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Blue Jays Season ends in celebration of Mad Max and Springer while deflecting from sub-.500 and Vlad’s pretzel logic (opens the original)
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The Toronto Blue Jays’ 2026 season is officially over, and the finale at Rogers Centre was filled with emotion, controversy and plenty of baseball and non-baseball topics for Mal and me to discuss and debate on Exit Philosophy.Max Scherzer and George Springer received well-deserved emotional farewell tributes in front of an appreciative sellout Blue Jays crowd as Toronto closed out a disappointing 2026 season. But did the focus on two departing stars overshadow the bigger story of an 80-82, sub-
Fans push dismal ’26 season aside for emotional Scherzer and Springer celebration (opens the original)
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The Blue Jays, over their 50 seasons since expansion in 1977, have had more playing-out-the-string season wrap-ups than they have “road to the playoffs” finales to any year. Sunday’s 5-1 win over the Reds, otherwise a meaningless tilt to end a disappointing 80-82 season managed to grab and hold the attention of a Rogers Centre crowd of more than 41,000, the 61st home sellout of the year. Ahead of this final victory, Jays manager John Schneider seemed to have prepared more like a Hollywood direct
After apologizing to teammates Vlad walks it back with fans … sort of (opens the original)
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As the headliner at a hastily called late-afternoon media session outside the home clubhouse, at Rogers Centre, prior to the Blue Jays 6-5 win over the Reds on a meaningless final weekend, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. offered a public apology, of sorts, to fans after he said he had already done so, inside, to his teammates. This Road to Damascus moment came after a conversation with his Hall-of-Fame father, Vlad Sr.Here’s the incident on Wednesday that started this controversial Vlad episode that will
Guerrero Jr. ends his disastrous ’26 season needing to mend fences with Blue Jays fans (opens the original)
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There has been a long, controversial history of Major-League Baseball stars from the Caribbean being misunderstood for answers they gave in English. As Spanish speaking athletes, they found themselves in trouble trying to express themselves in a second language. It’s one of the primary reasons the last CBA negotiated with the players’ association has insisted that each club should have an on-staff translator.Vlad Guerrero Jr. did not have that excuse to fall back on, following his alarming inter
Blue Jays realistic goal should be .500 record (opens the original)
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A large segment of frustrated and disappointed Blue Jays fanatics, mostly expressing themselves on social media, are calling for the dismissal of fifth-year manager John Schneider. Too many bullpen games, leading to fatigue and failure from an overworked leverage group has led to this desperate, final stretch in which, should a miracle not occur and the Jays indeed miss the playoffs, those fans feel he deserves to be canned. Breaking. Not only is a playoff berth unlikely, but the Jays have a goo
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