Ep. 34: Boston Marathon

Blue Jays Happy Hour

The Blue Jays completed a 6-1 road trip to New York and Boston with an absurd extra-innings victory at Fenway Park that saw them escape runner-on-third-with-no-outs situations in both the eighth and ninth, and overcome at least three examples of sloppy fielding, a 2-for-12 night with RISP, Kevin Gausman’s continuing BABIP problems, a Trevor Richards appearance, and the Red Sox’ attempt to lull them to sleep by having their relievers take 14 minutes between every pitch. They did so with guts, guile, impeccably executed strategy, Matt Chapman’s incredible glove, and another terrific outing from the bullpen. Anthony Bass, Adam Cimber, Tim Mayza, and Jordan Romano combined for four innings of work — two of which were Romano’s — that saw the team bend but not break, allowing five hits and two walks but no runs. The bulk of the night was not exactly a good advertisement for the game of baseball, but in the end it was thrilling, and a statement of intent. The Blue Jays are in win-at-all-costs mode, and on Thursday that gave them the edge. Well, that and a brilliant slice of base running from Cavan Biggio and, of course, George Springer. After the game we talked about all this, Chapman’s flip play, the best Jays defensive plays of all time, John Gibbons’ arrival on Twitter, Saturday’s tantalizing Manoah-Ohtani matchup, the 30th annoversary of the 1992 World Series team, and more! Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com