OverDrive - OverDrive - October 30, 2025 - Hour 1 - Ricky Romero

Episode Date: October 30, 2025

Join Bryan Hayes, Jeff O’Neill, and Jamie McLennan for hour one of OverDrive. The guys discuss Trey Yesavage’s greatness in game five, if you cancel Halloween plans to watch game six, and what makes this Jays team so special. They then get into the Leafs and Raptors struggles before being joined by former Blue Jay Ricky Romero to talk about his experience watching the Jays in the World Series.

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Fisraeliscence 12-616. This hour of overdrive is powered by Fanduil. Fan Duel, bringing you everything from the opening line to the final score. All right, here we go, overdrive off and running. TSN 1050 on the TSN app, your home smart speaker, up on TSN, Brian Hayes, the O'Dog, Jeff O'Neill, Jamie Noodles McLennan. What's going on, guys? What's going on?

What's going on? A little disappointed Major League song wasn't playing, and I woke up this morning, and I just, I can't believe what I'm watching it. Every night, I'm like, is this the city where we never get nice things? Yes, we had the Raptors. They won the NBA championship. It seems like a long time ago, but I'm like, every morning I have a coffee and I'm like, this is the Blue Jays, right?

Like, this is, that was a savage playing for the Jays, right? That wasn't the Phillies, wasn't anybody else. It's the Jays. One win away, man. It's like they're going to make a movie about this team. It's so amazing every single night. the guts, the excellent performances. It's just, I don't know, it's hard to describe,

but every day I wake up and I'm, I literally say, pinch me. Like, is this actually for real happening? I'm having the exact same experience, and I know they need a day off, but I hope they, I want them to play tonight. No kidding. I was like, I'm pissed they're not playing tonight.

Yeah. And by the way, Halloween, a little PSA, is over at 8 p.m. tomorrow. 8 p.m. It's over. Nobody wants to come to the door. Nobody's going to the door. lights off. Get the kids out there at 4.15, 5 o'clock.

I think you get the younger kids out. That's kind of mandatory anyway. If you're younger kids, they're out there at like 5, 30, 6 o'clock, and they're in by 7 at the latest. It's the older kids. Here is the issue that people are going to run into. And this is where I think we can help out, little dear hazy B.

All right. This is one of the two or three biggest party nights of the year. I'm not talking kids. You're talking 20 to 40. Yes. That's where it's. going to get awkward for people because someone's going to host a Halloween party. Canceled, dude.

I don't know. Is it canceled? Because, yes, we're all in on the Jays. This might shock you. There are some people that don't care. Some people that don't care. Here's going to be the issue, Hayes. What if you just met somebody, this is literally a hazy bee right off the hop?

And it's like, just met going out, things are going well. Hey, we've got to go to this dress up Halloween. I'm going to introduce you to all my friends. and game six of the World Series and you're a Jay's freak fan I think you have to pull the pin and say this is just not happening, sorry, I'm not going to know Halloween party

because I don't want to be the guy that crawls down in the basement and turns the TV on and is antisocial and is just watching the game. You know how many people are canceling on Halloween plans tomorrow? I guarantee you the list is plentiful.

Full cancellation. It should be. I hear what you're saying, but I won't be for everybody. No, it won't be for everybody. The thing is, though, you have to, even if you have something that's very serious going on, people have to understand. Noodles, what the hell is very serious about a Halloween party when you're dressed up as a goblin?

You're right. But I'm talking, there are people that are getting married tomorrow. There are people that have huge parties that have been planned for months, what they didn't see you savage doing this stuff. Maybe they're Jays fans, but they're like, that's not us. not going to happen for us or whatever and all of a sudden you see it creeping up and you're like oh my god this falls on the same day that i planned x whatever it is what i'm saying is whatever is going on tomorrow night especially in this city it a screen has to be on regardless if it's a

wedding there's got to be a tv screen in the corner if there's unless it's a funeral you can't really have a funeral or awake tomorrow night and have the jays game kicking around in the background. Let's ask Daisy B. Daisy B, do you cancel plans? Because I am canceling plans. I'm sorry. I would, I think 90% of plans are being canceled.

I think Noodles is right. There are certain things where there's an obligation to be there. If somebody's dumb enough to get married on Halloween night. Well, that's true, too. How many weddings are happening on? Because zero. You're just asking for a disaster where the one guy shows up and dressed as a goblin. Frankenstein.

Yes. And the bride is. losing it because he's ruined all the pictures you know it's just the worst idea ever to have a wedding on a Halloween I guarantee you there maybe I don't know anybody who got married on Halloween but there is somebody there's a listener out there that is

has said I've got a buddy who got married on Halloween because he married a Gothic person all right what's the what's the Jerry's divorce rate on a Halloween wedding dude it's a hundred and a half it's a hundred and a half it really is

100% for you have a goth wedding on Halloween night it's a hundred and fifty percent chance of divorce wedding but I may have misspoke with the word wedding but you know there is something there are you know things that have been planned work events you name it yeah and and you can't get out of it there are people that are going to be on planes tomorrow because they're traveling they have to fly out for this flying for that like right there's there's things that you're right Not everybody's going to be tuned in, but I just think if you are in the local Toronto area, you need access to a screen. I think you do, and I think what is definitely reasonable is to call ahead and get a read on what the situation is going to be like. You know, that's, I guess, what I'm saying.

Like, Halloween night, we all experienced it. It really is one of the two or three best party nights of the year. It might be the best. Like, it's an unbelievable party night. When you're 20 years old, you can't beat it. Like, it's a huge night. it falls on a Friday, not that it matters if you're 20, you're going out anyway. But if this is the conundrum, right, it's like, well, we're going here,

and I'm pretty sure this person isn't into sports, and he or she probably has some plan for music being played in the background. I think you've got to call it in and find out if that's the case. And if it is, it's a mandatory shoot deployment. Or, again, if you're 20, you see, I'll meet you at the bar at midnight. Like, that's totally reasonable. I'll meet you after the game. Games are going to be over by 11.

What, I've got to be there at 8 o'clock? No one meets anywhere at 8. Exactly. Exactly. But yeah, I'm, I can't believe we're going to a game six. And the Jays, they deserve to be in the driver's seat. They were in the driver's seat coming home down the stretch in September. And I look back on that now and I think, man, was that huge that they won their final four games to win the ALEs and to have home field advantage, right, and not have to play in a wild card and set up your rotation and let a lot of these old guys,

do you savage notwithstanding, to settle in, to get some rest, to be prepared, and just everything has gone their way, but they've earned it. Like, they beat up on L.A. last night. First pitch, gone. Third pitch, gone.

Like, just immediately a message that this is peddled to the metal mentality. And the Jays are leaving Dodgers Stadium up 3-2. And I think they're chock full of confidence. I think Blue J fans are chocked. full of confidence and that gets back to what you pointed out earlier. Oh, it's like, this is Toronto. This is the Toronto sports scene

where it's a warped mentality. It's never comfortable. It's never optimistic. It's never confident. I think it is. Like, I'm not putting a car before the horse. I'm not saying the Dodgers can't win. Of course they can. The Dodgers are a great championship caliber team. Yamamoto's

on the mound tomorrow night. Of course the Dodgers can still win. But I think the Js are going to pull it off. And I think the Js have earned that level of confidence that they've outperformed the Dodgers throughout the series. And I think what has become very evident the last two games. And what strikes a little bit of fear in me is that we have a day off today for the Dodgers to reset. That game 318th inning loss was a blessing in disguise because the Dodgers are on fumes. Like Otani's done nothing the last two games.

Nothing. Freddie Freeman has done nothing. What about some of the messaging after the game? Like Dave Roberts is the manager instead of Schneider where Roberts is just beside himself in the dugout. Like he's shaking his head, he's pissed off, he's slamming his fist. And I thought that would be Schneider afterwards saying, you know what? We're just kind of, we're on fumes and we're outmatched a little bit. Blake Snell after the game was like, I think it's just unlucky.

Mookie Betts got in front of the mic and he goes, I'm just terrible right now. And I was like, I love hearing that, man. I love hearing that right now. And they're the ones that are kind of flustered, and I love every second of it. But you're right. With the guy coming on the mound tomorrow, things can change very quickly. But the Blue Jays definitely have the right to feel confident to lock it down. They're an amazing team, man.

Yeah, they really are. Guys, you take history out of this. And what I mean by that is where the Blue Jays were eight months ago, where we were talking about, four months ago, all of that type of stuff. if you just had both teams walk in the room and regardless of what they've done in the last couple years and you looked at it, the Blue Jays have deserved to be up 3-2 That's, Hayes, you just effectively said that.

But, you know, you should believe in yourself. You're coming home, I don't know, I've often wondered, does home building, we'll call it, mean much when it comes to baseball, or is it just more the energy of, like, you know, Like, there's certain, in hockey, the home rink, you get last change, you get certain things, right? It should mean a lot, but if you look at the series, the first two games, they split, and then Toronto took two or three in Los Angeles. Who the hell would have figured that?

But, you know, looking at it, I just think that they deserve to be exactly where they are because they've played well enough, and they, the moment hasn't been too big for them. The moment, you know, McCleman could actually stand in the batters box and look around and go, where the hell am I, where I was three years ago, where I was, but he hasn't done that. Instead, he's, you know, gone the other way. Like I look at it, Barger, same thing, the storylines are unbelievable, and you should believe in it. The other thing that caught me off guard, and this is just a weird thing, Mookie Betts needs a salad rebuild. I've never seen him without a helmet.

Did you see him sitting in there? Oh, yeah. Oh, it's over for Mookie. I mean, there's, that's a, that's a first class flight to Istanbul. He was so dejected sitting in the dugout yesterday, and he didn't have a helmet strutty. But, yes, he is called strutty. And listen, they, I think clearly the Dodgers, like, they felt pretty good against you savage in game one. And the Jays broke it open later in that game, you know, famously the sixth inning where, you know,

they put all those runs on the board and barger hit that grand slam. But Yusavage didn't have his stuff. And I think leading into the game, there was somewhat of a belief, naturally that, okay, the Dodgers are really going to have them figured out this time. You know, like they hadn't seen them the first time. Look out the second time. And the way you savage

attacked them last night was unprecedented. Like, unprecedented. 12 strikeouts, no walks, 24 swinging misses. Like he, like the famous, there's two pictures now that feature Otani. And you have to win the World Series now for it to really,

really land. Like, they've got to close. still. So I'm not putting the carpet for the horse. T-shirts. Yes. But the two famous pictures that we can put up on the screen here, last night it was the savage buckling Otani. And walking off the mound. And walking

off the mound, buckling Otani and walking off the mound. And then of course in game three, when Vladdy hit the home runoff, Otani, and they're both staring at it as it leaves the park. Like those are those should be put up at City Hall. They should be at the

Rodgers Center. They should be at Scotia Bank Arena, even though the Jays don't even play there. It should be in every school across the city. Like those two pictures right there, because of who we're talking about, Otani in particular, but you savage being that big of a beast, not even staring at them. Just chew on that.

I'm out of here and makes his walk to the dugout. And Vladi and Otani staring at that thing as it flies to Anaheim in game four. Just incredible cinematic moments. And, you know, the kid, 22 years old, drafted

not even 18 months ago, started the year in low A ball, and I got to give full credit to the organization for implementing this plan. You know, they drafted them, they developed them, they set them up for success all year, they bring them up in September, and they get to the playoffs,

and they basically unleash him. They've unleashed him on the Yankees, the Mariners, and the Dodgers. And last night, over 100 pitches, seven innings, masterpiece. masterpiece and that's the best start yes yet in the series that includes yamamoto in game two what about the organization hayes just being like just not being afraid of the talent because a lot of times people would just ignore it and say oh that's pretty good but you need a couple

years seasoning and you need this and you need that and it just they would just ignore the talent and just say you need more seasoning well like you need to overripe and you're not ready for this and they just i mean the results speak for themselves but they just kept pushing them and saying you're ready for this and the next one like what a legendary performance what i'm worried about is how do you continue your career and have be a success after this like you win the world series and then you're going to kickstart your career like what what would make it a success it's unbelievable it is a great question but you think in a candid moment they're like we knew this all along or is it more like that's what i mean like this is crazy this the stars

have aligned in so many ways, which is awesome. And when you have lightning in a bottle, you've heard guys talk about this being a very special group. But like, do you think they sat in the office management going this is what your savage

is going to do for us? I mean, I think they looked at the talent and go, this guy's, we believe he can be a star in this league. But you put him in, they've put him in the toughest situations and he's, you know, he's excelled. Like, beyond expectation.

Beyond excelled. It's amazing. I just, I wonder where they had the thoughts and faster to go, if this works, it looks great. And how much in a candid moment where they were like, we didn't see this. Well, not in your wildest dreams. You know, like you obviously prepare for it. He earned it because of the way he pitched his final few starts of the regular season.

But I think you can add, like this time last year, we've been saying that a lot. You Savage, Max Scherzer, Shane Bieber are all a part of the playoff rotation. You know, that three-pack, that parlay would be paying plus infinity a year ago. Jays are up three-two, going back to the dome. Gosman's on the mound.

You'd say, of course, I see that. And then you say, Tray is Savage, Max Scherzerz, or Shane Bieber, where the three guys that helped them get there. You'd say never. Like off the board. We can't even accept your money. It's free money for the books.

You'd never be able to see that. The one guy's in college, and the other guy is having Tommy John. Yeah. And the other guy's Max Scherzer, who it's like, is he still ever going to pitch again? And why is he coming up here? How's he coming up to Toronto? We had Jerry's on this show saying, are we going to get 50? What, 15 ending?

15 starts. 15 starts. Yes, 15 starts, which he is greatly exceeded. Yes. And it's another example of how everything's worked out. You know, they've earned it. But obviously, a lot of. things have broken their way and jays are coming home for game six tomorrow and i'm curious who

you think is happier that they're still playing the leaves or the raptors the leaves i think i don't know noodles the raptors are getting destroyed dude what's like destroyed the number of points are incredible the raps are giving up it's like one thirty nine every night but what is that they're terrible they're one and four they've lost four in a row and they are getting to destroyed. They are. And I saw that. And to be honest, that was third on my death chart and watching games last night. But I think, again, it's easy to say the Leafs and the Leafs were horrendous last night. But the Raptors, I think they're pretty happy that Jay's are still playing. Like, just go focus on them, please. You're right. But here's my question.

Coming into the season, what was the expectation for the Raptors? Not what we're seeing. I think a playoff team was expected. Like, I think with, you know, Ingram playing, they're healthy. Pertil's a bit banged up now, but I think they were hoping they could, and maybe they still can be, it's five games. You know, maybe they still can be. We're early, yeah. They are.

It is, but I can already get the sniff, and I don't want to, I don't want to predict bad things, but it seems like our boy Darko's message where it was just like, I don't know, and then it's like, what are you, you can only, he's got the Halloween music pump, but I think a little bit. Well, because when you just go through,

two or three years of losing like that it's just like the excuses it's just like any coach like you look at shelton keith like how many times in a big game in the playoffs and it i got to tell you guys i don't want to get scrambling but craig barouba how many times can you see that guy yell at his team saying let's get going here let's wake up how like we're talking ten games in how many times has he done that this year eight yeah timeouts in yelling wake up how many times and they don't wake up yeah and it goes back to last year in game six or game seven he was like come on this isn't us let's wake up here let's get going how many times can you hear a guy or does he have to say let's get going here it's

crazy yeah i don't know man that was ugly last night like that first period there was a five on one in the national hockey league you know what you pointed i've never seen that before either i haven't seen it in a long time believe me that is a unicorn no you've never seen it The crazy thing about it, Brian, I still think it was a bad goal. Yes. Like, Werensky shot it. I couldn't believe he took the shot. He shot it on a five-on-one.

Yeah. And maybe the goal he's thinking, there's no way this guy's going to shoot it because he's got options. But he shot it, and he went short side on it. I was like, ah, I didn't love that goal. I didn't like the first two goals. No, I didn't like the first one either. It's a nice play by Cylinder, I think it was. But you've got to stop that.

Yeah, it was. But this five-on-one, now you get up, you have a back checker, but he holds on to it and shoots like I think that's McCabe back. Like you need to rely on your goaltender to make a save there. That's short side. Look at the odd man rushes, man. This is what, like a team that's playing well, you see that this is the low light reel for a month of play. Guys, think about this.

Think about this. A man, a great man, a great player scored his 500th goal last night, and we haven't even mentioned it yet. you're right 100th John Tavarro says Was there a sadder 500th goal? I listened to Bonesi's call

and it was just like John Tavares 500 goals I was like that is damn sad I know I know because he couldn't even celebrate like no one could

Look at John He was just like I want to get to the bus Would you blame him though Like if he did the Matt Dushain Remember Matt Dushain Remember Matt Dushin scored his 30th In a 4-1 loss

And Patrick Waugh went crazy on him. If John Tavares drops his gloves, it starts riding his stick down the wall, at least he went over and said to him, guaranteed, congrats, proud of you, you know, this mess isn't on you or whatever. But it would have been worse as if, like, there was an expectation if you went to Columbus and said, hey, we're going to empty the bench if this guy gets his 500. Imagine like six two goal. How much juice would have been in that bench emptying if, like, if they did that? Not a lot. Nothing. Yeah, nothing. And here's the

unfortunate truth is to top that, like Matthews is chasing down Sundin. And like if they don't get their acts together and it's like they do not look good. They were awful last night at times. Like they're in particular the breakdowns.

Like the egregious defensive breakdowns. But they're in trouble. Like Willie's not playing and Tannov's out and their goal tending is really struggling. They look like a team that doesn't have any answers they have no life like there's no life to their game right now i know and i keep on trying to say it and every time i say it i preface it by saying i keep hearing

brian hayes in the back of my head saying they're going to end up with a hundred points because we do this every single year where they stink to join out at the beginning but they do end up with a hundred points but this year it's got a different look to it they don't you're right the goaltending and just the general excitement, they look like the team that's been to three finals in a row and they just have no juice in the tank right now. Like the lack of energy and the lack of kind of the odd man rushes. And it's just, the only way I could describe it the other night in the panel was every other team they play or every team they play, it's they're presenting something that's scary.

The odd man rushes against New Jersey. The skill level of the Buffalo Sabres in Buffalo, like overwhelm them. the Buffalo Sabres Overwhelmed them And last night Columbus Overwhelmed them Like on a rush game

Yeah and watching it Like I will say this Like it is early And you're right Oh there is There's plenty of opportunity To get together I do have some excuses

And I don't You know I don't generally like to Go for it Give me one Well I'll give you three I'll give you three Okay Number one

Haste you talked about The goaltending So last year they were arguably probably the best tandem in the league they were let's call it that but you know Joseph wall hasn't been available to them so Anthony Stollers is like you play every night and this guy needs nights off here we're three weeks into the season because he's not used to that Joseph Wall is on the horizon so he's going to come back so you're going to get a healthy tandem and they're going to be challenging for the net now that's that's excuse one whether it works out

or not whether it there's a market correction that's still to be told but there's an excuse excuse to you mentioned tannive is a big part of their d and a big part of their kill a big part of shutting down the side of this i love the guy jamie but i don't even think he played that well when he was in the lineup well i don't you're right but it disjointed would you rather have chris tannive or philip mire of course course two games so he's only missed two games you're right but tannive is a big part of of that group at least of leadership blocking shots all of that type of stuff there's excuse two excuse three willie that you really notice

Willie's absence. Now, he played the game, he was hurt on the other one. Like, I don't know he's healthy. I don't even know what the hell's wrong with him. I just, all of a sudden, he's not playing last night, but he played the game before. So I don't know what's up with him. Obviously, he's ailing.

But you clearly see the difference of an absence of a top player in William Nealander because now you rely just on Matthews and Tavares is 35 and, you know, all of that. I think Easton Cowan had a couple looks, but, you know, what are we, 10 and 11 games in, he's still been pretty quiet, right? I guess the counter to that is, if you look at a team like Vegas, where Mark Stone, their captain goes down, they just keep on trucking. They have goaltenders that struggle, and they just keep on trucking. And it goes to the depth of the team.

Yeah, you're right. Why are things going haywire if Joseph Wall is missing? If Chris Tannive is missing. William Neelander is obviously a key piece and a superstar player. But it's like, he goes down. Like someone else has got to step up And I just don't know what's there to step up So that's I guess like I say

I'm not making excuses I'm just looking at like are there things that could be better If they had you know I think this team is kind of on a balancing act Is you pretty much need a full roster To see what things look like And right now you're missing some some pieces That are kind of pulling from other players

And and that's the only That's the glass half full on the other side is there are some guys that can come back and help this group, but you still need more from the guys that you expect. Like that, there was a goal directly correlated to, you know, him trying to keep the puck into the blue line and ended up on a two-on-one. Can't remember which goal it was, but, you know, he's not even close. Yeah, I mean, here's a reality.

If you never watched the game before, if you never knew of his career, you'd say that guy's middle of the pack second line center. that's what he's playing like he looks like a middle of the pack second line center that's Austin Matthews through 11 games and if that's the case

this is what you're going to get you know it's everything rolls downhill so yes if wall was healthy he plays last night it could be a very different game very different game if tanna plays it's probably a different game wall concerns me because he's missed so much time right yes it wasn't a contract dispute but remember

with swayman other goalies you miss all of camp I don't know if he's going to be great this year. I don't. There's no guarantees. Hopefully he will, and they need them, but there's no guarantees. But I look at Matthews, man. Al's brother had stats on him. Al's brother was digging last night.

He has scored. Austin Matthews has one five-on-five goal this season. He has six goals five-on-five since February 1st of last year. That is 250th in the league. That is staggering. For a guy that we have

often, almost every time, talked about the best five-on-five goal score in the whole world. Yes. From day one, he stepped into the league. He was basically the best. Yes. And that is the definition of a great goal score. Yes, on the power play, you feast, of course. Empty nets, you feast. You're allowed to do that too. But five-on-five, you still cook, and you cook better than anyone else.

And over the last 30, 40 games of this year and last, he's nowhere close. And through 11 games again, he's producing like he's the, 40th best center in the league you know and and that that's got to change it's 11 games it can change hopefully it will change but that's where it starts for me yeah the captain of the team he's got

to be way better behind him there's got to be him and 8 to 10 players behind him but it all starts with him yes and then after that 8 to 10 guys where you're like you have to bring 20 to 30% more if not more than that than what you're bringing it's not good enough they all have to be better but it's

you know in the end that was that what I laid out that's not an excuse for them then to go it I'm just saying I'm trying to look at it in a different way that maybe there's an opportunity there for them to be better but it hasn't been good enough and the problem is is the Atlantic is jammed up well with other teams that have been bad that's the thing like you look at you know Tampa Ottawa Florida you know those Boston Buffalo they're all kind of around the same place it's Montreal and Detroit so someone's got to snap out of it and get going and someone will and And, you know, obviously the Leafs are hoping that it will be them. Ricky Romero coming up. We've got Luke coming up on the Thursday night or tonight. We're looking ahead to game six of the World Series tomorrow. Overdrive continues. TSN 1050 and on TSN2.

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Two for one pizza, oh, two for one, or two for one. I was thinking this morning, when they do do the movie of the Blue Jays success and hopefully a World Series victory, when Hedge and Keegan and you are on the field, who is going to play Hazy B holding the mic? Who would you pick for yourself? Noodles, I know you're a movie buff, but when the Blue Jays movie comes out and it pans across and they see Hazy B, holding the TSN, Mike, who is the actor that plays Hazy B?

Seth McFarland. What? That's generally the guy that I get attached to the most. He looks exactly like him. I don't even know who that is. I'm sorry. Family guy, the guy from family guy.

Seth McFarland, you'd know him to see him. You know, he looks like a great cameo. I think Seth would be cool with that, no lines. Like I'm not getting a line

in the movie, but I think in the background, I think Hedge would get a line in the movie. She should. You know, Hedge runs the whole operation in the clubhouse, right? Like the whole narrative,

the whole conversation is Hedge, just a driving force in there. Kegan would have to be, Kegan would get a line. Yeah. For sure, I'm not getting a line, but I get a cameo.

and I think Seth would be up for that. I think that's a good idea. Who would play Keegan? Wow, great question. Who is playing Keegan? He's got a very authentic look. He does, man. I don't know.

We're going to need some help from that. Yeah, we need some help on that. Yeah, who plays Keegan in the movie? All right. We'll figure that out. Shoot us some notes, people. We'll figure that out. So, yeah, we got game six tomorrow, possibly game seven on Saturday.

and I believe our next guest is coming up, and I know he was there last night. He's from L.A., former Blue Jay, joining us here on Overdrive. Here's Ricky Romero. What's happening, Ricky? How are you guys doing? We're doing well, man.

Not much. Just enjoying this playoff run. It's been pretty awesome following the guys, and just being around that atmosphere has been really, really cool. I mean, it happened in my backyard, so it was even better. I can imagine. Like, what's that like being? a kid from L.A., did you grow up a Dodger fan?

I did. I grew up a Dodger fan, and I mean, I remember nothing but great memories at that stadium, and any time you step into a Dodger Stadium, to me, it's always special because it just brings me back to the moments I've shared with my dad there and stuff like that. And to be able to experience the World Series against the team that I made my debut with my son wearing a blue jay jersey a bladdy jersey um all that stuff has been just really really awesome and i mean i've gotten it from family members from friends from people on social media about uh turning my back on them and stuff like that but i think my at this point um and i've been saying this a lot at this point the roots in toronto are a lot deeper than the roots i had

here at Dodger Stadium. I mean, I've never had any ties to that team other than growing up and rooting for them. But, you know, obviously with Toronto, the routes are a little bit deeper, I feel like. Ricky, what did you make of your Savage's performance? I mean, we were talking about it before you came on. I mean, just one for all time.

Is it surprise you, you know, and watching him? What do you make of all of it? It's been an incredible run for him. I mean, I think at this point, he's got more postseason starts than he does regular season starts, which is crazy. And I think at this point, it doesn't surprise me. I think when you saw him make his first start in the playoffs, you're like, okay. And then the fact that the team, John Schneider and company, were able to give him the ball game 6

in a do-or-die game against the Seattle Mariners, and he delivered then, just told me everything I needed to know about him. And last night, honestly, it was one of those games where it felt like every time a hitter, stepped up to the plate against him he was 02 within like a blink of an eye it just seemed like he had rhythm he had confidence he was jumping ahead with every single pitch and when you're able to throw three pitches for a strike it's it's hard to sit on a pitch or guess on a pitch or anything like that and just what an unbelievable performance out of him just an absolute beast on the mound and happy to have been able to witness that i mean 22 years old didn't even

phase him. And you've heard all the starting staff talk about him. He doesn't carry himself like a young rookie. He's carried himself like he belongs there. And that's half the battle right there. When you know you belong and you know your stuff plays, everything else just takes care for itself. With Ricky Romero. So as a pitcher, you know, with all that said, you know, it's just an unbelievable outing. How comforting is it or how much does it bolster your confidence when you step on the mound, bottom of the first, and your team's already supplied you with two runs it's great i mean run support is always great i think that's the one thing that you know lots of starting pitchers sometimes suffer from right i mean we've seen it with great pitchers

not just with toronto blue jays but around the league where you know they have really good numbers and their win loss record isn't very good because they don't have enough run support or anything like that but when your team gets out there and sets the tone davis davis shider first pitch, home run, two pitches later, Bladdy, home run. I mean, I was there. I was sitting in the stance and you could literally hear a pin drop. Talk about taking the crowd out of the game. I mean, everyone's standing, first pitch, everyone's cheering, boom, home run, another home run, and everyone just sits down and starts, you can just see it in the stadium. Everyone's looking around like, whoa, that that just really happened. And let's be real. I don't think anybody gave

the Toronto Blue Jays a chance to come here and win two out of three. I think the whole goal, was to get back to Toronto for a game six and, you know, kind of similar to the Seattle series. Just get one on the road, get back to our stadium where we feel comfortable playing and go from there. And the fact that they took two or three here in L.A., I mean, it says a lot about this team. And, you know, looking back at it, you're just like, man, like, they were so close to maybe sweeping this great team, you know, and I feel like the confidence level has to be very, very, very, high. I mean, you see the guys, and we've seen all the interviews, Ernie Clement, talking about

how, you know, great and tight they are. I mean, everything about it, you just see it, you feel it. When you're watching these guys in the dugout, when you're there at the stadium, you really see how much they really care and love for each other. There's no egos. Ricky, I think you'd agree that Vlad, he's the head of the snake. What does he look like? It just seems like he's in full control with leadership. And I think back in the day, if you watch the Yankees, you could tell that Derek Jeter was the captain. They just didn't call him the captain. He was the first guy to congratulate somebody after they hit a homer, the exceptional

plays, the timely hitting. It seems like Vladdy has just morphed into that guy for the Jays. What did it look like up close and personal? I mean, he's about as good as it gets. I mean, I don't think it gets any better than that, honestly. And the way he's performing the playoffs, it's almost like he's savoring the moment. And he understands the task at hand. And I think the best part about it is, like you mentioned, just the charisma that he's shown in the dugout, the leadership and stuff like that.

I think everything, people feed off of him. And it's like he's the head guy, the face of the franchise. And then he's got everyone else pulling on the same side of the rope and all for one goal. And obviously that's to win a World Series. But even you watch him the way he's handled the interviews and all that. that stuff, what it would mean to him. And we've seen him get emotional, you know, when they make it, made it to the World Series.

I can just imagine, you know, there are 27 outs. And if he captures that ring, what it would do to him, I mean, just an absolute superstar on and off the field. Every interaction I've always had with him, it's like he doesn't treat anybody any different, just the nicest person you'll ever meet. And I'm really, really happy for him. And glad that he's been able to lead this team.

You know, for a long time, I think Toronto, the country of Canada has seen Vladdy, but I think everyone in North America is catching a glimpse of him right now and rightfully so. Yeah, his stats are off the charts. You know, I was looking at a stat earlier. Minimum 60 plate appearances in the playoffs, only Barry Bonds has a higher OPS. I think Bonds back in O2 or maybe in 04. His OPS is almost 1,400 in the playoffs, and they're through five games of the World Series. It's crazy.

And you consider the fact that George Springer went out early in game four. And, you know, they had that heartbreak in game three where it goes 18 innings and Freddie Freeman walks them off. And then George leaves the game early the next night. Like there were ample opportunities for maybe the Jays to feel deflated. How surprised, how much credit do you give them that they didn't allow game three or Springer's injury to drag them down if anything had catapulted them. them into an even larger life and better play and seemingly more confidence.

Yeah, I'm not surprised at all simply because I feel like it's been next man up all season long. I mean, if you look at the whole season, you've seen that there's been a different hero on any given night. You know, yes, Vladie is the head of the snake. Yes, he is the head of the franchise. But, you know, it hasn't been always just him. It's been everyone else doing their part, and I always, I've been saying this all along. The Toronto Blue Jays are led by Vladdy, but it's the role players that have done a tremendous job that have stepped in and taken care of their part.

I'm talking about Ernie Clement, Addison Barger, Nathan Lucas. Even Alta, I mean, he's been so underrated. I feel like nobody really talks about him, but his defensive work at second base has been tremendous. And then you throw on Andres Jimenez, too. I mean, everyone, I feel like, just has played a part in this, on this team. And it just is showing, you know, it's not just being carried by one guy. I mean, and we got to give credit to Bo Bichet, too. I mean, when you think about him, he's a pro's pro at the plate.

Just watching his at bat's, his takes, the way he swings. I mean, I've been so impressed because when you think about Bo and him being hurt and out that long, He is essentially doing his rehab assignment in the World Series right now. Like usually it takes like three, four weeks to build up, get back to nine innings and all that. He literally, boom, got tossed into the fire. And it's just like his at-bats have just been so good. I knew once he was back in that lineup, it was going to create something different for Flattie and Alejandro Kirk. And they were going to be able to, you know, if you're not pitching to Vlad, you've got to pitch to Bow and vice versa.

So I think it's just everyone has just done their part. And George going down, it was a big loss. But I don't think this team, they just probably looked at each other and said, okay, who's the next man up? Let's go. And I feel like that's been the theme of this team all season long. Ricky, how complex would the mental game or the adjustment game be versus Yamamoto again? He went nine.

He was almost unhittable. Is he thinking, I'm going to be one step ahead of what these guys think of what's going to be their adjustment or how do you what's the approach from the pitcher standpoint and what you think the hitters are going to try to do and what yamamoto's going to do to counter or does he do you do nothing and just do the same thing i think it's going to be their toughest challenge yet obviously we've seen what yamamoto did against him uh game two and we saw what yamamoto did against the brewers right i mean he's carrying such a hot streak right now um and i think the mindset has to be all right what is the type of adjustments

that we have to make against him. And can we get him on an off day? Can we punish his mistakes? Because at time, you know, no pitcher, no starting pitcher is perfect. Nobody's pinpointing every single pitch. So it's a matter of Blue Jays hitters taking advantage of that one mistake that he does make. I mean, we saw it, for example, last night with Blake Snell. I mean, he left one fastball up to Vladie.

The first pitch is a gift. I like, that's, you throw that one in your back pocket and you say, all right, you tip your hat. He ambushed me. He got me. But Vladie's basketball was up and in, and Vladdy just beat him. And I think it's just punishing those mistakes. And having that mindset that, okay, he is human. I mean, a lot of people didn't think the Blue Jays had a chance against Shohei Otani,

and they made him work. And I think if it's one thing that this Blue Jay lineup has, is that they make you work for every single out. There's such, just watching them last night, it's like exhausting because you're just like, man, you have them with two strikes. They foul pitch off. they follow another pitch off. And the next thing you know, you're seven, eight pitches deep.

You look up at the scoreboard, you're at 80 pitches through four innings. And you're like, whoa, okay. So they know how to work the count. And, you know, Yamamoto is going to be the type of guy that's going to throw strikes. He's going to be in the zone. But the question is, can they punish his mistakes? Well, we'll find out tomorrow night. Everyone can relax a little bit for at least a day, right?

Everyone can breathe today. And then tomorrow we gear back up. Ricky, it's an honor to have you on, man. Great pleasure. we really appreciate you doing this. Enjoy game six tomorrow night. Thank you. Thank you very much.

There he is. Ricky Romero joining us from L.A. grew up a doctor's fan. I thought he was a great interview. Awesome guy. Yeah, awesome guy. And he knows it, man. He's been there.

He's done it. And his connection to Toronto, obviously drafted by the Jays. High draft pick, two, sixth overall. Yeah. And, you know, he's flying up to Toronto. And that's a cool breakdown like that Schneider,

first pitch and then the third pitch just completely shut that stadium down and it is a massive park that's like it's tied two too dude imagine you on the mound how easily you get frazzled you would be so mad and so upset snapping looking to yell at doogie and jp somewhere napping about something and yet snell's got to own it you know snout through the pitches they stepped up and they were aggressive

he threw fast balls and he threw 112 more pitches after that nonsense that's what's crazy he kept going like he kept going and um dude that henrike agglacius that he went in there he was a wild human man domingus three wild pinch that got that monster dave roberts hated that guy he's got so bad apparently saw something he liked during that marathon game he's like you know what i'm going to go back to and rica anglicius he went in there and he was tossing that ball all over the yard Yeah, Eduardo Henriquez. He was a wild thing up there, man.

He was. He was throwing smoke, but it was everywhere. Yeah. Everywhere. Well, Barger, man. Barger took second, third, and home on wild pitches. In the seventh inning last night. Better teach this kid some control before he kills somebody.

It was Nucle-Lush. That's what he was. Yeah, that was Roberts last night. You're right, man. He was. But the Jays made him pay. Jays made him pay. Barger walks, and he goes, I'll take second.

Okay, I'll take third. All right, I'll take home. No problem. So, yeah, we come back to Toronto for game six tomorrow night. It is going to be quite something down at the Rogers Center. Apparently, Scotiabank Arena is having a watch party, which I... Really? What is the purpose of that?

Money. Well, of course, it's money, but... Money, go, come and we'll open our concessions. Yeah, come on down and pay $30 for a beer. Come on down. The chase don't play there. I know, but... It's like, why not?

We'll have the overflow. Come to Scotia Bank. Imagine trying to get into some type of, like, pub. Like, it would be scary. Wouldn't you rather be at a pub, though, than sitting in the purples at Scotia Bank? No, I'd rather be 10 feet away from where I'm sitting right now. Well, that's valid, too.

I hear you. I'll be on the roof tomorrow night, but I'm looking forward to it. You're going to be in a trailer outside. That's where they're going to be. It may be revoked passes tomorrow. All right, Luke's coming up. Ryan Strom was there last night. Ryan Strom, a big Jay's fan, obviously from Toronto.

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All right, Ryan Strong coming up, Luke Wilson coming up as well. Best bet still to come. Might snick in a deer-hazy bee as well. I mean, we did that basically at 4 o'clock to start the show. show, but I think we might have to circle back on that. And we got game six tomorrow night. It's going to be crazy downtown because of Halloween, because of the Rogers Center. Now, Scotiabank, if they do get 10, 15,000 people in that building, that just adds to it.

It's going to be crazy down there tomorrow. But let me ask you this. Like, if me and noodles in our group chat, we said, hey, got a couple seats you want to go to the watch. Like, would you ever go to a wash bar? Never, ever would I do that? no I wouldn't personally I would if I'm not in the stadium which I am lucky enough I'll be able to be there

I can't wait I would prop for a big game I like to be at home because I just like to be in my element I just kind of want to... What about this kicker what about this kicker free food and booze possibly I would think about it still say no I probably wouldn't go I probably wouldn't you know I could do a bar or something a buddy's place you know

I'd be fine with that like that level of experience I just I couldn't imagine being at Scotia Bank Like you're in a middle seat. It's just, I don't know. What's that going to look like? What's that going to feel like? So you're going to feel like what you're doing is you're watching it

and if they win, you go out on the street right there with all the other people. Which would be incredibly cool. Would be incredibly cool. All right. You sold me. It should be a blast tomorrow night. All right. Hour two coming up.

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