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Old Posted Oct 17, 2013, 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Acajack View Post
It's a good point about the absence of leagues but there is a bit of a chicken and egg thing at play here. (And if the biggest city in the country is automatically counted out, it makes things way more difficult.)
If that's the case, then Montreal is to blame for there being no Canadian baseball league as they had a MLB team first, and were the largest Canadian city at the time.

You make an interesting point about the chicken and egg. One could argue that the presence of the Raptors (and Grizzlies to a lesser extent) has helped raise the profile of basketball in Canada, especially during the Vince Carter years. As a result, you're starting to see a lot of Canadian kids getting picked in the NBA draft. (This year's number one overall pick was Canadian, and next year's will likely be as well). Ironically, we probably have more home grown talent and interest in basketball across Canada than if the Raptors never existed. It's kind of a Catch-22.
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