As someone who has hung in with the Blue Jays for more than three decades since the last World Series (god I lived through the *black uniform era*), this was easily the most loveable, surprising, gutsy team we’ve ever had. A true delight to watch them play.

Not to pick on this particular person but this was absolutely not a choke job and hadn't been the entire series. The Jays aren't the Leafs. The Dodgers were expected to walk away with the series, we made them work for every single hit. This is simply the outcome of a very close game and series

And someone named Will Smith won an Oscar in there somewhere

Welp…on the plus side the Jays have 14 more years with Vladimir Guerrero to get it right

Don't forget to turn your clocks back in the middle of the 16th.

This game is making me into the joker

I kinda can’t believe what I’m watching

Rojas?

I think my soul has left my body and I am floating through the bardo after that double play

Hitting the pitcher who was just warned about hitting a batter

I like when they cover their mouths to whisper with each other, like they’re talking about boys that they like

Huh…Dave Stieb wasn’t available?

It's been 17 years since my brother and I went as "the films of Robin Williams" for Halloween. Obviously, we were Patch Adams and The Bicentennial Man.

Being Pope means just receiving baseball jerseys all day long of teams he hates

A lot of new baseball fans were truly baffled by that last inning. Stuck ball/crazy outfield double play. It’s a wacky game sometimes!

Look. Nothing easy! Game 7 babyyyyyyy m.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ70...

Re the Blue Jays - look, 25 year olds make bad decisions some time

Yoshi’s out, it’s apple time

Tonight’s the night

As we approach the spookiest day of the year - may I suggest @99pi.org’s episode about Spirit Halloween! Who came up with it? How do they find real estate every year? And why did I feel an aching sadness when I went into one last fall? All that and more: 99percentinvisible.org/episode/600-...

The intentional balk - the most exciting play in sports.

A true delight to mess up this guy’s evening

Excited to watch a baseball game tonight where both teams are chugging monster energy drink on the field just to stay upright.

What a game. And best of all, Shohei hit all of his parlays.

Losing it at the organist playing “the never ending story” theme.

As a Blue Jays fan, this feels like the cruelest monkey’s paw wish.

The organ player’s hands just burst into flames

If anyone’s gonna break up this interminable gridlock, it’s Tyler Heineman and Myles Straw.

2025 postseason:

Let Justin Bieber pitch the 12th

You probably know all about the console wars but Segagaga is such a refreshing lens to look back at that era of gaming. Check out the story here: 99percentinvisible.org/episode/hl-0...

One SEGA employee chronicles the company’s struggles the only way he knows how: by turning it into a game 👾 Listen to all episodes of Hidden Levels now on the 99% Invisible and Endless Thread feeds 👉 https://bit.ly/3JkXKTN

📣 Starting soon! Today at 1pm ET!

Look, baseball is a high variation sport. Sometimes you score 9 runs in an inning, and sometimes Vladdy hits himself in the nuts, what are you gonna do.

As we hit the seventh inning stretch, I’d like my American friends to know the Blue Jays have a bespoke seventh inning stretch song and it’s great m.youtube.com/watch?v=FGLY...

This must be awful for Shohei, I know he’s got at least $50k riding on this one

Oh my god the sign behind the Dodgers bullpen, I love Blue Jays fans

The new music for our series has been released as an album. It’s so good!

This Sunday, I'm back at @radiobootcamp.bsky.social! Want to learn how to make a radio documentary, with examples from 99PI, 30 for 30 and The Dropout? Want to spend 2+ hours listening to me talk on Zoom? Well, this is the session for you! A few spaces left! radiobootcamp.org/classes/how-...

The final episode of Hidden Levels is now *live* The great @jaysondeleon.bsky.social takes on the final game produced for Sega Dreamcast. A bizarre, meta piece about the nightmare of *working at Sega* This is hilarious and poignant, I think you'll love it. 99percentinvisible.org/episode/hl-0...

All of the incredible music for Hidden Levels, from @swanreal.bsky.social + Paul Vaitkus, is now available *as an album.* Check it out wherever you stream music! A fantastic listen for running, doing chores, studying, or doing pretty much anything else.

The extent to which Kevin O'Leary will tank this movie's Oscar campaign is going to be staggering. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

From the breathtaking worlds of video games to SEGA’s storied past, Hidden Levels finishes this week with two more episodes 🕹️ Listen to Hidden Levels on the 99% Invisible or Endless Thread podcast feeds 👉 99pi.org/hl

This kid is heading to the World Series 🥹

The Assumption of the Virgin, by Guido Reni, 1597, 📸 via @RoysEnergy

Watching Max Scherzer wilding out gives me hope that great things can happen as a middle aged guy.

There is no human being with less rizz.

Susan Stamberg joined NPR at its start, originally to cut tape — literal tape, with a single-sided blade — at a time when commercial networks almost never hired women. n.pr/493MG7W