We’re assuming you were playing attention, Keith Pelley. There’s a new emotional and competitive standard in town.

Pelley, as you know, is the MLSE suit in charge of the Maple Leafs, Raptors, Argonauts and Toronto FC. The general managers of all four teams report directly to him. And he has now witnessed what it takes to make a Toronto sports team incredibly competitive, appealing and beloved in the GTA market and across Canada.

Winning, yes. But winning a certain way, and even losing a certain way. The utter cruelty of the Blue Jays’ defeat in extra innings of Game 7 of the World Series on Saturday is likely going to make people embrace them even more.

It’s going to be weeks, months or maybe years before any of the other teams in Toronto can get their respective fan bases to feel anyth

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