Gutted.
That was how I was feeling at around 12:30 a.m. this morning.
I know. It’s just a baseball game. A Jays win or a Dodgers win wasn’t going to change anything in my day-to-day life. But I don’t believe I was alone in waking up this morning and thinking…
“DAMN IT!”
It wasn’t like the Jays were totally outmatched by the Dodgers. It wasn’t like they lost 10-0 four games in a row. In the 9th inning of Game 6, they had the tying run in scoring position with one out. In Game 7, they were two defensive outs away from winning the World Series.
In a way, maybe that made it worse. The win was right there. When Bo Bichette hit that three-run homer in the early innings, I thought “This is going to happen!” but by the 6th inning, it just seemed like the Dodgers were getting runners into position with no outs or one out, while the Jays would get two quick outs and then put a runner on. I figured it would eventually catch up to the Jays and unfortunately it did.
But that’s not to say that the 2025 Post-Season didn’t produce some memorable moments. The three-run home run by George Springer that helped clinch the American League Championship Series. The post-season hits record set by Ernie Clement. The phenomenal rise of Trey Yesavage. (Why are there no “Macho Man” Trey Yesavage memes?) The intensity of Max Scherzer. The energy of Vladimir Guerrero, Jr.
It was also seeing people wearing Jays caps, jerseys and shirts. The “Go Jays Go” that popped into people’s email signatures. This was a team that came together and brought a country together. It even made me, who was convinced an American organization like Major League Baseball would never allow a Canadian team win, believe.
It was a great run, boys! Let’s just not take another 32 years to get back to the World Series again.
This weekend is also Championship weekend in NASCAR. This may surprise you but NASCAR took a backseat to baseball on Friday night and Saturday. I PVR’d both the Truck and Xfinity Championship and tried to stay away from spoilers but without success.
I saw one thing that led me to believe Corey Heim hadn’t won the Truck championship. Turns out, they were talking about something else because Heim, in fact, is your 2025 Craftsman Truck Champion.
As for the Xfinity Championship, I went to check someone on Reddit and there was a post showing a diecast of “your 2025 Champion, Jesse Love.” I was sure that Connor Zilisch was a shoe-in for the title. While I was disappointed to have the results spoiled, it’s cool to see that a Richard Childress Racing driver won the championship. (I’m watching the PVR right now.)
This afternoon, the Cup Championship will be determined. Of the final four (Denny Hamlin, William Byron, Kyle Larson and Chase Briscoe), I really don’t have a favourite. With the back story of Denny Hamlin (all-time most race wins without a championship, won his 60th race earlier this year and, most importantly, his father is very ill and this might be the last chance Denny has to win a championship with his father around). I don’t particular like Denny Hamlin but under the circumstances, I’ll cheer for him.
Oh…and I will be watching it live and in real time.
Sorry for not blogging over the last couple of weeks. There hasn’t been too much to say and I could only work my writing skills to make “Went to work, came home, watched WKRP in Cincinnati and Storage Wars” all that interesting. My Mom and I will be staying home more and more now that winter is coming. She’s taken on yet another home improvement project, first repainting her laundry/sewing room and then the kitchen.
She still somehow has a voice after yelling at the TV for the last couple of weeks. She doesn’t quite grasp that the opposing team’s players are supposed to try and catch any fly balls that the Blue Jays hit. 🙂 With the Jays finished for the year, and with us almost finished WKRP in Cincinnati, I’m not sure what we’ll be watching (besides the reruns of Storage Wars).
Edit: I almost forgot. I recently picked up the full series of Cheers on DVD, so we’ll be heading to Boston once we’re clear of Cincinnati.
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