Postgame Thread ⚾ Blue Jays 13 @ Mariners 4

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1. Everyone this Championship round: fuck dem home fans.

2. Pitchers ballpark my ass

3. Pitchers named Kirby having it rough.

4. The BlueJays were still hungover the first two games of this series I know it, I just can’t prove it

   

5. Close one.

6. Seattle you fools! First inning homers are the kiss of death

7. That wasn’t as fun as the first two games

8. They forgot to turn on the marine layer

9. That was a long ass batting practice.

10. Still only counts as one!

11. Scheduled loss, just arrived two games late

12. 18 hits is a good way to reignite your offense.

13. Have the Mariners considered installing antigravity beams at T-Mobile Park to ~~knock down fly balls for the visiting team?~~ hit more home runs?

14. It’s disappointing to me that all of the League Championship Series games so far have been won by the away team, and the home teams haven’t been able to muster much offense at all when it counts. Excluding the two blowouts, the home teams have a combined 7 hits in three games. These fans have waited so long to see their teams vie for a World Series appearance and deserve better.

    Except for the Dodgers. I hope you get swept at home, you fucks.

15. I don’t want to hear any narratives about how “it’s over” for either team. As the saying goes, “some days you’re the plow, some days you’re the snow.”

16. Are we playing in Colorado or something? Ball was flying today.

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18. Damn Seattle…did you guys leave Humpy and the Etsy Witch in Canada or something?

19. Uh oh, the Blue Jays remembered how to hit

20. 17-17 in the series.

21. So… they’re definitely juicing the balls, right?

22. why didn’t we score more runs than them?

23. Home field debuff

24. They had me in the first inning, there, not gonna lie.

25. Andres postgame interview, let alone a postseason one was not on my bingo card 

26. Posted in the Kirk homerun post but recommenting it here:

    If the jays end up winning it all this year, I think the biggest reason will be their toughness. In past years, when the going got tough it would mess with their head and they’d fall apart.

    In 2022-2023, if they had allowed the Yankees to tie them in the standings heading into the final game of the year, they would have lost that game and the Yankees would’ve won the division. If they had blown a lead like they did in game 4 of the ALDS they would’ve lost the next 2 games and gotten eliminated. If they had just lost the last 2 games of the ALCS at home, they would’ve completely given up and let the mariners sweep them.

    Whenever things start to unravel for this team they always seem to bounce back.

27. Away teams showing up to the stadiums like:

    

28. Damn, the Jays rallied! Bummer of a game for me today ofc, but I like the Jays and their fanbase. I’m glad they got a game where we all got to see the real Jays.

    let’s please never do it again

29. First ALCS road win for the Blue Jays since 1993

30. Me, circa one week ago: Man, if results hold, Jays vs Mariners will be an absolutely electric ALCS.

    Me, circa four days ago: well damn, I don’t see how Toronto doesn’t roll in games 1 and 2 after that Mariner marathon. Maybe the Ms can make it close when the series goes back to Seattle.

    Me, circa two days ago: Well shit, guess Seattle didn’t need any rest. Now going back to T-Mobile with rested pitching? We may have a sweep.

    Me, circa right now: Okay what the actual fuck guys

31. I’m starting to think home field might be a trap for the series

32. Me yesterday – I hate baseball

    Me today – I love baseball

    Me tomorrow – ?????

33. Toronto’s run total gave me PTSD.

34. My emotonal support homeruns are back 🙏🏻

35. Honestly, I’d talk trash but Seattle fans have been as nervous as us, and they were up 2-0.

    Plus Cascadia bros.

    Get ready for Mad Max!

    

36. No one scores 13 unanswered runs against the Seattle Mariners

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38. Well that sucked

39. Ballpark is blasting ‘Alive’ by Pearl Jam right now lol.

40. Well now all we have to do is hope that 41 year old Max Scherzer, whos been awful for months, somehow finds one more great game in him, against a guy in Castillo who dominated us the last time we saw him in the playoffs.

    Still a massive uphill climb, but also the type on nonsense we’ve pulled off all year.

41. Love waiting till 8 just to get kicked in the dick. Can’t wait to do it again tomorrow

42. Boy, that escalated quickly. I mean that really got out of hand fast.

43. I’m glad both fanbases have experienced the joy of a first inning HR followed up by 8 innings of being dumb jerks who can’t hit.

44. Reporter: “Vlad, 4 for 4 with a home run, can you walk us through your thought process batting tonight?”

    Guerrero Jr.: “Well, had a couple of tough games at home against the Mariners. Coach said to just put that out of my mind and then come out fresh for this series against the Yankees.”

    Reporter: “But we’re in Seattle and you’re still playing the Marin-”

    Schneider: “SHUT UP! HE HAS A 1.609 OPS AGAINST THE YANKEES, SO THIS IS NEW YORK, THOSE WERE THE YANKEES, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS!”

45. If the last 3 days of baseball have taught me anything, it’s that whichever team hits a home run in the first inning is going to lose the game.

46. Jays needed that. Glad we have a series on our hands. I’ll be cheering in the WS for whoever wins this one.