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It also did the best ratings in 15-20 years for a regular season baseball game. MLB killed it with this game. Marketing, execution, everything.

Murphy was hoarded on the 40 man roster for what seemed like forever. Surprised they gave up on him that quickly, but I don't think he's a loss at all. No idea who Overton is, though.

Jays will win the 2nd game in a blowout while Cimber, Richards, and Romano close it out.

Montoyo using his worst relievers in a close game is ridiculous.

My thoughts exactly. Not his fault on the runs scoring but putting him in to begin with was not the right call.

I love the fact that this is a home game for the Jays. As if playing in Buffalo and Dunedin wasn't enough.

Julian Pearson or Nate Merryweather.

He’s a 4th OF. In today’s market, players like him sign one year deals at less than what he’s getting per year, probably half. He’s overpaid for what he is. However, the reason he’s hurting the team is because he is not being used as a 4th OF. Even with Dickerson on board, Montoyo is juggling the lineup constantly to fit Grichuk in there (mostly at Gurriel’s expense from the looks of it). He needs to be moved in the off season. Eat up 50-75% of his contract and replace him with a 4th outfielder that Buntoyo won’t give 600 plate appearances to even when everyone is healthy.

What a huge win.

Romano was warming up so he's definitely coming in.

George f***ing Springer!!!

Asking for a Kirk pinch hit is too much, right?

Unfortunately their strong second half, even if it doesn't result in a playoff berth, will help keep his job. He's never leaving.

Umpire sees that slide perfectly, but doesn't notice a pitch 4 inches inside to Semien. That's nice.

Looks safe, but they owe us one.

Not even borderline. Wasn't even close to a strike. Absolutely horrible call. I could live with a borderline one being called wrong, but that was ridiculous.

Wow what a f***ing joke.

This game will depend on which offense shows up. There's no in between with this team. They either score a lot or can't score at all. Have to hope this is one of their good days.

I'm in my mid 30's, and that's exactly what I do. I'll watch a movie with my wife, but have my phone on me to periodically check the score on the app, and if something happens, I use MLBtv to watch it (since it allows people to rewind live games) or I'll just wait for the highlight to pop up. As mentioned, one benefit to baseball in today's environment is that it is much easier to consume without having to watch the game. Put Gameday on your phone, and you know exactly what is going on. If you tried to follow the NBA like that, it would be a lot more difficult. Or put baseball on in the background, and do your daily routine. I'm not much into gambling, but the dead time in between pitches, AB's, etc, can probably be better utilized for sports betting. There are benefits to the current format. The issue is the lack of real action in games nowadays (3 true outcomes), time in between pitches, and the overall length of the game. I think what Manfred/Epstein have implemented in the minors as far as rule changes are all positive steps to fix those issues. If those are implemented in the bigs within the next few years, it will drive purists nuts, but I think overall it would likely help the flow of the game.

I dislike Manfred as much as anyone, but I agree, he's in a tough spot. The game has a core fanbase that trends older. That fanbase is not going to accept change very easily. However, if baseball doesn't change at least to some degree, it's going to alienate the younger demo that they desperately need to attract. So Manfred pretty much has to annoy the diehards in order to build something that the casuals/younger audience will get behind. Younger people today have no attention span. Long extra inning games are not going to attract any new fans, they'll just entertain the existing ones who want the game to be played the same way its been played for decades. If you notice the stadiums in those 15-20 inning marathons, they are 90% empty by the time the game ends. People want to get home. People at home don't want to dedicate 5-6 hours on a sporting event that has a slow and methodical pace. The league should figure out the best solution to end games quicker. If there is a compromise where they start the runner on 2nd in the 11th, so that they give each team one extra half inning of "real" baseball until the ghost runner comes in, then fine.

Yeah, if the Jays got a single in the extra inning like the Red Sox did, or Bo hit a fly ball, then the game is tied again, and the Jays would have scored in the same BS way the Red Sox did. The Jays just happened to fail in the extra inning. Either way, it's not the reason the Jays lost. If you score one run in a game, then you're either going to have to throw a shutout or lose, and the Jays luckily were able to split the two games.

Unfortunately the Yankees and A’s keep winning. Jays need to win tomorrow. A split would be terrible.

People whining about extra innings, you realize the Jays got a runner on 2nd too, right? They scored 2 runs in 15 innings. Winning one is impressive based on that. The rule is annoying but every team has to deal with it.

Winning with a walk off against the Red Sox after the s*** they've done to the Jays this year is very satisfying. Get both today.

Sucks about Mayza. He has been really good this season. Not thrilled at all to see Murphy and Snead up but I guess there's not much other option.