Clearly I was talking about having runners on 2nd and 3rd with no outs then losing the game on the next 3 pitches and commiting one of most retarded running errors in history
At the end of the day, the 3 games the jays have won it's been because their bats went ballistic in 1 inning and put the game out of reach. The games the dodgers have won have all been the close nail biters. Because they've been able the keep their composure and execute in the high pressure moments, and the jays have not. Jays fans better pray their bats go crazy in the game 7. Cause it's clear the dodgers got the better clutch gene.
If my jays score a lot of runs early and give Mad Max Scherzer a big lead, he will calm down, settle and get into a nice groove. He’s an experienced and wily veteran who knows how to perform and act in such an important game. He won the last game 7 played in a World Series with the Washington nationals 6 years ago. But because of his age, jays giving him strong run support tonight would make his job easier and less stressful. He won’t have to be nearly perfect on the hill.
That’s also the reason why I hope to see the blue jays explode offensively, chase the dodgers starter in game 7 out of the game again early and blow out the LAD tonight. Think big, win big.
I remember that my blue jays won only one close, tight game in this playoff run( game 7 of the ALCS against the mariners, final score: Toronto won 4-3 ) all our other playoff wins this year were stress free, obvious, no-doubt blowouts. My Blue Jays are actually a great and resilient comeback team- they led the MLB in comeback wins this season ( they had 49 come from behind wins) so I’m not afraid if they trail early in the game because I know they can make comebacks, because nearly every hitter in our batting order knows how to work pitch counts, hit both for power and contact, get on bases, get hits with runners in scoring position, and score runs . We have disciplined, smart, patient, consistent hitters with good hand-eye coordination, anticipation and pitch discernment/awareness/ judgment. They don’t swing at first or bad pitches often.
But they also play much better when they put their boots on the opposing team’s necks and make sure that the game is out of reach for them by killing them with explosive, relentless offense and hitting and smart, mistake free defense/fielding. The surest and safest way for Toronto to win a game is to score a lot of runs to give a comfortable lead and cushion to our bullpen because many of them are struggling with pitching location/control/velocity and get strikes/outs under pressure. Other than Bassitt, Hoffman and maybe Lauer, I can’t trust the other relievers in our bullpen to get quick/easy strikes and outs and preserve/save a one or two run lead in the 9th inning and beyond. We can’t get quick 1-2-3 innings with these guys. Varland, Fisher, Little, Dominguez, Fluharty are hit or miss. They’re too inconsistent, sometimes they’re good, sometimes they’re bad. I won’t call them scrubs but I don’t trust them at 100% unlike Bassitt, Hoffman and Lauer.
