Actually they used two relievers besides Glasnow. They used Wroblesky and Sasaki.
The Blue Jays lost the World Series last night, I’m afraid to say, with sheer ineptitude. That dreadful choke was the season.
Winning the pennant was awesome, but they should have won it all.
Wrobleski was the ‘one actual reliever.’ Glasnow and Sasaki are starters.
Well, if you want to get technical about it, Wrobleski has always been a starter as well until earlier this year. His role just changed earlier than Sasaki.
I watched the Fox feed of the bottom of the ninth.
I guess the color guy was Smotlz and he’s usually good. And if he said something obvious about contact being better than striking out or whatever…well. I don’t get FOX and looks like Joe Buck is a few years gone.
Short return of the “dead ball era”: dunno if it was Joe Davis or Smoltz who said if the LFer had actually touched and played the ball, it’s in play. There was still a review, so if the guys in NYC ruled the ball as hard to remove as Excalibur then the umps got it right. Too much talk about Joe Carter.
So Ohtani, depending, gets an at bat or two or three if he’s really smoking. Joe Carter. Generally you want to avoid starters in relief, yet guys like Smoltz have played enough game 7’s where anything goes. It’s probably “good” that Ohtani can really only start to contribute with his bat (if I understand the DH and Ohtani rule correctly).
(obvious color guy)
You want to get to Ohtani and and score so his arm and bat are removed from the game. Then you want to continue to score more runs than the Dodgers. Run on bases better.
They couldn’t put some rubber stripping around the base of the outfield fence? Reckon they will now.
I thought the stuck ball was BS. If that’s part of the ground rule for that park, fine, but it’s not like the ball was lost in the Wrigley ivy or anything. Still when you’re down by 2 and have second and third and nobody out, you should at least tie the game. Bad baserunning on the final out.
It’s been a hell of a series so far. I’m not feeling as confident as RickJay, but we’ll see in a few hours.
Rooting for Dodgers, but really think Blue Jays pull it off. 7-4 final.
In April into May, WrIgley’s ivy hasn’t filled in so the ball (or backing up outfielder) will smash into a brick wall. Dunno if a ball can wedge itself at the base of brick and dirt, yet that ball is in play.
When it gets lost in the ivy, the umps will call it a GRD. Probably even if the OFer goes fishing for it and finds it. If not, it’ll pop back out next spring. I’ve not seen the reaction of OFer raising their arms up in surrender to get a GRD call before.
The Toronto radio and Australian video (no strike-zone box - amazing!) just go to commercials (or hockey scores) during the middle-seventh. Yet I recall the little song they used to sing which had the line, “Root for the home team. If they can’t win it’s a shame.1” That’s my sentiment.
ETA: If we’re predicting scores, I see it low. 3-2 Jays.
1 - I reckon they still do in Toronto? That song and only that song
Nonsense. The Jays only allowed four hits and were robbed by a bizarre ninth inning incident, but were not grossly dominated. They deserved to lose the game because they could not get many consecutive hits, especially from Yamamoto. They still have about a 50% chance of winning tonight, and that hasn’t changed. Even though starting Mad Max has its risks. I might have used another starter.
Like when you said they had already lost in the ALCS? You have a lot of doomerism for a fan of a team one win from a championship. Enjoy it. You aren’t a Met fan.
I don’t even think Barger screwed up . That ball had a 70% chance of falling. Barger needs to try to at least get to third there. Sometimes the opponent makes a great play. Doesn’t mean anyone choked.
As a Met fan… I’m still not sure if I should be offended. Probably not.
I reckon it’s about how the Mets team owner, with cash to spare and pay the fines for big salaries (if they still do that) and a “win it all now” attitude can only assemble a competitive seemingly runner-up team.
The Jays haven’t won since 1992 when Joe Carter hit that homer. Man, that was a great at bat for Joe Carter.
I didn’t think it’d be at least 40 years till the Mets won the WS again. But for myself that’s next year’s bitching.
The Dodgers have a good baseball squadron. For some reason I like the Blue Jays this time around.
Sasaki has been used exclusively as a reliever since his return from injury in September. Dodgers have 5 SPs on their post-season roster without him.
Still rooting for the Dodgers, but again I won’t be too broken up if the Blue Jays win it in game seven at home.
I just feel sorry for anyone who is inside watching Game Seven of the World Series and isn’t learning anything about apples today.
Ohtani has his normal velocity but his command looks pretty blah so far.
Um, yeah, he did. Rule 1 is to make sure that you don’t get doubled up in that situation. You’re carrying the tying run, and you will at least make it to third if the ball drops.
Strange decision from Springer there. What did he think happened?
He was running on the 3-2 pitch, and thought (as Vlad did) that it was ball four. He would probably have been thrown out even if he had kept running.
I get that, but running on 3-2 there and then not going all out to second (I know he’s hurt which makes it even stranger) with one out is a curious decision.
Presumably it was the manager’s decision to have him run on the 3-2 pitch, thinking that Vlad would make contact or it would be ball 4. Didn’t work out.