Reliving 4 best playoff runs in Blue Jays history while fans are stuck watching from home in 2024

These legendary postseason runs by the Blue Jays gives us at least some inspiration for the future

1993 World Series - Game Six: Philadelphia Phillies v Toronto Blue Jays
1993 World Series - Game Six: Philadelphia Phillies v Toronto Blue Jays | Rick Stewart/GettyImages
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1992 – The first World Series title

After having reached the postseason in 1991, the Jays made the playoffs once again in 1992, marking the first time in franchise history that they accomplished it in consecutive seasons. With big-game veterans Dave Winfield and Jack Morris becoming a vital part of their stacked roster, the Jays believed they had the necessary pieces to win it all this time around. 

But first off, they had to deal with their long-time nemesis Dennis Eckersley and the Oakland Athletics in the ALCS. Having eliminated the Jays from contention back in the 1989 ALCS en route to capturing the World Series championship that season, the Athletics were looking repeat the feat once again in 1992. However, the Jays proved to be a more resilient group this time around. 

After tight matches in each of the first three games of the series in which the final score differential was two runs or less, the Jays managed to hold a 2-1 series lead heading into a pivotal Game 4 in Oakland. Things did not look good for Toronto when the Athletics jumped out to a 6-1 lead with two innings to go. The relentless Jays were able to scratch out three runs in the eighth inning to pull to within two.

That led to the all-time confrontation between Roberto Alomar and Eckersley in the ninth inning. Eckersley had owned the Jays in his career, sporting a 2.93 ERA and 0.98 WHIP with 20 saves against them, while provoking them with his antics following strikeouts from time to time. However, Alomar would do justice by delivering a game-tying, double-hand raising two-run homer to knot the game at six. The Jays would go on to complete the comeback by taking the game 7-6 in extra innings, taking a stranglehold of the series in which they ultimately won 4-2.

Then came the Atlanta Braves in the World Series championship. As perennial contenders during an extended stretch between 1991 to 2005, the Braves were a tough matchup for the Jays, but they sure did not back down from the challenge. The intense series was highlighted with some key moments, including Devon White’s near, but should have been, triple play in Game 3 and Ed Sprague’s pinch-hit two-run homer off Braves’ closer Jeff Reardon to cap a hard-fought, come-from-behind win for the Jays in Game 2. In the end, the Jays’ biggest offseason signing in Winfield delivered when the team needed him most. Despite struggling all series, he registered the most important hit of his life with the go-ahead two run double in extra innings of Game 6. The Jays closed it out in the bottom half of the 11th to secure their first ever World Series title.

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