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Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Jeff Hoffman celebrates getting the last out to win the ALDS round for the 2025 MLB playoffs against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium.

On Wednesday, Toronto played a game it was meant to lose, starring all the guys who don’t get talked about on the Fox Sports pre-game show.

You could tell by the way the Bronx crowd greeted the Yankees’ starter, Cam Schlittler, that they thought they had this one in the bag. They cheered their new talisman like he was walking off the field after winning, not coming on to it to start work.

They booed ‘O Canada’ again – louder this time, less pushback afterward. They must’ve thought it was working.

Then the Jays put their bullpen to work. Eight pitchers, almost none of whom make the big bucks, participated. The gam

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