Blue Jays fans, your long national nightmare is finally over. Lenyn Sosa drew a walk.

In case you missed it last night, the Blue Jays’ infielder made history in the bottom of the ninth of last night’s 8-2 loss to the Miami Marlins. After 52 consecutive games — a span of 168 plate appearances — Sosa finally reached base via a walk.

In his 26 games with the Blue Jays and 26 games with the Chicago White Sox dating back to last year, Sosa had amassed the longest active streak in baseball without a walk. Almost one-third of a season without seeing a four-ball count. That’s so silly, it’s actually impressive.

Surely Sosa slept well knowing he was no longer the owner of the longest active walkless streak in Major League Baseball. In case you didn’t see it on the broadcast, Sosa celebrated with a fist pump up to the skies, as his teammates went nuts celebrating the miraculous achievement.

At 53 games total, it’s hardly the longest streak in franchise history without a walk. That title belongs to Alfredo Griffin, who had a 66 game streak without a walk from July 13, 1984, to June 10, 1992. No, that’s not a misprint. Griffin came back to the Blue Jays for his second tour with the team in 1992 after he was traded to the Oakland Athletics in 1984.

If we sandwich Sosa’s 52-game streak with the Blue Jays and White Sox, that would give him the fourth-longest streak in Blue Jays history without a walk, after Griffin at 66 games, Garth Iorg at 61 games, and Tony Fernandez at 53 games.

Fans at Rogers Centre were privy to two noteworthy firsts of the season: the first home game at Rogers Centre this season to feature an open roof, and Sosa’s first walk. Was it the fresh air that aided the 26-year-old to see the ball better, or did he just enjoy the cool spring breeze in the Toronto night?

In the context of last night’s game, Sosa’s heroic walk was “too little too late”, as the Blue Jays were already down by six runs at that point, and they failed to capitalize for most of the game. With 10 men left on base and Blue Jays hitters going 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position, it was more of the same from this team that’s failed to steadily produce runs this season.

But the silver lining (if you can even call it that) of the Blue Jays’ 29th loss of the season was that Sosa could trot down to first base knowing he played his part and worked a count for the first time since last September. Congratulations, I guess?

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