The night will be a long one for John Schneider.

The morning might be as well.

The decision of Game 1 of the American League Championship Series, the kind of decision Schneider has been living with and considering and thinking about for about the last three seasons, played out significantly in the Blue Jays 3-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners Sunday night.

Schneider has been through this in his mind so many times. There is rarely a right and wrong answer on this one: but you had to wonder what he was thinking in Game 1 When exactly do you walk Aaron Judge when do you let him hit? That question has been asked of him so many times but on Sunday night it switched to when do you walk Cal Raleigh, the 60-home run man, and when do you let him hit?

The score was 1-0 Blue Jays in the sixth inning

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