{"id":278819,"date":"2026-04-21T17:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/278819\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T17:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:38:09","slug":"blue-jays-took-a-six-hour-bus-ride-to-anaheim-and-still-beat-the-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/278819\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays Took a Six Hour Bus Ride to Anaheim and Still Beat the Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"

MLB teams rarely do bus trips on the road. They fly charter, and a six-hour overnight haul through the desert is just not something you see in the regular season. So when the Blue Jays rolled into their Anaheim hotel at 12:30 a.m., it was already one of the stranger travel stories of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

According to Sportsnet’s Shi Davidi<\/a>, the team’s charter plane had a mechanical problem right after their win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. <\/p>\n

The Blue Jays bused from Phoenix to Anaheim yesterday because their plane had mechanical issues.<\/p>\n

Players voted to bus rather than wait for another plane to arrive, but manager John Schneider said he was still “reprimanded by Max (Scherzer) for electing to travel that way,”\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Shi Davidi (@ShiDavidi) April 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

The joystick was broken. “There was an issue with the joystick, which is pretty important, apparently it’s used for takeoffs and landings,” Schneider said, via ESPN.<\/a> The replacement plane wasn’t coming in from Vancouver until 10 p.m., so the players voted. Bus it was.<\/p>\n

Schneider said it felt like being back in the minor leagues. “I felt like I was back in the Northwest League. But we made the best of it, we all got here safe, and we’re ready to go.”<\/p>\n

Scherzer lost the vote and preferred to fly, but he found a way to make his feelings known. He printed out a letter and handed it to his manager with a formal kangaroo court summons attached.<\/p>\n

“I got reprimanded by Max for electing to travel that way,” Schneider told reporters, holding up the letter. “So we’re going to go to a trial in kangaroo court. I was like, ‘Max, why don’t you just buy a plane? You’ve got plenty of cash. Most players that were playing today wanted to get out of there.'”<\/p>\n

How the Blue Jays Beat the Angels After Their Wild Bus Trip to Anaheim\"Toronto<\/p>\n

Blue Jays pitcher Dylan Cease delivers during the first inning against the Angels | William Liang-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The one thing they got right was Cease. While the rest of the team was on the bus, he was put on a separate commercial flight so he wouldn’t have to endure the overnight ride before his start.<\/p>\n

Cease went out and struck out 12 batters in five innings, earning his first win as a Blue Jay. He needed 110 pitches to get through those five innings, but he limited the Angels to two runs and closed his outing by punching out Jorge Soler with a 99 mph fastball.<\/p>\n

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. handled the offense. Vlad went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer to center that traveled 430 feet in the third. Lenyn Sosa added a sacrifice fly in the sixth, and Nathan Lukes came off the bench to knock in two insurance runs late. Toronto won 5-2.<\/p>\n

The bus trip is done. The court date with Scherzer is still pending. And honestly, given that final score, Schneider might have the strongest defense in kangaroo court history.<\/p>\n

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