If you think being an underdog is something that will phase the American League champion Toronto Blue Jays in the slightest, Kevin Gausman has a word or two for you.
And even cleaning up the vocabulary doesn’t diminish the point emphatically made by the Toronto pitcher following the biggest win he ever had been a part of in his career.
“I would say (screw) them,” Gausman said when asked about the consensus view of the inevitable that the reigning world champion Dodgers are prohibitive favourites when the Fall Classic gets under way at Rogers Centre on Friday night.
“Just look at what we’ve done. I don’t think you really have to say much. We showed it again (in Game 7 of the ALCS against Seattle). These guys never stop. It’s a cohesive understanding that we’re never out of a game. And th