Brownie19

Incredible

LFG Springer

I take it all back. I believe in you Billy Chapel!

Can't be walking the 9th batter leading off an inning. Get the pen up

He missed his spot by so much that he can't frame those, which ended up being dots on the corner.

Wow. Guys thought JS had an early hook.

Let's go boys. Right here. Step on him.

Holy sh*t!!!

like that! F ya. Let's go boys.

F*CK - CLEAR THE MECHANISM!!!

CLEAR THE MECHANISM MAX! I also hope he says "today I'm throwing hard Kirky"

Boys I have a statement to make. Tonight, Max Scherzer is Billy Chapel. He knows he's at the cross roads of a brilliant career, a sinch to wind up in the HOF. Tonight, he isn't pitching against left handers, he isn't pitching against right handers, he isn't pitching against the Mariners - tonight he is pitching against time. Tonight, I think he might be able to use that ackey old arm one more time to push the sun back up into the sky and give us one more day of summer. Tonight the game is in the hands of the baseball gods - it's an opportunity to witness something special - something we'll talk about for decades to come. I wouldn't miss this game for the world and I know the rest of you won't either. My heart says he absolutely shoves.

Max could be throwing a perfect game and we'd pull him after the 3rd inning - gotta follow that script 😁

Well that's pretty cool. I assume he'd be the first player ever to win 2 GG in a single season. Put Ern in the history books - guys like him who show incredible resilience deserve it.

100% I'm ready to ride or die with a grizzled legend on the mound. Sometimes special things happy when you know you're at the end.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. So funny man. The best

I think Kirk and Ernie have great chances of taking home a GG. Gimenez probably does too, but the time he missed due to injury may hurt his chances.

Of course they do. It's the rational as to why we lose that gets all squirrelly. People are dead set on identifying a single moment or a single player/manager as the reason we lost. They seemingly just can't help themselves.

I don't get this mentality. The baseball playoffs are a crapshoot. This team was projected to be a last place team, but they put together an incredibly fun season, finishing with 94 wins, an AL East title and a playoff series win. Even if we get swept - EVERY Jays fan should be super happy with the season and excited for what the future holds. There will be work to do this offseason for sure, but we have an owner who's willing to spend and we have a young core of players, plus a guy like Yesavage who we'll get for a full season. I'm sure you're suggesting it will feel long because this "feels" like a great opportunity to make (or win) the World Series - but you're not giving the Mariners enough credit. Most people felt they were the one team in the AL that worried us - and for good reason. Nobody should be surprised if the M's beat us and nobody should be upset or disappointed by this season - it's been one of the best seasons in recent memory and it was SO much fun to watch. But this series isn't over - we just need a W tonight.

It is. But home runs often are inconsistent. If you get hot you're laughing, but if you're cold, you're screwed. So it has randomness in it too.

The reality is that sometimes, even if you make the right move (which increases your chances of winning), it doesn't work out. Results aren't guaranteed. I expect JS to continue to make moves that give us the best chance of winning. I suspect the Gausman decision gave up a slight advantage, but I suspect pulling Trey yesterday significantly increased our odds of winning that game. There can't be some pre-determined decision to ride or die with Bieber because going the pen failed the first 2 games, or because he was a trade deadline deal. I know it feels like JS has no "feel" and we all point at certain games where decisions backfire - but he just lead us through a 94 win season and we beat the Yanks with a bullpen day. Most of these decisions end up giving you "slight" advantages over the other. Managers can't control all the variables that occur during a game, which is really what determines the outcome. I know fans struggle with that.

I thought the same thing - he's bang on (for once)

Agreed. I think the Jays target some of the top arms in free agency this year. We're not really in a position to be trading good young position players. I'd rather just pay for an arm.

The Gausman decision and the Yesavage decision were 2 completely different situations. There certainly was an argument to leave Gausman in Game 1 - he was dealing, albeit things were trending in the wrong direction. That was probably a coin flip situation. The Yesavage decision was pretty clear cut. He wasn't dominating - he wasn't even good. 7 base runners, including a HR over 4 innings. It didn't work out (obviously) and now the Jays are probably f*cked, but trying to claim the best decision was to leave Trey in that game his really dumb - even in hindsight. I appreciate that fans are going to, and want to vent, but that shouldn't be talking point. Make the argument that they ought to have brought someone else in. At least that's worth discussing.

The stupidity level in this thread is downright embarrassing.