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Hope and Heartbreak in Toronto Life As a Maple Leafs Fan

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ISBN-10: 1459706838

ISBN-13: 9781459706835

Edition: 2012

Authors: Peter Robinson

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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 125 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…    
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Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Publication date: 9/22/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Maureen Lee's award winning novels have earned her many fans. Her latest novel, The Leaving of Liverpool, was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller. Maureen was born in Bootle, Liverpool and now lives in Colchester, Essex.Steve Hartley is a sensible man. He has a sensible job, a sensible family, lives in a sensible house and drives a sensible car. But underneath it all, he longs to be silly. There have been occasional forays into silliness: Steve has been a football mascot called Desmond Dragon and has tasted World Record success himself - in both a mass yodel and a mass yo-yo! But he wanted more, and so his alter ego Danny Baker Record Breaker was created. Steve lives in Lancashire with his…    

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Sacred Bonds
Long Walk in the NHL Desert
May 25, 1993
Kerry Fraser
Craig Muni's Ghost
International Wallflowers
Creating more Leafs Fans
Scalpers
Scramble for Tickets
Burke's Great Gamble
In Defence of Toronto
Toronto Fans
Barren Sports Landscape
Tragic Heroes
Ownership/Management
Corporate Wonderland
The Man in Charge
Hysteria
Something's Gotta Give
The Journey
Notes