That was one incredible game last night. As a Jays fan I loved that it went 15 innings! Will be fun watching the two 1977 expansion teams battle it out.
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It was after 10pm local time when I turned off the coverage so it must have gone about 5 hours in total. But the game was never boring in all that time.
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Done!
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My road trip last week to Toronto will have to suffice: the Ms vetoed a Seattle trip. We are looking after our three year old granddaughter the days of the Jays games in Seattle while her mother does a mini-vacation in Victoria (Sarah McLaughlin concert).
The Fox crew were entertaining last night but I am hoping our tv feed reverts to the Canadian one.
Either they cranked the mike or the cub brewer game was about as loud as I’ve heard
Bichette is not on the ALCS roster but Scherzer and Bassitt were added at the expense of two relievers. I can see Bassitt starting a game but Scherzer’s ERA was 9.0 in his final four starts……
My youngest daughter is hosting Thanksgiving dinner today so I will miss Game 1 as the timing will conflict. She is not a sports fan.
The commentators were gushing over the Toronto lineup and how Miller was tired on short rest. Seattle kept them quiet, at least for one game…
When Springer hit a first pitch leadoff home run I was optimistic. However the Toronto bats went silent after that. I am nostalgic for the Yankee starters.
I continue (sadly) to think Seattle will win the ALCS based on their superior pitching. I will cheer for Seattle in the WS though as they are a “local” team.
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I’m rooting for Seattle all the way, since they have never won before. Plus, I didn’t care much for that post-game taunting thing after the Yankees lost.
It’s one game. That said I’m rooting for a Seattle Pilots v Seattle Mariners WS. I hope Toronto goes into a hitting funk they did in mid late September that almost cost them the division where they lost 6 of 7 and scored 1 or 0 runs in each of the losses.
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The only Jay who doesn’t ever go into a hitting funk is Bo Bichette and he is still injured. He may also have played his last game as a Blue Jay. Will be interesting to see who signs him next year.
Mariners having a bit more success against Yesavage than the Yanks did.
Yankees swung a lot more at pitches out of the strike zone.
Congrats to Seattle!
Dodgers made that one exciting. Weaselette almost had a heart attack from the stress.
Hoping the Mariners/Brewers get there. Will guarantee a first-time World Series winner.
That was one exciting game for sure. I love such games when neither team is my team.
Seattle LA isn’t gonna get me interested in the WS at all. My interest is already fading.
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I have always been more of a baseball fan than a hockey fan despite being Canadian. Unknown to some US broadcasters, Canada has as long a history with baseball as the US has.
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Wild double-play in LAD at MIL. I blame the third-base coach for this.
In case you haven’t seen:
Bases Loaded. One out.
Fly ball hit Centerfielder’s glove, hit the wall, then back in his glove.
OK, not an out. This is apparent to all who was watching on television. Pretty sure the third-base coach was not.
Man on third apparently was halfway down the line! You were going to score if it was caught! You can start running from the bag the moment it touched the glove the first time in case it didn’t hit the wall and went straight to his glove afterward. So, he went back to the base to “tag up” thinking the ball was caught and then got caught at home for a force out (recall that bases loaded).
Runner on second halfway to third also doesn’t know what’s being called, so he runs back to second and stays there, only to be outrun by the catcher to third for another force out. Inning over.
Third-base coach need to communicate to the runners what’s going on. And on a long fly ball with one out, no runner on third needs to be off the bag.
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That was one of the craziest MLB plays I have ever seen.
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Agreed. Imagine how stupid the Dodgers would be feeling today if they had lost that game by a run.