As the ALCS gets underway, the Toronto Blue Jays are taking center stage, which is both thrilling and unforgiving. Although they performed strongly in the ALDS, the clubhouse experience skepticism from analysts who question whether a team that has not reached the World Series since 1993 can surmount the hurdles ahead. With the Mariners advancing after a grueling 15-inning thriller against the Tigers, the stakes have never been higher for both these teams, each hauling decades of postseason history on their shoulders.

ESPN’s coverage portrayed a harsh picture of the Blue Jays’ uphill battle. Jeff Passan pointed out that the franchise “ spend[s] year after year in the AL East meat grinder, haven’t been to the World Series since winning it in 1993, and returned much of the roster from a t

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