The Toronto Blue Jays proved themselves to be the all-around better AL East team this season, crushing the New York Yankees in the ALDS and heading on to their first World Series since 1993. Along the way, the Yankees generously helped the Blue Jays achieve a postseason streak that had never been struck before.
In his summary of all the weirdest and most notable events of this year in baseball, Jayson Stark of The Athletic included the Blue Jays’ 20 consecutive home runs between home runs from the Yankees. He rightly entitled this section “The Bronx Bummers”.
“Back in 1927 and 1928, probably the most legendary Yankees teams of them all won back-to-back World Series,” Stark wrote. “You know how many runs they gave up in those two World Series combined? That would be 20.”
“Why would I bring that up? Because in Games 1 and 2 of this ALDS, the Yankees gave up 20 runs to the Blue Jays in a little stretch that went like this: 20 runs, 20 outs!”