Toronto media crying about World Series loss gives Dodgers more reason to laugh
The Dodgers' Game 7 victory over the Blue Jays in the World Series was stunning. Through nine innings, even after Miguel Rojas' impossible game-tying homer, the odds were still in the Blue Jays' favor as things went into extras. If Dodgers fans were being honest, we'd admit that we all thought the game was over after Bo Bichette's three-run homer off of Shohei Ohtani in the third.
But the Dodgers chipped away slowly, culminating in that homer from Rojas that may let him wrap up a 12-year career on a high note. Will Smith's second homer of the postseason and 2 2/3 legend-making innings from Yoshinobu Yamamoto cemented the Dodgers as back-to-back champs.
It was impossible not to feel a little bad for the Blue Jays fans in attendance, whose emotions were toyed with in a particularly devastating way through 11 innings that were already pretty excruciating for everyone at home.
However, Toronto media did a very good job of quickly making any sympathy go out the window. Sportsnet commentator and former Blue Jays pitcher Caleb Joseph said in the postmortem show, without censoring himself, "It's gonna sound like sour grapes, and I don't really give a s—. I think the better team did not win this series."
Blue Jays commentator mourns that the "better team" didn't win the World Series after Dodgers' win
Kiké Hernández, in true Kiké Hernández fashion, hopped on Joseph's statements immediately. He posted pictures of himself with the trophy on Instagram with the caption, "I'M SO HAPPY THE BETTER TEAM DIDN'T WIN!!"
What Blue Jays fans are going to continue point to until the end of the time are Toronto's .269 average and .745 OPS to the Dodgers' .203/.658; LA was also outscored 34-26, and Toronto's pitching staff had a far better collective ERA.
But what did that matter if the Blue Jays couldn't seal the deal when they really needed to? The last out of the series should tell you everything: Toronto had the tying run just 90 feet away from home plate, and they couldn't get it done. They had a limping Dodgers offense down by three runs after just three innings, and they could only tack on one more after that while their pitching staff slowly allowed the Dodgers to chip away at their lead.
If the Blue Jays were the better team, the Dodgers wouldn't have won — and it's just that simple.
Eagles HC Nick Sirianni Responds to Aidan Hutchinson’s Head-Turning Comments
Nick Sirianni responded to Aidan Hutchinson's bold comments before the Eagles' matchup against the Lions
The Philadelphia Eagles‘ defense of their Super Bowl LIX victory has been a bit strange. While the team has a 7-2 record, they haven’t exactly cruised to victory like we became so accustomed to seeing them do last season. There has been tension bubbling underneath the surface, and it’s fair to wonder if the bottom is going to fall out from underneath this team like it did in 2023.
For now, the team is preparing for a big Week 11 matchup against the Detroit Lions. With both teams competing for the No. 1 seed in the NFC, this is a wildly important game for several reasons. Ahead of the game, Lions’ superstar defensive lineman Aidan Hutchinson made some head-turning comments that Eagles’ head coach Nick Sirianni addressed on Friday.
Nick Sirianni Addresses Aidan Hutchinson’s Comments
To this point, the Eagles and Lions have had somewhat similar seasons. While they both remain two of the top teams in the league, things haven’t always gone according to plan for them. Detroit has struggled to find its footing on offense at times, while Philadelphia is relying heavily on a lights-out defense to compensate for an inconsistent offense.
The stakes for this game are pretty big on both sides, which is something Hutchinson wasn’t shying away from earlier this week. The former first-round pick caught some attention when he revealed that Detroit is viewing this contest as a must-win game, even though his team still has eight contests left to play this season.
It’s a unique viewpoint, but it goes to show just how important this game is. And yet, Sirianni didn’t necessarily agree with Hutchinson’s line of thought. Instead, he noted that every game in the NFL is important because of how few games are played, implying that he will be treating this like a typical regular-season game.
“We’re viewing it as our next game,” Sirianni simply said on Friday. “Obviously, every game we play in the NFL is huge. This isn’t any other sport. NFL, you have a limited amount of games, so every game we’re looking at as an opportunity to go out there and play to our core values.”
Is Nick Sirianni Underselling the Importance of the Eagles-Lions Game?
GettyHead coach Nick Sirianni of the Philadelphia Eagles.
Sirianni is trying to keep his Eagles’ squad as even-keeled as possible, and his train of thought is accurate; every game in the NFL is important. However, some are more important than others, and this meeting with the Lions appears to fall into that category. Considering the strength of these two teams and the potential playoff implications it will have, it’s clear this matchup is going to have a playoff-like environment to it.
Detroit seems to know the stakes this game possesses, and it’s led to these two teams approaching this game from very different viewpoints. For the Lions, this game means everything, but the Eagles don’t seem to be giving it that added importance. It will be interesting to see which philosophy prevails when the two teams take the field on Sunday Night Football.
