Blue Jays Win

 Hello Friends!

So last night the Blue Jays beat the Yankees in the ALDS to advance to the ALCS. This was after having a not so great game in Game 3 and a bullpen game for Game 4. 

There were many that were convinced the Yankees would end up winning the series. That the first two games were flukes. It's typical to be overlooked by Yankee and, sometimes, Red Sox fans.. I'm curious if anyone else is underestimating the Jays... 

Now, the Jays wait to see who they'll face. It could be the Tigers or the Mariners. 

If it's the Tigers, it's a renewal of the rivalry the teams had in the 80s. From the time the Jays became good until the Tigers aged out, the East had the Jays and Tigers as a heated rivalry. 

1987 the Jays lead the division until the final week. In that week, Tony Fernandez broke his elbow in a game against the Tigers. The Jays lost out the season.. 

1984, the Tigers got off to that huge lead. 1985 the Jays won the division. 

Overall, from 1977 to 2025, the Jays are 251-215 against the Tigers. 

The other option is the Mariners. 

The expansion cousins of the Jays, though there were puppeteers trying to finesse the Jays to be given to Washington instead. The whole idea of appeasing the politicians to keep them from looking into baseball's antitrust exemption. 

Seattle, of course, got the Mariners after the Seattle Pilots were so poorly financed they were bought and moved to Milwaukee after one season. It didn't help they were also playing in a horrid stadium (kind of like what the Jays played in originally) But they were given a promise of an expansion team if they got a stadium built, mainly to appease the Washington State politicians blustering about the antitrust exemption.. 

Unlike the Jays, the Mariners took a long time to find success on the field. While they're still waiting for their first World Series appearance, it's nice to see them winning more games than they're losing lately. 

Now, head to head, the Jays are 228-209 against the Mariners, but the Mariners hold a 2-0 record in the playoffs against Toronto. 

Either way, the matchups can be interesting. Either way I'm saying "GO JAYS!"