NEW YORK -- Start spreading the news, the Toronto Blue Jays are going to the ALCS.
The Blue Jays have eliminated the Yankees in four games with Wednesday’s 5-2 win at Yankee Stadium, finally knocking off the powerhouse that’s felt like their big brother in the American League East for nearly a decade.
Why not the Blue Jays? Why not this year? It’s the dream season no one wants to wake up from.
The Yankees have fallen, and now, the Blue Jays fly back to Canada to kick their feet up for a day, waiting on either the Tigers or Mariners to punch their own ticket to the ALCS in their Game 5 on Friday. It’s the Blue Jays’ first trip to the Championship Series since those incredible runs of 2015 and ‘16. Those teams were overflowing with talent and attitude, just as capable of winning a ballg