They have done more than simply win games this post-season. They’ve slayed dragons, too. First, it was Aaron Judge and his Rogers Centre power displays. Now, it’s Cal Raleigh — and some post-season history with deep ramifications.
It’s a play that remains very much in the forefront of the minds of Toronto Blue Jays fans, and it occurred in Game 2 of the 2022 American League wild-card Series.
After being shut out 4-0 in Game 1, the Blue Jays led 8-1 after six innings before the Seattle Mariners rallied to win 10-9 after tying the game by scoring three runs on a bases-loaded, two-out fly ball off the bat of J.P. Crawford that fell between Bo Bichette and George Springer, who collided.
Springer was taken off on a cart and the Blue Jays embarked on a course correction that saw Teoscar Herna