OT: Blue Jays Win the Pennant! Moving on to the World Series

[Cyrus]

Nobody should be mad as Jays exceeded everyone's expectations. Dodgers literally have a massive payroll, star studded and hall of farmers and we almost beat them. Losing sucks but they grinded and did their best. All you can ask for.

That 2nd place/loser talk, we had this team beat, we had soo many LOB in game 6 and 7th, yeah we took them to brink, but we should have beat this team.

Dodgers hit .200 for the series, yet they won lol!

[EH15]

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IKF standing almost on top of 3rd as the pitch to Varsho is delivered. A normal lead and it was ours.

I did not catch this live...

Of all the plays to highlight, you're bang on right here. This was the ball game. Brutal.

[Tha Cynic]

This kind of sucks because imo the better team did not win. The Dodgers had a free cheat code in Yamamoto who did things that no one else could do. The Blue Jays were better in every other way possible and the Dodgers just spammed a bunch of Ace starters including one who is the best in baseball at pitching. They had a guy on the bench who never played in the post season who hit 28 homeruns lol. Jays should have won that series.

Anyway, I've been in Hawaii for the last few games and the fans here have been very nice. Most actually said they hoped the Jays won as they felt the Jays deserved it more.

[Tha Cynic]

Yamamto absolutely clutched it. First baseball ive watched and heartbreaking. Happy to see Japan dominate baseball, but not against Toronto damn.

MLSE better sign some Japanese players.

The Jays tried to sign both of their main Japanese guys. They wanted to go to warm LA lol. It's the same thing that happens in the NHL and NBA. The warmer climates have a huge advantage and MLB doesn't do anything to make sure there's isn't an unfair advantage.

[disoblige]

Nobody should be mad as Jays exceeded everyone's expectations. Dodgers literally have a massive payroll, star studded and hall of farmers and we almost beat them. Losing sucks but they grinded and did their best. All you can ask for.

That 2nd place/loser talk, we had this team beat, we had soo many LOB in game 6 and 7th, yeah we took them to brink, but we should have beat this team.

Dodgers hit .200 for the series, yet they won lol!

Jays have been coming back from deficits—what makes you think other teams can't do that? Aren't lead changes, mistakes, or upsets so common in sports?

Manager replacing BO and seeing Yoshi preparing to pitch, I knew we were in trouble if we didnt score that inning.

[Rust_Cohle]

Just way too many runners stranded in base. This may be the most soul crushing loss in Toronto sports history. 2 games at home to close it out and we messed it up spectacularly. Such a winnable series but getting over the hump was painful. We didn’t do the little things well whereas the dodgers just kept chipping away.

At least the Raps for the title, as shaking this Toronto sports curse stuff feels like it is still here.

[Rust_Cohle]

Yamamto absolutely clutched it. First baseball ive watched and heartbreaking. Happy to see Japan dominate baseball, but not against Toronto damn.

MLSE better sign some Japanese players.

The Jays tried to sign both of their main Japanese guys. They wanted to go to warm LA lol. It's the same thing that happens in the NHL and NBA. The warmer climates have a huge advantage and MLB doesn't do anything to make sure there's an unfair advantage.

Not only that but mlb free agency was in January. Good luck convincing people Toronto is a great place to live during that time of year. Hell, even Tampa would look more appealing that time of year. Toronto gets underrated as a city so much for free agency in just about every sport.

[MoneyBall]

He just needed to hit it into the outfield. That would have won the World Series.

That's on top of doing nothing with many people on base earlier in the game.

Varsho lost us the series. Both in game 6 and 7.

Varsho made enough contact there to win the game for us. The problem was IKF failed to take a lead from 3rd - he was right next to the bag as the pitch was delivered. If he has a proper lead and slides hand first - he's safe easily.

IKF lost us the World Series. But he should have never played.

I agree that that was one of the biggest mistakes. Felt like Kiner-Falefa definitely could have placed more pressure when he was at third. My guess is they were paranoid to end that inning like they did the night before; line drive double play.

[MoneyBall]

Nobody should be mad as Jays exceeded everyone's expectations. Dodgers literally have a massive payroll, star studded and hall of farmers and we almost beat them. Losing sucks but they grinded and did their best. All you can ask for.

That 2nd place/loser talk, we had this team beat, we had soo many LOB in game 6 and 7th, yeah we took them to brink, but we should have beat this team.

Dodgers hit .200 for the series, yet they won lol!

We literally didn't, though. It was a crazy close game in a crazy close series. These Dodgers are a modern day dynasty. Respect your opponent.

[Rust_Cohle]

Nobody should be mad as Jays exceeded everyone's expectations. Dodgers literally have a massive payroll, star studded and hall of farmers and we almost beat them. Losing sucks but they grinded and did their best. All you can ask for.

That 2nd place/loser talk, we had this team beat, we had soo many LOB in game 6 and 7th, yeah we took them to brink, but we should have beat this team.

Dodgers hit .200 for the series, yet they won lol!

We literally didn't, though. It was a crazy close game in a crazy close series. These Dodgers are a modern day dynasty. Respect your opponent.

We had a 92% chance of winning in the 9th inning. Back to back games at home, we absolutely made a mess of it. Leaving an insane amount of runners on base will forever haunt this team from this series. Dodgers were very very beatable. Can’t be losing 75% of your home games in a World Series.

[canz55]

Miguel Rojas hitting a HR at the 12th hour to save the Dodgers definitely wasn't on my bingo card.

[MoneyBall]

That 2nd place/loser talk, we had this team beat, we had soo many LOB in game 6 and 7th, yeah we took them to brink, but we should have beat this team.

Dodgers hit .200 for the series, yet they won lol!

We literally didn't, though. It was a crazy close game in a crazy close series. These Dodgers are a modern day dynasty. Respect your opponent.

We had a 92% chance of winning in the 9th inning. Back to back games at home, we absolutely made a mess of it. Leaving an insane amount of runners on base will forever haunt this team from this series. Dodgers were very very beatable. Can’t be losing 75% of your home games in a World Series.

And what were the odds of Dodgers winning the series after taking a 2 games to 1 lead with still two games to play at home? I'm not saying Dodgers were unbeatable, I'm saying their experience came through for them once again. They were stacked pitching wise given that every single pitcher was available to them. Dodgers left a lot of base runners too.

The more I watch IKF on that Varsho hit, the more perplexed I get. Almost seems like the coaches instructed them to stay super close to their bags.

[720]

I just woke up from my sleep and in my dream Vlad hit the game winning run in.

Damn dude this is devastating. We were two outs away in game 7 from winning it all. Heck we were 1 hit away from winning it all as well in that very inning!

[ATLTimekeeper]

Sour grapes but I'd rather lose with this team than win with theirs.

The entire Jays season was a bubble, and it burst. As a sports fan, that was a great game and now we have trauma within our own history. Hopefully we aren't amidst a century stretch a la the Cubs and Red Sox, but those fans are some of the best in all sports exactly because of that collective trauma. And when they win, it means more.

[720]

Like i mean look at this, these weren’t even the two biggest reasons we lost and it’s already absurd and improble.

[Kingsway_fan]

Sour grapes but I'd rather lose with this team than win with theirs.

The entire Jays season was a bubble, and it burst. As a sports fan, that was a great game and now we have trauma within our own history. Hopefully we aren't amidst a century stretch a la the Cubs and Red Sox, but those fans are some of the best in all sports exactly because of that collective trauma. And when they win, it means more.

Makes the Raptors championship so much more special... as it's so hard to actually win it all, especially as a non US team.
The Dodgers are a dynasty, for years to come.
First, They are located in a market everyone desires. Second, They have first dibs at the influx of superstar top talent coming from Japan --- a flow that will continue unchallenged for years now ... Having lived in Tokyo for 6 years, They (Japanese) ALL want to play in the WEST COAST and for the Dodgers--- even the Yankees can't compete with that.

Jays, with a weak Canadian dollar, will still spend --- but they will have to compete with big names like the Yankees and Red Sox, and others, each year.

It's unfortunate that yes, they should have won this year, but there is no consolidation that it will mean more later... Leaf fans are still waiting for that later moment... a generation later... and counting.

Glad I was able to witness the Raptor championship... in my lifetime ... a rare event in that sport, or any.

[Kevin Willis]

That 2nd place/loser talk, we had this team beat, we had soo many LOB in game 6 and 7th, yeah we took them to brink, but we should have beat this team.

Dodgers hit .200 for the series, yet they won lol!

We literally didn't, though. It was a crazy close game in a crazy close series. These Dodgers are a modern day dynasty. Respect your opponent.

We had a 92% chance of winning in the 9th inning. Back to back games at home, we absolutely made a mess of it. Leaving an insane amount of runners on base will forever haunt this team from this series. Dodgers were very very beatable. Can’t be losing 75% of your home games in a World Series.

Going home we should've won. This was an uncharacteristic Jay game. Bullpen falling apart like that. I knew if they didn't win it in the 9th in the walkoff position they were in, it would be tough because LA would have the momentum. Credit to LA but still they should've won at least one game.

[NinjaBro]

Going to be a tough decision tonight. Watch the Jays win the World Series for the first time in 32 years with a bunch of likeable underdog blue collar players that never gives up? Or watch the no defense, no pressure, lost and confused Raptors get blown out again tonight. Tough choice.

NinjaBro why? Why the **** would you say something like this man? You know you're a walking jinx lol smh.

[Jerry Lucas]

Perma-ban NinjaBro

[Rust_Cohle]

We literally didn't, though. It was a crazy close game in a crazy close series. These Dodgers are a modern day dynasty. Respect your opponent.

We had a 92% chance of winning in the 9th inning. Back to back games at home, we absolutely made a mess of it. Leaving an insane amount of runners on base will forever haunt this team from this series. Dodgers were very very beatable. Can’t be losing 75% of your home games in a World Series.

And what were the odds of Dodgers winning the series after taking a 2 games to 1 lead with still two games to play at home? I'm not saying Dodgers were unbeatable, I'm saying their experience came through for them once again. They were stacked pitching wise given that every single pitcher was available to them. Dodgers left a lot of base runners too.

The more I watch IKF on that Varsho hit, the more perplexed I get. Almost seems like the coaches instructed them to stay super close to their bags.

The dodgers chances were far less than 92% after winning game 3. This was a leafs level collapse. You are spot on IKF really effed it, so frustrating because we could’ve won. But hopefully we can bounce back next season.

Was a fun ride though