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TORONTO – George Springer says he paid no mind to Seattle Mariners cheering when he was hit by a pitch.

Springer spoke to media Monday evening ahead of Game 7 of the American League Championship Series between his Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle.

The 36-year-old veteran was hit on the right kneecap by a 95.6 m.p.h. pitch from Bryan Woo in the seventh inning of Toronto’s 6-2 loss on Friday in Game 5. Mariners fans had booed him during every plate appearance in the game and then celebrated when he was removed from the game after getting plunked by Woo.

“Ultimately, at the end of the day, I’m just concerned about my health, and that’s out of my control,” said Springer. “So it’s just kind of one of those things where I was concerned about my knee in the moment and I’ll go from there.”

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Springer was batting leadoff for Toronto in Monday’s must-win Game 7. He was also brushed back from the plate in the Blue Jays’ 6-2 victory in Game 6.

“It just kind of is what it is, honestly,” said Springer on having to grind out at bats. “I’m going to do my best to go out there and play to the best of my ability. I don’t really think it’s a secret. I got hit in the kneecap (in Game 5).

“It’s not ideal. So it’s not necessarily the best thing, but at this point I’m going to play.”

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Springer had a resurgent regular season, hitting .309 with 32 home runs, 84 runs-batted in, 18 stolen bases and a .399 on-base percentage. He is hitting .233 so far this post-season with three home runs and six runs batted in.

Blue Jays manager John Schneider praised Springer’s leadership in setting a gritty example for his teammates.

“I think that he’s doing a very deliberate job of not complaining,” said Schneider. “Again, that’s another way to set a standard. Everyone’s feeling it right now.

“We always joke, everyone’s feeling it, but no one cares. No one cares. You got to go out and you got to get it done.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 20, 2025.

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]]> : Sports https://globalnews.ca/news/11486168/no-lineup-changes-for-blue-jays-in-game-7/ <![CDATA[No lineup changes for Blue Jays in Game 7]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2025 20:24:08 +0000

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TORONTO – Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider ran back his Game 6 batting order for the winner-take-all Game 7 on Monday night at Rogers Centre.

The Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners 6-2 on Sunday to force a decisive game in the American League Championship Series.

“A chance to win a game at home in front of these fans to go to the World Series, I think is everything that we play for and everything that our fans deserve,” Schneider said in his pre-game media availability.

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The series winner will play the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series starting Friday.

Designated hitter George Springer will bat first again for Toronto despite appearing somewhat limited at the plate after taking a fastball off the right knee in Game 5.

“I got hit in the kneecap, it’s not ideal,” Springer said. “So it’s not necessarily the best thing, but at this point I’m going to play.”

Shane Bieber was scheduled to start for Toronto against George Kirby.

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Mariners manager Dan Wilson made a few changes to his lineup for Game 7.

Victor Robles replaced Dominic Canzone in right field and Josh Naylor of Mississauga, Ont., moved up a spot to third in the order with Jorge Polanco moving into the cleanup spot.

The Blue Jays last reached the Fall Classic in 1993 when they won a second straight title. Seattle has never reached the World Series.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 20, 2025.

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]]> : Sports https://globalnews.ca/news/11486034/blue-jays-warn-of-ticket-management-issues/ <![CDATA[Blue Jays warn of ‘ticket management issues’]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2025 20:04:51 +0000

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The Toronto Blue Jays say “ticket management issues” affecting its system are being resolved just hours ahead of the team’s crucial Game 7 against the Seattle Mariners — a game which will see the winner advance to the World Series.

A massive outage of Amazon Web Services earlier Monday appeared to be causing headaches for some Ticketmaster users ahead of the game.

After warning of issues Monday afternoon, the team posted to X around 4:30 p.m. Eastern that “the system is returning to normal.”

“Please try to access your tickets and add them to your Apple or Google wallet, MLB Ballpark app, or Ticketmaster app,” the team said in its latest post. “If you were transferred tickets and did not receive an email confirmation, please log in to Ticketmaster to accept the tickets.

“If you continue to experience challenges, additional Blue Jays staff will be at the gates to support ticket management.”

The critical game was set to start just after 8 p.m. Eastern at Rogers Centre in Toronto.

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It wasn’t clear Monday whether the impact from the outage was affecting all users on Ticketmaster, or just those with tickets or attempting to purchase tickets to Monday evening’s game.

On top of the tens of thousands of fans that have been inside the Rogers Centre throughout the postseason, millions of Canadians across the country have thrown their support behind the Blue Jays — the only Major League Baseball franchise based in Canada.

The last time the Blue Jays won the American League and the World Series Championship was in 1993.

Amazon Web Services, which provides remote computing services to thousands of companies, universities and governments, experienced a network outage for approximately three hours before 6:00 a.m. Eastern time.

Several hours later, the company said “most AWS service operations are succeeding normally now.”

Still, there was a ripple effect reported by many organizations, which may have led to delays and technical errors as a result of the outage.

– More to come

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]]> : Sports https://globalnews.ca/news/11485967/jays-fans-say-game-7-win-would-be-heritage-moment/ <![CDATA[Jays fans say Game 7 win would be heritage moment]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2025 19:58:53 +0000

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TORONTO – It’s do or die for the Toronto Blue Jays tonight as they try to clinch a spot in the World Series, and with a home game advantage fans are heading to Rogers Centre in hopes of witnessing history.

Johnny Prokos, whose father has run a hotdog stand on the east side of Rogers Centre for 37 years, says it would be a Canadian heritage moment if the Jays advanced to the World Series.

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Prokos, who says he’s been to at least 500 games over the course of his life, describes the stadium as a second home for him and his dad.

He says he’s still feeling the adrenalin from the Jays’ 6-2 win against the Seattle Mariners in Game 6 last night.

For Cynthia Schaeffer, who lined up around 10 a.m. for general admission tickets for tonight’s game, says seeing the Jays make it to the World Series would be “a long time coming” and she wants to see the whole country rally behind Canada’s team.

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Schaeffer says her dad became a Blue Jays fan after their family immigrated to Canada from Guatemala and she remembers going with him to see Jays legends George Bell, Ernie Whitt and Pat Borders play at Exhibition Stadium.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 20, 2025.

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]]> : Sports https://globalnews.ca/?p=11485857 <![CDATA[Blue Jays say ‘ticket management issues’ being resolved after Amazon outage]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2025 19:14:40 +0000

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The Toronto Blue Jays say “ticket management issues” affecting its system are being resolved just hours ahead of the team’s crucial Game 7 against the Seattle Mariners — a game which will see the winner advance to the World Series.

A massive outage of Amazon Web Services earlier Monday appeared to be causing headaches for some Ticketmaster users ahead of the game.

After warning of issues Monday afternoon, the team posted to X around 4:30 p.m. Eastern that “the system is returning to normal.”

“Please try to access your tickets and add them to your Apple or Google wallet, MLB Ballpark app, or Ticketmaster app,” the team said in its latest post. “If you were transferred tickets and did not receive an email confirmation, please log in to Ticketmaster to accept the tickets.

“If you continue to experience challenges, additional Blue Jays staff will be at the gates to support ticket management.”

The critical game was set to start just after 8 p.m. Eastern at Rogers Centre in Toronto.

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It wasn’t clear Monday whether the impact from the outage was affecting all users on Ticketmaster, or just those with tickets or attempting to purchase tickets to Monday evening’s game.

On top of the tens of thousands of fans that have been inside the Rogers Centre throughout the postseason, millions of Canadians across the country have thrown their support behind the Blue Jays — the only Major League Baseball franchise based in Canada.

The last time the Blue Jays won the American League and the World Series Championship was in 1993.

Amazon Web Services, which provides remote computing services to thousands of companies, universities and governments, experienced a network outage for approximately three hours before 6:00 a.m. Eastern time.

Several hours later, the company said “most AWS service operations are succeeding normally now.”

Still, there was a ripple effect reported by many organizations, which may have led to delays and technical errors as a result of the outage.

– More to come

&copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.

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