Home runs are sexy. They get the headlines. They get the attention and they get celebrated more than anything else in the game of baseball.
And these days, with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. knocking them out in postseason franchise-record numbers, they’re getting the bulk of the attention around Toronto.
Less celebrated but no less valued or stressed within the Blue Jays organization, however, is team defence, and while it may not get talked about as much as those mammoth blasts Vladdy is making routine, it’s as good a reason as any the Jays are a win away from their first World Series berth in 32 years.
ONLY ONE ERROR
Through six games in this ALCS, the Jays have committed a single error, an overthrow of first by shortstop Andres Gimenez, a guy fellow infielder Ernie Clement refers to as the