For many, being a Toronto Maple Leafs fan has become a curse from cradle to grave.
False hope, hollow promises, and a mind-numbing lack of success - these words describe the Toronto Maple Leafs and the hockey club's inexplicable mediocrity over much of the past decade.
Author Peter Robinson has attended some 100 games over the past six seasons and has little to show for it except an unquenched thirst that keeps him coming back. Why does a team that hasn't won a Stanley Cup since 1967, long before many of its followers were even born, have such a hold on its fans? Robinson tries to answer that question and more while detailing what it's like to love one of the most unlovable teams in all of professional sports.
Being a Leafs fan requires a leap of faith every year, girding against inevitable disappointment. This book tells what that's like, how it got to be that way, and what the future holds for all who worship the Blue and White.
- ISBN10 6613905569
- ISBN13 9786613905567
- Publish Date 22 September 2012 (first published 1 January 2012)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 25 September 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Dundurn Group
- Format eBook
- Pages 289
- Language English