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Will Toronto Blue Jays choke or be choked?

 
PaulChanders 2015-10-08 15:18:35 

Game 1 vs Texas of best of 5

starting now

 
defeyeant 2015-10-08 15:19:19 

In reply to PaulChanders

should be interesting. if they choke the city will bawl big grin big grin

 
PaulChanders 2015-10-08 15:22:32 

In reply to defeyeant

yes...city is hyped...21 years since last playoff...

 
PaulChanders 2015-10-08 15:26:26 

Oh! Canada!

 
defeyeant 2015-10-08 15:27:41 

In reply to PaulChanders

yea second year me was in Canada. didnt know one thing bout baseball then but watched the world series in 92 and 93.

 
PaulChanders 2015-10-08 15:31:18 

In reply to defeyeant

Cito Gaston threw out the 1st pitch...nice touch

 
WI_cricfan 2015-10-08 15:55:17 

I want the blue jays to kick these American butts. How can MLB say that our home games are not fit for prime time?

 
PaulChanders 2015-10-08 15:57:20 

In reply to WI_cricfan

they think it's like Saturday Night Live - the Not Ready for Primetime Players lol lol lol

Jays can use that too as added motivation if required

 
PaulChanders 2015-10-08 16:03:50 

Toronto pitcher David Price has settled down nicely in 2nd innings, strikes out 3...Jays up to bat, 0-0 ...

 
PaulChanders 2015-10-08 16:24:02 

Texas up 2 - 0 in 3rd

 
carl0002 2015-10-08 16:31:59 

In reply to defeyeant

yea second year me was in Canada. didnt know one thing bout baseball then but watched the world series in 92 and 93.

Me too. Landed in Canada the September know not one thing bout baseball. But it kinda remind me of cricket likkle bit, nothing else to do and could not get into the white man dem chasing a black puck around a hockey rink. In addition blue jays had a yaadie name Devon White that was the clincher.
lol lol

 
defeyeant 2015-10-08 19:25:18 

choke!!!
hopefully better in game 2

 
JohnDoe 2015-10-09 00:05:27 

Go Rangers big grin big grin big grin

 
Curtis 2015-10-09 07:38:58 

Game 2 today...Go Jays Go

 
Devin 2015-10-09 08:48:19 

Hopefully Texas sweeps them. I don't need to deal with anymore traffic in the city.

 
Curtis 2015-10-09 13:10:31 

2-1 Texas after 1st innings

C'mon Jays!!!!

 
WestDem 2015-10-09 13:20:21 

In reply to Curtis

3-1 Texas now in de middle of the 2nd....Blew Jayz in trouble!!!

 
Admin 2015-10-09 13:39:55 

Typical Toronto. Raptorsesque.

_r

 
WestDem 2015-10-09 13:41:43 

3-3 bottom of the 3rd...

 
ray 2015-10-09 14:22:37 

6th

4-3 jays

 
Curtis 2015-10-09 14:25:38 

4-3 Trawna bottom of 5th

 
defeyeant 2015-10-09 14:31:44 

In reply to Admin

built the same way as last years Raps too, pure offense

 
Admin 2015-10-09 15:23:00 

Tie game. Toronto is pure rotten-rope.

_r

 
Curtis 2015-10-09 16:57:44 

In reply to Admin

bottom of 13...is this it?

 
ray 2015-10-09 17:09:44 

In reply to Curtis

almost....

 
Curtis 2015-10-09 17:47:52 

Texas goes home up 2 - 0....Jays down but not out...

 
Darkness 2015-10-09 21:12:47 

TV announcers, players, managers and media in general have to be diplomatic but I do not have to.

I was at the stadium today and it was a horribly called game with the Jays getting the shaft. When you know baseball you can sit anywhere in the stadium and tell weather a game was well called, badly called or a team was getting squeezed and the Jays pitchers got squeezed big time today.

 
Curtis 2015-10-10 00:50:26 

In reply to Darkness

that home plate umpire was aweful, with the Jays getting 90% of the bad calls

who owns the Texas team?

even the tag out at 2nd base in the 14th, the Odor took his foot off the bag for a second and was tagged

 
Curtis 2015-10-10 00:51:16 

so it starting to look like they getting choked

 
JohnDoe 2015-10-10 01:17:09 

big grin big grin big grin

 
Curtis 2015-10-11 20:56:38 

Game 3...leh we see who got balls
big grin

 
Darkness 2015-10-11 21:51:01 

In reply to Curtis
getting squeezed again. Balk not called on Texas. Should have been at least 3:0 Jays now...

 
Darkness 2015-10-11 22:12:57 

5:0 Jays top of 6th

 
Kay 2015-10-11 22:13:14 

Gwaan Jays....

 
Darkness 2015-10-11 23:21:38 

two more games, lets do it Jays!

 
Curtis 2015-10-11 23:51:38 

In reply to Darkness
They live to fight tomorrow! !!!....and Tulo finding his form back...

 
Darkness 2015-10-12 00:03:03 

In reply to Curtis
don't forget Marco!

 
Curtis 2015-10-12 07:32:19 

In reply to Darkness

Yes, he pitched a beauty...forgotten man that

 
Kay 2015-10-12 17:45:54 

Bump....smile

 
ray 2015-10-12 18:07:15 

Messed up taking RA out the game...all he needed was one out to qualify for the possible win

 
Kay 2015-10-12 19:32:17 

Back to Tdot.... smile

 
Curtis 2015-10-12 20:09:07 

Back in TO....Game 5 Wed....winner goes to next round

 
XFactor 2015-10-14 10:48:27 

Toronto Blue Jays:
Refuse to lose
Never say die
Snatch victory out of the jaws of defeat
We never give up
Keep the magic alive

Today’s Jays menu: Texas steak.

 
defeyeant 2015-10-14 11:20:48 

In reply to XFactor

allya not accustomed winning nuttin so please doan f up de city tonight if we win this thing. at least not before i get home.

 
XFactor 2015-10-14 11:41:10 

In reply to defeyeant

It all comes down to one game this afternoon. I am a little nervous, but I think we will raise the ALDS banner, Eastern Division Champions 2015.

I will be at sitting second row, first base side behind the media boot wearing a t-shit with "Keep the Magic Alive" printed on it.

 
ray 2015-10-14 11:51:46 

In reply to XFactor

will look for yuh

 
Curtis 2015-10-14 14:07:54 

At least the Jays have an X-Factor in their corner
cool

 
WI_cricfan 2015-10-14 14:37:52 

any live stream?

 
defeyeant 2015-10-14 16:12:40 

jays down 1 before ya even blink

 
Admin 2015-10-14 16:16:28 

Texas will win this game easily. It's going to be sad to watch those awesome Blue Jays fans cry in the stands.

_r

 
ray 2015-10-14 17:26:23 

In reply to Admin

ah hope I not in that boat when Mets play lol

 
Curtis 2015-10-14 18:30:52 

Controversy in 7th....almost a dead ball run
cool cool

 
Kay 2015-10-14 18:38:24 

The Jays just throw it....sad

 
Kay 2015-10-14 18:55:55 

Aaaright!!! Jose... smile

 
ray 2015-10-14 19:10:14 

X-Factor cause plenty problem in dat 7th inning! lol lol

 
defeyeant 2015-10-14 19:11:16 

6-3
crazy game so far
Toronto fans offset the rangers with the bottle throwing

 
Admin 2015-10-14 19:13:48 

That bat flip https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CRUBsMsWoAAo4Vv.mp4

 
Curtis 2015-10-14 19:32:43 

In reply to Admin
Take that from Bautista
lol lol

 
defeyeant 2015-10-14 19:49:11 

Boom!
ALCS here we come

 
Curtis 2015-10-14 19:51:24 

Rock and come EEN!!!!!

Great series win!!!!

 
Kay 2015-10-14 19:55:54 

Amazing!!! Wat happening with the protest now?

 
Curtis 2015-10-14 20:51:06 

In reply to Admin

Texas will win this game easily. It's going to be sad to watch those awesome Blue Jays fans cry in the stands.


Thank You, Sir, please help in the ALCS. Bless.

 
PaulChanders 2015-10-14 20:54:28 

In reply to Curtis

Well said, was thinking the same thing.

These Jays are loose and can be dangerous in the American League Championship.

I am rooting for them all the way to the World Series.
lol lol lol lol

 
PaulChanders 2015-10-14 20:55:39 

In reply to Kay

Protest - Jays can admit they were wrong.
lol

 
PaulChanders 2015-10-14 20:56:52 

Never mind the whole city was nervous to rass. Nuff peeps not even watching for fear of blighting them.

 
JohnDoe 2015-10-14 22:04:11 

BOOO

 
XFactor 2015-10-15 08:57:57 

In reply to PaulChanders


The atmosphere at the game yesterday was eeeeelectric!!!!!!!! One of the most entertaining game/sporting event ever. And I have seen quite a few, but nothing as crazy as this.

There’s no place like home for the Blue Jays. Rogers Centre was rocking. After the Jose Bautista home run, it felt like the roof was going to blow off. Bautista’s stare down and bat flip was classic. I have lost my voice from all the screaming.

My head hurts this morning, not from any of the projectiles thrown on the field during the 7th inning when the crowd wanted blood, although I had to dodge a few, but from painting the town blue with the after-game celebrations.

The Jays are the third team in baseball history to win a five-game series after losing the first two games at home. For those who say the Jays are chokers, choke on that!

 
defeyeant 2015-10-15 10:36:50 

In reply to XFactor

hope you werent among the beer throwers.

 
PaulChanders 2015-10-15 12:48:49 

In reply to XFactor

Nice going....you are now Toronto's X-Factor!!!

Keep it going.... lol

 
Ridge 2015-10-15 15:44:45 

In reply to XFactor

My head hurts this morning, not from any of the projectiles thrown on the field during the 7th inning when the crowd wanted blood

Shameful from the Toronto fans



shock

 
PaulChanders 2015-10-15 17:13:59 

In reply to Ridge

Toronto fans were having a few adult pops before, during and after the game and they didn't like that mickey mouse way of scoring a run.

 
XFactor 2015-10-15 18:46:40 

In reply to Ridge

That was unfortunate. Toronto fans have always been a classy bunch. It is important to understand Toronto fans’ frustration. A do or die game being decided by an obscure Unintentional Interference Rule in which the ump called time in the middle of the play and then they awarded the run to Texas. That was not going to go over well with Toronto’s fans or baseball fans anywhere for that matter.

In the end the Jays won fair and square.

Bring on the Royals!!

 
Curtis 2015-10-15 21:58:00 

In reply to XFactor

we gotta get you to go to more home games - are you planning on any of the KC series?

 
Curtis 2015-10-15 22:00:00 

btw, the Bautista bat flip was a hot topic across the continent today and most of the radio jockeys had no problem with it

a few callers took offense but otherwise they supported the moment and the reaction, based on his past behaviour

 
XFactor 2015-10-15 23:12:20 

In reply to Curtis

The bat flip.......It's called swagger.

All the greats have swagger. Viv Richards had it, so did Mohammad Ali, Reggie Jackson, Michael Jordan, Tom Brady has it, etc.

Bautista don't get the props he deserves. The playoffs will get him more media exposure south of the border.

 
tigga 2015-10-16 08:14:53 

In reply to Ridge

Bugg off big grin

 
XFactor 2015-10-16 10:04:49 

Celebrate the bat flip
Embrace the bat flip
Love the bat flip

Get a life if you disagree.

 
XFactor 2015-10-16 15:30:09 

The bat flip t-shirt.

I'll be wearing it when the Royals come to town.

 
Curtis 2015-10-17 08:54:50 

KC jumps out front...Jays had to let down from that Game 5

 
defeyeant 2015-10-17 18:51:15 

is why Gibbons leave Price in when he see things unravelling so?

 
Ridge 2015-10-17 19:15:36 

Price is overpriced.
Real let down redface

 
PaulChanders 2015-10-17 19:48:22 

In reply to defeyeant
It was that Goins / Bautista error that started the onslaught

Goins is the one I blame

Back to TO

 
PaulChanders 2015-10-17 19:50:36 

In reply to Ridge

Price pitched a beauty until the error

The exBlue Jay analyst says KC was relaying the signals and hitting the fast balls

 
Curtis 2015-10-21 19:59:29 

Well the Blue Jays take Game 5, to make it 3-2 in 7 game series

Now back to KC to settle it

Estrada pitched a gem