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He did have a really nice 4 month run as a Blue Jay. Unfortunately it seems that Schneider and the front office fell in love with the guy and we’re stuck with him starting in the World Series.

Bassitt is a stud in relief. It’s outside the box but he’d likely make a great reliever moving forward.

I don’t think Schneider would use Bassitt 3 days in a row anyway.

Bo knows hittin’

IKF hit a bullet but unfortunately it found a glove. He had a very good AB but had bad luck.

Ugh this anthem performance is an abomination.

I don't think Bieber will be given a chance to go 7 innings but I just hope he commands his off speed pitches more effectively as he's incredibly hittable when he's hanging his slider. Tonight is as close to a must win game as you can get without being an actual must win game. Squeak out a victory tonight and it's suddenly a best of 3 with the Jays regaining home field advantage. Lose this one and the season is on the precipice of being over.

I don't recall blaming the loss on a single person at any point, but having said that Schneider made a lot of decisions that increased the likelihood of a Blue Jays loss on the biggest stage and he shouldn't be immune to criticism when warranted. This game was just like most of the Jays losses this season where there were several pivotal moments in the game that contributed including plenty of questionable decisions by the manager.

I guess someone has to play devil's advocate here and defend the manager's decision making until the cows come home, but it appears as though Schneider viewed the choice to pitch to/around Ohtani in the 7th as a mistake given the fact that he was intentionally walked in his next 4 plate appearances. The rest of the Dodgers lineup was accomplishing little for most of the game with Ohtani crushing Jays pitching at every opportunity. You can't blame the manager for Dominguez grooving a fastball down the middle but I think it's perfectly fair to criticize the decision to allow Ohtani a chance to swing the bat in the first place against a scattershot pitcher who struggles tremendously against left handed hitters.

I wasn't happy with the Kirk pinch running substitution as all of Springer, Bo and Barger were already out of the game at that point and as such the lineup was already greatly depleted.

The team has been great at employing the next man up mentality all season long, but last night this really blew up in their faces as the next man up was constantly inserted into the game when there was minimal benefit to be had. With Springer possibly out for the rest of the series it's looking less and less like the Jays can piece together enough runs to win these games, but one thing I've learned is to never count them out.

I hated the Barger pull for a pinch runner. Like the guy just basically forced an infield error by busting it down the line on a grounder, he's a great baserunner and the switch to Straw is a marginal upgrade on the bases and don't forget that Barger made an outfield throw that Straw has no chance of making. There were a lot of plays that really came back to bite the team in the butt. The Bo pickoff in the 2nd was awful, it was a lousy call by the umpire but it was inexcusable for Bo to assume a walk at that point. It was a massive shame that Lukes managed to work a full count but then swung at ball 4 3 times in the at bat when a walk would have gave them the lead. I wasn't a fan of the Kirk removal as the lineup was already greatly depleted at that point with Springer, Bo and Barger on the bench and this led to a scrubs lineup in the goddamn world series. But the pivotal point was pitching to Ohtani with an open base in the 7th inning with a 1 run lead. That's just asinine, as Dominguez struggles to retire left handed bats, Ohtani already had 2 doubles and a home run and Ohtani hits right handed pitching more effectively. Handing out the free pass was as easy a decision as there is as literally nothing good could come from pitching to Ohtani in that situation, and the rest of the Dodgers lineup had been relatively quiet up to that point. Schneider simultaneously overmanaged at points with the baserunning substitutions which led to a popgun lineup for half of the game, and undermanaged at such a key point late in the game to let Ohtani tie the game. Schneider did a fantastic job guiding this team to the world series this year, but this game showed how he can still find himself completely out of his element at the worst possible time in the post season.

Something like 90 minutes left to go.

Sadly I’m in the same boat. I’m tapping out after the Dodgers hit as I have less than 6 hours before I have to get up for a 12 hour shift.

Lauer isn’t fooling the hitters right now.

Damn that looked like a no doubter off of the bat.

Seems like the posters are running out of steam as this game drags on.

I’m at the point where I just want this game to end one way or another. It’s really hard to see the Jays scratching out a run with the weakass lineup they’re running out presently but stranger things have happened.

Too tired for clenching at this point.

I think pitching to Ohtani in the 7th was the key decision that cost the Jays a chance to win in regular innings.

You have to hope Schneider learns a lesson, but you’d hope an MLB manager wouldn’t need to learn that it’s a bad idea to remove most of your best hitters in a tie game in the World Series.

WTF? This is an awful assessment, Lukes has produced a ton of big hits and defensive plays this post season.

FFS Lukes swung at ball 4 3 times.