Monday, October 3, 2016

Celebrate Your Wild Card Jays


It's been a long taxing season. One that has been filled with many highs and lows. The Jays got out in front midway through the season and it looked like they would coast to the AL East pennant. Somewhere along the way the bats cooled dramatically and it became a dog fight down the stretch.


It all came down to one game Sunday, the last day of the season to see whether or not your Jays would get to play host or end up visitors in the AL Wild Card game. Aaron Sanchez twirled a gem behind the great game calling of Russ and incredible infield defense of Josh, Tulo and Pillar.



It was incredibly tense and at times just plain incredible.

https://twitter.com/RLeesam/status/782698923827859456

There was a botched call on a HanRam foul ball, an untimely send by Luis Rivera and a bunch of stranded runners. Through it all the Jays fought and clawed until Tulo punched a dink to right scoring Edwin on what would be the winning run. Bobby O had to come in and nail down his 36th save. (A record for most by a pitcher in history under  the age of 22)



When it was all said and done Sanchez (15-2) ended up leading the league in ERA (3.00) and had won of the best seasons by winning percentage in AL history. Pretty solid for a guy many wanted to be a reliever this year.

https://twitter.com/copperleaf22/status/782812865237430272


Now for the fun, here's some reactions:

https://twitter.com/KJay1122/status/782720079653765120


https://twitter.com/drunkgibbons/status/782711736394584064


https://twitter.com/calvinso_1991/status/782706113967894528


https://twitter.com/F_T_Smasher/status/782772206476505089


https://twitter.com/ArdenZwelling/status/782721799452753921


https://twitter.com/TaoofStieb/status/782711035518124032


https://twitter.com/KPILLAR4/status/782750566913105921


https://twitter.com/BlueJayHunter/status/782723013804449792


https://twitter.com/BlueJays/status/782734884326432769


https://twitter.com/copperleaf22/status/782730114953990144


https://www.instagram.com/p/BLFDazwBiSM/



https://twitter.com/ArdenZwelling/status/782722083176538113

https://twitter.com/palsonly/status/782715981483347969


https://twitter.com/BlueJayHunter/status/782718597399543808


https://twitter.com/BlueJays/status/782725862810542080


https://twitter.com/losprattt/status/782740266885255168


Now lets go hammer some shitbirds, bring us home Norm:

https://twitter.com/norm/status/782765685197987841