Are you new to baseball? The beauty of the game is anyone can have a big Moment. Kirk Gibson isn’t in the HOF, but people still talk about his walkoff HR in 88.
No I’ve been a blue jays fan and a baseball fan for a long time. Since the early 2000s. I Watch the MLB playoffs in October every year if I can. I find the drama, excitement, theater, dread, nuance, strategy, tactics and lore of baseball so fascinating.
I know unlikely and unsung heroes can come out of nowhere and can provide unexpected contributions and have big moments during important moments in the playoffs. But when it happens against your favorite team in the WS. It hits different. It hurts you much more. It stuns you much more.
Ernie clement, Nathan Lukes, Myles straw, Andres Gimenez, Davis Schneider, Addison Barger for my blue jays this year
Rojas and pages last night in game 7
Dodgers relief pitcher Will Klein in game 3 that lasted until the 18th inning
Texas Rangers Outfielder Travis Jankowski in the 2023 World Series
David freeze in 2011 with the cardinals
Ben zobrist in 2015-16 with the royals and cubs
Cleveland Rajai Davis game tying HR in the bottom of the 8th inning in game 7 of the 2016 WS
Billy butler with the royals in 2014
Steve Pearce with the red sox, in the 2018 World Series against your dodgers
Scott podsednik in 2005 with the white Sox
This happened well before my time, but Pat borders with the 1992 blue jays, Kirk Gibson with the dodgers in 1988 and Lenny dykstra in 1986 with the Mets