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I can't say I'm mad Hoffman blew the save.  He was blowing kisses to the Os dugout the first time he faced them this season.

If anyone doesn't remember,  the Os had a 3 year deal on the table for him but pulled it after the physical showed some concerns with his arm.  And they weren't the only team to back away.

His regular season era was almost 4.5 and at one point was benched as the cloaer.

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Tough loss for the Blue Jays.  Though I didn't really have a dog in the fight (being a lowly Cleveland Guardians fan haha!), I was rooting for Toronto to win it.  Just because they were huge underdogs and I'm kind of tired of big market teams like LA always being up there every season.  Was time for a totally different winner this year.  I was almost hoping for a Seattle-Milwaukee Series, actually!

As much as the Dodgers' talent came through (Ohtani is insanely talented, and Yamamoto is nearly as incredible), the Jays really blew it.  Very frustrating.  I mean, come on...leadoff double in the bottom of the 8th with a then 4-3 lead, and they cannot push across one insurance run (would have rendered what was LA's tying home run in the 9th as moot)?  Then in the bottom of the 9th, bases loaded and one out in a 4-4 tie, and they can't score the walk-off winning run somehow?  And even in the 11th when down 5-4, they had a definite good chance to at least tie it, but blew it with a double-play to end the game and the Series.

I suppose, being a native Clevelander, it's only fitting that the former Guardian (Shane Bieber) coughed up what was the game-winning HR to the Dodgers!!  He must have forgotten that he's not playing for Cleveland now, LOL!!!

Oh and despite being disappointed in the outcome, what a Series!  A 9-run spot for the Jays in Game 1 was the 2nd largest inning in Series history, and TWO extra inning games (including the 18 inning drama).  This was the 4th extra-inning Game 7 in the "modern era" going back to Jack Morris (for the Twins) and his 10-inning pitching gem...and, as expected, Cleveland lost TWO of those (1997 in 11 innings vs. the Marlins, 2016 in 10 innings vs. the Cubs).

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