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somewhere between growing up and growing old, there is baseball. I write about that: https://open.substack.com/pub/zanananananananabatman?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=yarbj

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zanananananananabatman @zanananananabatman.bsky.social · 9h

From a PS2 walkoff in 2008 to Game 7 tonight. A lot has changed in 17 years.

I wrote about the wait, the hope and what it means to finally share a dream you once held alone in your living room.

#BlueJays #Mariners #ALCS #Postseason #WantItAll #SeizeTheMoment

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Matt Kemp Never Played For The Toronto Blue Jays

But the 3 a.m. walk-off home run in MLB 08: The Show seventeen years ago taught me everything I needed to know about this moment

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zanananananananabatman @zanananananabatman.bsky.social · 1h

THREE
MORE
OUTS

#BlueJays #Mariners #ALCS #Postseason #WantItAll #SeizeTheMoment

zanananananananabatman @zanananananabatman.bsky.social · 1h

GEORGE SPRINGER LIVE FOREVER

#BlueJays #Mariners #ALCS #Postseason #WantItAll #SeizeTheMoment

zanananananananabatman @zanananananabatman.bsky.social · 9h

Matt Kemp Never Played For The Toronto Blue Jays

But the 3 a.m. walk-off home run in MLB 08: The Show seventeen years ago taught me everything I needed to know about this moment

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Spike Friedman @spikefriedman.bsky.social · 1d

“my favorite baseball team is doing better than they ever have before“
“that must be wonderful”
“It’s the worst thing thats ever happened to me”

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zanananananananabatman @zanananananabatman.bsky.social · 1d

I have never experienced a Toronto Blue Jays game 7 I think I may vomit tomorrow

They're so close to the WORLD SERIES

#BlueJays #Mariners #ALCS #Postseason #WantItAll #SeizeTheMoment

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

Vlad loves the lights

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zanananananananabatman @zanananananabatman.bsky.social · 1d

for the thousandth time this season, I would once again like to understand how John Schneider makes decisions.

Let the kid work out of a base hit and build his confidence. How demoralizing is it for the #Mariners if they hear the crowd erupt at a third out from Trey? I hate this.

#BlueJays #ALCS

zanananananananabatman @zanananananabatman.bsky.social · 1d

with the blast to left field, Vladimir Guerrero Jr is now the 31st player in major league HISTORY to hit 6 or more homeruns in a single postseason.

#BlueJays #Mariners #ALCS #Postseason #WantItAll #SeizeTheMoment

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zanananananananabatman @zanananananabatman.bsky.social · 1d

IKF to Andres Gimenez for the bases loaded double play

#BlueJays #Mariners #ALCS #Postseason #WantItAll #SeizeTheMoment

zanananananananabatman @zanananananabatman.bsky.social · 3d

I hate baseball

#BlueJays #Mariners #ALCS #Postseason #WantItAll

zanananananananabatman @zanananananabatman.bsky.social · 3d

this is the closest they have been to the world series in my conscious lifetime and I can't believe they're 2 wins away

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zanananananananabatman @zanananananabatman.bsky.social · 4d

I would, once again, like to understand WHY THE HELL JOHN SCHNEIDER ALWAYS PULLS PITCHERS WHO ARE ON FIRE AT THE FIRST WHISPER OF TROUBLE

#BlueJays #Mariners #ALCS #Postseason

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Tao of Stieb @taoofstieb.bsky.social · 4d

MAX MF SCHERZER IS A BLUE JAY

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zanananananananabatman @zanananananabatman.bsky.social · 4d

ANDRES GIMENEZ, POWER THREAT

#BlueJays #Mariners #ALCS #Postseason #WantItAll

zanananananananabatman @zanananananabatman.bsky.social · 4d

I never would have thought that I would see Max Scherzer pitch for the Toronto Blue Jays let alone pitch for the Toronto Blue Jays in the ALCS

Whatever happens tonight, this is so cool

#BlueJays #Mariners #WantItAll #SeizeTheMoment #ALCS #Postseasom

zanananananananabatman @zanananananabatman.bsky.social · 5d

100% agree, I can't believe they're still pulling their top starters on such low pitch counts, it's the fucking playoffs you have to stomp on their throats!

you traded for Shane Bieber for games like this and they won but just let the guy go, I'm so tired of the micromanaging of the starters

zanananananananabatman @zanananananabatman.bsky.social · 5d

Brock Holt is the only player MLB history to hit for the cycle in a postseason game when he did it in game 3 of the ALDS against the Yankees in 2018.

Vladdy should've gone for third!

#BlueJays #Mariners #RedSox #Yankees #WantItAll #ALCS #Postseason

zanananananananabatman @zanananananabatman.bsky.social · 5d

By far the best kind of dinger is the SPRINGER DINGER

#BlueJays #Mariners #ALCS

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zanananananananabatman @zanananananabatman.bsky.social · 7d

but somehow he didn't make a mess??? we need a Turkey-carving tutorial from Joe Davis

zanananananananabatman @zanananananabatman.bsky.social · 7d

hi everybody, so far I hate the ALCS thanks

#BlueJays #Mariners #ALCS #WantItAll #SeizeTheMoment

zanananananananabatman @zanananananabatman.bsky.social · 7d

Joe Davis cutting a Turkey on live TV while calling the Blue Jays-Mariners game is insanely impressive

#BlueJays #Mariners #ALCS #WantItAll

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John Trupin @johntrupin.bsky.social · 7d

In the 4 playoff games John Schneider has managed the Blue Jays against the Mariners between 2022 and 2025, he's pulled his starter mid-inning each time.

The numbers from the relievers to complete those half innings:

9 TBF, 2 wild pitches, 2 home runs, 4 hits, and 8(!!!) runs allowed.

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zanananananananabatman @zanananananabatman.bsky.social · 8d

Hi everybody and a very pleasant afternoon to you, wherever you may be.

I wrote about why the Toronto Blue Jays being one of the final four teams competing for the 2025 World Series matters so much to me

#BlueJays #Mariners #ALCS #WantItAll

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Four Wins Away

The Blue Jays' road to the World Series winds through the fire of their past

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zanananananananabatman @zanananananabatman.bsky.social · 9d

As a Blue Jays fan with trauma from the Seattle Mariners a few years ago:

#BlueJays #Mariners #ALDS #ALCS

a man is raising his fist in the air in a stadium .

ALT: a man is raising his fist in the air in a stadium .

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zanananananananabatman @zanananananabatman.bsky.social · 12d

one final time in 2025: DDDAAAAAAAAAAA YANKEES LOSE

#BlueJays #Yankees #ALDS