Alright boys after much deliberation the verdict is in

Scenario 1) Rolling with Mad Max tonight. He will pitch like a demon, limit base runners/runs. Pitch his ass off, paint the corners in an all or nothing game 7 at home.

Scenario 2) Ohtani touted as the goat takes the mound in a game 7 on the road with a chance to cement his legacy.Will the weight of that be too much for him? I think it’s a net negative that he also has to bat. Can’t imagine how locked in you have to be as your sole job to pitch but then audible to hitting as well? In a game 7?I think this works against him tonight.

I don’t think last nights crushing loss will affect the Jays psyche- they came back from an 18 inning loss.

It really boils down to the 2 scenarios I’ve noted above. I think both pitchers will be a bit off and give up runs. Max has less pressure- he’s expected to lose tonight, counted out facing Michael Jordan of MLB on opposite side.

What a tough game. 

And the winner is? 

Toronto ML

Note: obviously this has no influence on the game but Trump doesn’t like Gavin Newsom, governor of CA and Canada has been in U.S headlines for months with Trump desire to make Canada the 51st state.

No Trump involved in this great matchup tonight! This is baseball at its finest! 

Trump is terrible and America is worse because of this pos

You switching sides now? Thought you said toronto was cooked.

@ActionMagnet

Did they fix the bottom of the outfield walls? That flaw in the build cost the BJs big time. 

President Trump is not interested in turning Canada into the 51st state. Please don’t spread this fake news tidbit that people like worm23 swallow whole without thinking about whether it’s true or not.

I know, right? I miss the days under Biden/Harris when thousands of unknown poor people were allowed to walk into the country every single day. Some of them (okay, many of them) were thieves, killers, rapists, sexual predators of children, and the best part was - our federal government had no idea which ones were bad, and they had no interest in finding out!

Those were the days. We were on such a better path. 

@MrBator

 You're on Fire Tonight..what's your Valued Opine for tonight's Game 7??? I  posted mine in my own thread, You??

GL  Mr Bator

Maybe you’re right. Maybe the Blue Jays can shake off last night’s loss, but I think the danger here for Blue Jays fans and bettors is the confidence that the Dodgers regained in winning Game 6, and of even more concern, the jolt the Dodgers felt in suddenly and heroically escaping a scary situation in the bottom of the 9th, the kind of late inning collapse that often did them in during the regular season. It just feels like the Dodgers will be even more excited to take the field tonight than the Blue Jays.

The Dodgers had to feel like they were left for dead after being non-competitive in both Games 4 and 5. There really wasn’t a lot of reasons to feel optimistic. But, there are now.

I’m 100% in agreement with Bator here and I voted for Trump fwiw.

Are you hedging on LaD tonight?

@MrBator

Nothing fires up a team that’s on the cusp of defeat like feeling that their opponent just swung open the door to let them get back into the game/series.

I think that happened twice last night. First, when Blue Jays manager John Schneider cowardly called for the intentional walk in the top of the 3rd for the ice cold batter Ohtani, a strategic blunder that led to clutch RBI hits by Will Smith and Mookie Betts, and second, in the bottom of the 9th when Addison Barger spared the Dodgers from having to deal with George Springer. Barger’s massive baserunning mistake effectively allowed the Dodgers to win Game 6 by retiring only 26 Blue Jays batters and not having to earn the hardest out, the 27th.

By the way, I described Ohtani as “ice cold” because going into that at-bat in the top of the 3rd he was 0 for his last 8 as well as 4-23 on the road in the playoffs. Ohtani was also 0-7 as a Dodger against Gausman and 2-16 against Gausman going back to Ohtani’s days with the Angels.

That intentional walk was very dumb. Gausman was striking fear into the Dodgers up to that point, but the meek intentional walk revealed Schneider’s fear, and that changed everything. The Dodgers got fired up, and Ohtani scoring on Betts’ single represented a free run for L.A.

@ActionMagnet

 I’m going for it too.  I want them to win. Good luck tonight 

No. I will be placing no bets. I will be watching with cold indifference even though I have various series bets on the Blue Jays at an average price of +216 (placed before Game 1, after Game 1, and after Game 2).

I won’t be at all surprised to see the Dodgers - cold as they are with bats in their hands - take this one, too.

”That intentional walk was very dumb. Gausman was striking fear into the Dodgers up to that point, but the meek intentional walk revealed Schneider’s fear, and that changed everything” 

It could’ve been the series. 

Ask yourselves this question. What always happens when you let a team hang around?

Thanks goodness he's switching side. that's a good sign hahaha 

GAME 7 LFG

what does the last part have to do with anything? I mean nobody likes newscum…it’s been in the news cause the PM is too stupid to cut a deal. Canada needs the USA. 

GL on your play @ActionMagnet 

Wow!! . .  . what a surprise is this a reverse jinx of a thread j/k mah man ehe? 

Great thread. 

Scherzer is a bit washed and isn't what he used to be no matter how bad he wants to me. At some point hes gonna make a mistake and that might be all she wrote.

Game 7 extra innings would be fitting. Bad break on the stuck ball in the wall for Tor last night. They had enough opportunity before that to seal the deal Feeling here is somehow Blue Jays grind out a win.End up w/ a split of the four games north of the border.Should be another dandy.

@MrBator

 lol

“Some of them (okay, many of them) were thieves, killers, rapists, sexual predators of children.” I think meant white nationalist Christians instead of poor people coming in. Also the current wannabe king who thinks he can do what he wants and ignore the constitution, would fit your current description of what you said.