Blue Jays fans were quieted Saturday night after Toronto dropped Game 2 of the World Series against the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers, but still expressed confidence in the Jays and the energy they\u2019re bringing to the city.<\/p>\n
The Blue Jays lost 5-1 to the Dodgers, after defeating Los Angeles 11-4 in Game 1 on Friday night. But some fans said they weren\u2019t deterred by the loss, and among them was Bill Redford who was at Game 2 with his son, Shawn.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was elated last night, a little depressed today, but you know what? We\u2019ll come back,\u201d Redford said outside Rogers Centre shortly after the final out on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Redford added the Blue Jays are widely considered the underdogs in the series, but he expects that they will still come out on top.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think anybody expects Toronto to win the series against the big, bad Dodgers, but we are the grittiest team in baseball,\u201d said the younger Redford. \u201cEvery game is important, and I think it\u2019s going to go six or seven.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yamamoto dominates in 2nd-straight postseason complete game<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s game saw Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto going the distance, allowing one run and four hits while striking out eight in a complete game. The Dodgers, who are defending champions, outhit Toronto 6-4, quieting the sellout crowd of 44,607.<\/p>\n
Game 3 is scheduled for Monday at Dodgers Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jays fan Karri Cee said he\u2019s \u201cnever going to doubt the Jays\u201d even when they continue the World Series in California. He came all the way from San Francisco to cheer for the Jays, he said, and he\u2019s not shaken up by Saturday\u2019s setback.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Jays are going to get it in five. The Dodgers took one today, but I believe the Jays got a strong offence, good bullpen, good pitching so I think they\u2019re going to pull it off,\u201d said Cee.<\/p>\n
Though the atmosphere outside the stadium Saturday night lacked the chants and car horns that filled the air after the Jays\u2019 wins in the ALCS and Game 1 of the World Series, fans were still relishing the opportunity to see the Fall Classic in Toronto for the first time since 1993.<\/p>\n
Among them was superfan Shawn Panacci, who said he\u2019s been hooked on the Jays since seeing them at Exhibition Stadium in 1989, when he was eight years old.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is amazing because I might not see this again until I\u2019m 70,\u201d said Panacci. \u201cThis is amazing to be here today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rogers Centre energy contagious during Jays\u2019 run<\/p>\n
Panacci added that winning two of three games in Los Angeles gives the Jays a chance to clinch the series at home, which would set the city \u201con fire.\u201d<\/p>\n
Through wins and losses, the Blue Jays are \u201cbringing the country together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe crowd is very energetic. I mean, every time there\u2019s a play, it\u2019s so loud. Everybody\u2019s into it. Everybody\u2019s yelling and screaming and cheering,\u201d said Panacci. \u201cIt\u2019s such a great energy.\u201d<\/p>\n
That energy is part of the reason why the Redford father-son duo are happy to be in the ballpark for the Jays game, even if they lose.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSport is about connection. I think that\u2019s what brings communities and families together,\u201d said Shawn Redford. \u201cThat\u2019s what has always held us really close together and it\u2019s super special.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Bill Redford, that special connection comes out when all the fans rally together around a single word: \u201cBelieve.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s one game. We didn\u2019t expect to sweep, but we\u2019ll get three more for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blue Jays fans were quieted Saturday night after Toronto dropped Game 2 of the World Series against the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-243557","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}