Schneider has taken his share of playoff criticism before, most notably when he abruptly yanked Jose Berrios from a start in the 2023 AL wild-card series. Yet the Little move will linger, given how close the Blue Jays are to a World Series and that they were six outs from taking a 3-2 ALCS advantage back to Canada.

Of course, there was also the superstar, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., with a home run right after Schneider. It was the first time in history that a team hit back-to-back home runs to start a World Series game. Snell had never given up two first-inning home runs in his career previously, so it was a double dose of history.

The Blue Jays are headed to the World Series for the first time since 1993 after a Game 7 win in the ALCS. Here's a closer look at the sights and sounds of the party that ensued.

It the Blue Jays win the World Series, it’ll be on Halloween night. But don’t count team manager John Schneider as a big fan of spooky season.

Baseball has been creating some wonderful publicity for the blue jays lately — the ones that love eating peanuts and have wings. They’re loud, they wake up with the sunrise, but Karen Gosse of The Rock Wildlife Rescue says they’re quite fascinating if you pay attention.

The Blue Jays pulled Yesavage in part because of his pitch count, and maybe in part because of what happened in the half inning after he last threw. He threw 94 pitches in his final start of the regular season. Before Wednesday, his high pitch count in this postseason was 87.

Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet shared on social media as well that the current expectation is that Bichette will not require offseason surgery on his knee. “Bo Bichette says he’s not anticipating needing off-season surgery on his knee,