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Robert Hiltz @hiltz.bsky.social · 24m

Kinda needed this particular conversation

Stoeten @stoeten.bsky.social · 1d

The Jays got as close to winning a World Series as physically possible. But, as I'm sure I don't need to tell you, they did not win.

So this week @nickashbourne.bsky.social and I talk about the playoff ride, an instant classic of a World Series, and heartbreaking defeat.

Have a listen! 👇

🎧BJHH: 202 - Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End

The 2025 Toronto Blue Jays got literally as close to winning a World Series as physically possible.

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josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 2d

Turning this off. i thought this was supposed to be about an escape from alcatraz..

Patrick McGoohan saying "No one has ever escaped from Alcatraz"

Patrick McGoohan adding: "And no one ever will"

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Drew @drewgrof.bsky.social · 1d

You can, in fact, go home again open.substack.com/pub/fairserv...

Fortune's always hiding

I'm forever blowing bubbles

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 2d

Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper

www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...

And in that pause between pitch and contact - longer than logic, shorter than hope - we remembered why baseball existed long before we judged a sport's value by viral moments and betting apps. It is the romance of failure. The mortal beauty of trying and missing seven times out of 10 and still being considered great. It is the only sport where patience is a weapon, and panic the surest death. You cannot simply run out the clock in baseball; you must face it, pitch by terrifying pitch, until it finally releases you.

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 2d

A tremendous World Series decided by the slimmest of margins. Not at all sure the better team won, but that’s baseball. The Blue Jays were fierce, and I’m a bit heartbroken for all the Jays fans in my feed and orbit — Toronto folks have been supportive and awesome to me going back over a decade.

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Alex Arrelia @alexarrelia.bsky.social · 2d

The silliest part of the Drake/Kendrick feud is the presumption that Toronto likes Drake…

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Robert Hiltz @hiltz.bsky.social · 2d

Go Jays

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Robert Hiltz @hiltz.bsky.social · 2d

Which, outside of this thread, I won’t dwell on. I remember the days of like JP Ricardi and hoping for ‘meaningful baseball.’ Couldn’t have imagined anything this meaningful then

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Robert Hiltz @hiltz.bsky.social · 2d

Genuinely not mad about any of it, but it was there for the taking. Didn’t need to go this deep

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Robert Hiltz @hiltz.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah. That was killer. Pulling hot bats for matchups was not the play. And a couple of those pinch run calls were real bad. But there were still so many chances to finish it in the series.

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Toronto Blue Jays (Bot) @bluejaysbot.bsky.social · 2d

It was a magical ride with all of you.

Our city, our home, our fans showed up on the grand stage...and we couldn't be prouder.

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Robert Hiltz @hiltz.bsky.social · 2d

Taking Pages out of the lineup was actually pretty damaging.

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Robert Hiltz @hiltz.bsky.social · 2d

(I’d watched most of the game but had fallen asleep, all I remember is the waking up)

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Robert Hiltz @hiltz.bsky.social · 2d

Hell yeah

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Robert Hiltz @hiltz.bsky.social · 2d

I do wish the Jays had won though. I wanted to call my mom and wake her up to tell her the Jays won, the same way I woke up as a six year old to her scream when Joe Carter hit The home run.

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Robert Hiltz @hiltz.bsky.social · 2d

Go Jays

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Robert Hiltz @hiltz.bsky.social · 2d

Beating the Yankees was incredible (“Start speeding the news, bitches, we’re going!) , beating the Mariners in seven made me leave my body. This series was excruciating, but I’ve never loved the sport more.

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Robert Hiltz @hiltz.bsky.social · 2d

Ninety-two and 93 didn’t happen out of nowhere. It was a buildup of years of good baseball. This team didn’t make it to a World Series on a fluke.

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Robert Hiltz @hiltz.bsky.social · 2d

Reminded me what I love so much about watching baseball.

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Robert Hiltz @hiltz.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, absolutely. But this wasn’t a sure thing blown; this was a couple of hits 6” further and were in a different universe.

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Robert Hiltz @hiltz.bsky.social · 2d

Hard to be mad.

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Robert Hiltz @hiltz.bsky.social · 2d

Jays could have had this one, probably should have, but sometimes that’s the way it goes. Jays took the best (?) team in the league as deep as you can go, and nearly took it, twice.

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Robert Hiltz @hiltz.bsky.social · 2d

I’d fallen off watching baseball for a while. But, this team was incredible. Guys you want to root for up and down the lineup. Cant wait until next year.

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Plate Stealer @platestealer.bsky.social · 2d

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Robert Hiltz @hiltz.bsky.social · 2d

So fuckin close. Hard to be mad, but real gutted.

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