Jays fan since the beginning. Before the Jays came along, I liked the Dodgers and as such always hated the Yankees. Did flirt with the White Sox in the early 80's (hey they were good, I loved Carleton Fisk, and who could resist those uniforms).

I first joined SB Nation to talk Jays so went with a baseball motif for my username and picture - then I discovered Behind the Steel Curtain and loved it even more! Steelers fan as far back as I can remember. Although living in southwestern Ontario my mom was born and raised in southwestern PA (Scottdale PA to be precise, she attended same school as Russ Grimm's dad Chuck). We still have family in that area. I love going back to PA and usually get to a game or to training camp every year. Played LB in high school and in Canadian university football with the best team in the CIS (yes the Western Mustangs). Jack Lambert is the be all and the end all when it comes to football players, his piledriving of Cliff Harris one of the classic Steelers Super Bowl moments.

One of my best friend's was Gary Dornhoefer's nephew, a mainstay on the Broad Street Bullies. Gary spoke at our small town's hockey banquet and we had a team hockey party at his house one year. I was a kid, the Flyers were winning the Cup, and I knew one of the players, so I was a Flyers fan then and remain one to this day. (Tradition and loyalty are big to me, so although my PA roots are closer to Pittsburgh, I have not abandoned the Flyers even in light of the Penguins recent successes).