Freddie P's Blog

October 31, 2007 @ 10:01

Here's something else that's intriguing, Americans ignorance of Canada.

If often happens when you travel south and mention to people that you're from Canada, the reaction is often hilarious.

Like last winter when I was in Florida and told people from Minnesota that I was from Toronto. They were amazed I had traveled so far.

Meanwhile, I was roughly 400 miles closer to home than they were.

This past weekend in Ann Arbor I spoke with two different people from Michigan and they too were mystified at the distance I had traveled.

Meanwhile, the border is only forty miles away and Brampton is only three and a half hours away. And you can bet your ass the same people would have thought nothing of someone traveling from Chicago and it's basically the same distance away as Toronto.

Anyway, I digress. The reason I make this posting today is because the Raptor's regular season starts tonight, and although they won the Atlantic Division this year, they are getting no respect from anyone this year.

Most American publications pick them to barely make the playoffs, and ESPN which shows a couple of NBA game a week apparently doesn't know they exist.

There's a promo that's currently running on ESPN. It features ESPN basketball analyst Stephen A. Smith. He rambles on about all the teams in the east, all but the Raptors.