Remember the good old days of Blue Jays baseball — like, a week ago — when clinching anything and everything available to them had fans, broadcasters and the team at a fever pitch? Article content

The excitement was so high that the Jays partnered with its Rogers brother Sportsnet to lobby Major League Baseball to broker a deal to simulcast last Friday’s Apple TV+ broadcast of a game against the Royals. Article content Article content

The thought at the time was somewhat noble given the hope that the Royals game would be the one to clinch a post-season berth.

Those ambitions never were close to happening and the cart-before-the-horse deal went up in flames as the team entered a shocking skid of six losses in their past seven games.

And now, with a fan base as nervous and engaged as

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