My family has always been a baseball family, much to any Canadian’s dismay. Canada is a hockey country, everyone knows that, but the Laferriere family has never cared much for hockey. We love baseball, through and through. My parents met in their twenties playing baseball (on opposing teams, funnily enough), which basically made it destiny for the rest of us to love the sport. My brother is especially invested. He has autism, and as a result, he is hyper-focused on and passionate about baseball, and only baseball. In order to support him and his dedication to the sport, my family makes sure to watch as many games as we can. That way, when he talks about how the Jays’ starter was sluggish on the plate, the argument isn’t totally lost on us. That is why for this assignment, I decided to live-tweet the baseball game on Saturday, between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Tampa Bay Rays.
So, what happened during the game?
The game itself was slightly disappointing (which I will get to). Rays were leading us 1-0 until the top of the third inning, when we had a two-run homer, bringing the score to 2-1 Jays. Exciting, sure, but short-lived. In the bottom of the third, the Rays had two homers, making the score 4-2 Rays. The rest of the game felt entirely uneventful, the Jays clearly not putting their best foot forward. This being said, their defense was okay, given that they prevented any more runs from coming in until the ninth inning. We still had a small chance of at least tying the game up to go into extra innings, with someone on 1st and 3rd, but we were down to our last out and didn’t manage to bring them home. The final score ended up being 5-2 for the Rays. Drats!
I live-tweeted relevant updates about the game, but nothing too detailed as I was more enraptured in the game than I expected I’d be. This link will bring you to the first tweet of the thread if you want to see the abbreviated updates!
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