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Judging by the numbers, those television images of Jays fans cheering loudly at opposition stadiums are not isolated incidents but part of the travelling pack of people willing to pay big bucks to follow their sports teams on the road. He traced the edges of the strike zone with his fastball, cutter, and changeup, made amusing faces at his infielders, and on the rare occasion that a Blue Jay got the better of him, he accepted it quietly, with a peeved expression, as if allowing a run were a mild annoyance. Toronto was upset after Volquez plunked Donaldson and later threw high and inside to the MVP contender. Kansas City’s Ryan Madson would later hit Tulowitzki while Toronto’s Aaron Sanchez hit Alcides Escobar, which emptied both bullpens and led to Sanchez’s ejection.
Edinson Volquez (who is starting Game 1 of the ALCS) hit Donaldson the next day, the Blue Jays hit a Royals hitter later in the same game, the Royals threw near Donaldson’s head, and the two teams brawled. Price faced Kansas City in back-to-back May starts with Detroit, going 1-0 with a 2.93 ERA. In the top of the inning, Texas’ Rougned Odor scored the go-ahead run with two outs when Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin’s throw back to the mound hit batter Shin-Soo Choo, and the ball rolled up the third-base line. Volquez’s inside pitching drew the ire of the Blue Jays, eventually leading to the first of those bench-clearing moments. The Royals, on the other hand, moved to 52-34, well on their way to the AL Central title and another postseason trip. Jose Reyes was batting leadoff. I think in the wake of being a global laughing stock thanks to our former mayor, this is a refreshing change and something we can all be proud of.
There have been oodles of pitchers who have been tattooed in the post-season, but Andrus’ performance in Wednesday’s game has got to be among the most pitiful of all time.
Bad Blood. Tempers boiled over in the final regular-season meeting between the teams, a 5-2 home win for Toronto on August 2. And after the game, he called Blue Jays star Josh Donaldson “a little baby” for complaining about his inside pitching.
El Paso, TEXAS-The 2015 World Series champion will hail from New York, Chicago, Toronto or Kansas City. I should make them 100 times out of 100. This sidebar stopped gaining traction when Ventura apologized, an apology Bautista accepted on Twitter. After falling just short of a World Series championship a year ago with a Game 7 loss to San Francisco, the resilient, never-say-die Royals are trying to take this run one step farther. The Jays are hoping to win their first AL pennant since 1993.
No small claim for the player who entered the Hall of Fame in 1999 with the fourth-highest voting percentage in baseball history.
In the bottom of the inning, the Rangers committed three straight errors to help Toronto tie the score, and Jose Bautista hit a three-run homer, complete with an emphatic bat flip, for a 6-3 lead. The best-of-seven format will allow a few breathing room for these two teams, at least to start. This caused him to be arrested and escorted out of the game by the police, and Blue Jays players urged their fans to show more orderly conduct. So, for the Toronto franchise and its long-time fans, this series will be a chance for redemption. Here’s how these two teams stack up.
