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Blue Jays: The 2025 season was both special and bittersweet
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Nov 4, 2025, 07:00 ESTUpdated: Nov 3, 2025, 18:33 EST
The Toronto Blue Jays’ World Series defeat is still fresh in the minds of all fans.
They were just inches away from winning it all for the first time since 1993. They needed just two outs in the top of the ninth, they needed a few more inches on two separate plays in the bottom of the ninth, and they needed just 90 feet in the bottom of the 11th to tie the game. Everything that could’ve gone wrong did.
As of this article, it’s been over two days since the Game 7 disaster, and it’s still very raw. I find myself being distracted, then suddenly remembering just how close they came, causing my stomach to drop. No doubt, most Blue Jays fans feel like this.
At the end of the day, this was still a special season for the Blue Jays. After ending the 2024 season 74-88, there were so many notable memories from this season. Take George Springer’s two biggest home runs, a grand slam on Canada Day and his three-run home run in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series.
Beating the New York Yankees the way they did throughout the season is unforgettable, especially given that they were eight games behind them at one point in the season. The icing on the cake was decimating their American League East rival in the American League Divisional Series.
Their 11-game winning streak at the end of June/start of July matched a franchise record, and they finished with the best record in the American League for the first time since 1993. For the first time since Ross Atkins and Mark Shapiro took over, it really felt like they went for it at the trade deadline, trading several top 10 prospects for the likes of Shane Bieber, Louis Varland, and Seranthony Domínugez.
But what made this team special was the camaraderie of the players. You could see how much each player liked the others. From the post-game interviews, it seems like their players were just as upset about not being able to play together anymore as they were about losing the World Series.
I don’t doubt that the Blue Jays will win the World Series at some point in the future, maybe even in 2026, but it won’t have the same feeling as the 2025 Blue Jays. This team will remain in the memory of fans for years to come, but there will always be the lingering thought of “what if something went right in Game 7.”
On to the off-season.
Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for Blue Jays Nation, Oilersnation, and FlamesNation. She can be followed on Twitter @Ryley__Delaney.