It isn’t often that a Sportsnet broadcast goes all in on scathing criticism of a move made by its corporate brother Blue Jays.
But that was precisely the post-game tone after Friday’s controversial Jays collapse and defeat in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series in Seattle.
Analyst after analyst torched the decision by Toronto manager John Schneider to go with Brendon Little in the eighth inning with his team leading 2-1 and just six outs away from taking what would have felt like a commanding 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series.
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Studio analyst Joe Siddall, a rising star on the network, led the charge after host Jamie Campbell teed him up with a dramatic lead-in after the five-run Mariners eighth, played out befor