Beyond The Score: Blue Jays vs Mariners (ALCS Game 7) — Flipped The Script

This time it felt different. Not just because of the stakes, but because of how the Blue Jays made it happen. After years of coming close, slipping away, feeling like the script was destined for someone else — tonight, Toronto flipped that script.

Down 1–0 before the top of the first inning was even done, facing a 3–1 deficit in a Game 7 and the weight of history pressing down hard… the Blue Jays answered with relentless belief. Against the Seattle Mariners — a club that had built its own playoff narrative — the Jays took over when it mattered most.

George Springer, still hobbled by a knee injury from Game 5, stepped into Toronto lore with a three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh that flipped a 3–1 hole into a 4–3 lead, and changed everything.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. wasn’t just present; he led. A dominant series earned him ALCS MVP honours — because when the Jays needed someone to stand up, he did.

And it wasn’t just the big names. The bottom of the order, the bullpen, the defense — all showed up. After what felt like decades of being the nearly-team, this one felt like the team ready for history.

Let’s be clear: this wasn’t about luck. It was about design, about growth, about seizing the night. They didn’t just win Game 7 — they silenced the noise that said “it’s never our turn.”
This time, it was our turn.

This meant more than just a World Series berth. It allowed Toronto fans to believe again — to believe that moments aren’t just reserved for other teams, with ours existing only to pass the torch. No, this time we got that moment — a moment in time that no one can ever take away.

Game 1 of the World Series starts Friday. The fight isn’t over — but the fear of “what if we lose again” has less weight tonight. Because they did it. The Blue Jays finally got that moment.