best hitters). Go back to Japan? That's rediculous. I was hoping some of the Japanese fans and media would start some shit after that, but I guess they've got too much class. There were certainly plenty of them in attendence. "Go back to Japan" is just inexcusable. And here I've been told ad nauseum how diverse and tolerant Canadian culture is :(

This makes about the dozenth time I've left the dome thinking Jays fans are tools. I've never been impressed by them or their fair-weather support. Blech.