October 9th, 2015

If you are a fan of baseball, yesterday was the perfect day for you! There were four division series matchups today that lasted a combined over 12 hours and plenty of drama and even extra innings in the game that took place north of the border.

Despite me being a Canadian, I am not much of a  fan of the Toronto Bluejays. Yesterday they were playing game number two of their ALDS between the Texas Rangers. Being down in the series 1-0 in the best out of 5, it was crucial for the Jays to even up the series at 1.

With nothing scheduled to do yesterday, I was really looking forward to four straight baseball games on Sportsnet. For whatever reason, I have never been a big Bluejays fan so I was pleased that the Rangers will be taking a commanding 2-0 series lead back to Arlington.

I watched the game on my TV downstairs and was surprised that the game didn't take more twists and turns. The Rangers should have had a bigger lead when they took the lead 2-0, however I thought the Jays should have held on to the lead when it was 4-3 Toronto.

The game went into extras and Donaldson got in a bit of an argument with Rangers reliever in the 13th that cleared the benches for a short time. It was unclear of what happened without hearing audio from what was said. The Bluejays failed to score in the 13th and in the 14th controversy broke out. Odor was rounding second base and decided to come back and he beat the trow. It appeared as if Odor's foot comes off the bag temporary and therefore he should be called out. However, for a play to be overturned baseball states that it has to be 100% clear that the umpire made the wrong call. From the replay it looks like it was 98.5% clear that he was out but there was not a perfect angle and the call stood. This opened the door for the Rangers to score the winning and insurance run on route to their 6-4 win in 14 innings.

Over the course of the first game of the day for baseball, I was going back and forth between the baseball and the European international soccer. There were a handful of games going on yesterday and their were a few good games, here are the results:

Montenegro 2 FT Austria 3	Slovakia 0 FT Belarus 1
Liechtenstein 0 FT Sweden 2	England 2 FT Estonia 0
Moldova 1 FT Russia 2	Spain 4 FT Luxembourg 0
Macedonia 0 FT Ukraine 2	Switzerland 7 FT San Marino 0
Slovenia 1 FT Lithuania 1

After the soccer ended, I switched back to the baseball. The Royals evened up the series against the Astros and that was followed by the Cardinals becoming the first home team to win in the playoffs as Lackey out duled Lester of the Cubs for a final score of 4-0. 

In the nightcap, the Mets headed all the way out west to take on the Dodgers. As if Mets had to wait long enough to see their team in the playoffs, they also had to wait a day longer, then had to wait until 9:45 ET for the game to start. Fortunately for Mets fans, the wait was well worth it. 

This was also the game I was most looking forward to last night. I was also home alone last night and I decided to order pizza. Playoff baseball, pizza and Pop is an amazing combination and it is even better when the team you are cheering for is winning. Jacob deGrom was outstanding last night pitching seven innings in his playoff debut. Both teams had small rallies and it was the Mets who drew first blood in the 4th when Daniel Murphy hit solo home run deep into the LA night. The game stayed that way until the 7th when David Wright came up in the clutch with a two RBI single to give the Mets a 3-0 lead. 

In the bottom of the eighth, the Dodgers rallied but was only able to squeeze across one run. Familia was able to come on for the five out save.  

It was a busy day of sports but it was also a great day. Tonight is a must win for the Dodgers. Game time is 9:07 ET on TBS and it is a must win for the Dodgers. This weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving for me but I'll still be looking forward to the great College Football, baseball and hockey action that is going to come our way today!