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Poll Time: Vote for the Blue Jays number 2 moment of the 2010s

By Tom Dakers
Texas Rangers vs Toronto Blue Jays ALDS MLB Max Faulkner/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

To no one’s surprise, the vote for the top moment of the 2010s was a landslide win for Jose Bautista’s Bat Flip home run.

I was going to write a bit about the moment, but everyone has it ingrained in their memories. For me, Jose spoke for us all in the release of the frustrations that had built up in the half inning before. We all thought it was unbelievable that we could lose the series on such a weird play. I’d never seen that before. I haven’t seen it since (and you would think batters would be leaving their bat out over the strike zone after seeing how you could gain a run that way).

But thanks to Jose (and to some amazingly bad Rangers defense) that weird play didn’t cost us the series.

Sam Dyson became my second favorite opposing relief pitcher all on one pitch (right behind Mitch Williams). And then, with his whining about the bat flip, he also became the one I hated the most. The line about Jose showing him disrespect bugged me. He said he didn’t see the bat flip and that it showed disrespect. I still don’t understand how he can feel disrespected if he didn’t see it. But then he wanted to take the focus off his giving up the series losing home run.

So today we are voting on the second biggest Blue Jays moment of the 2010s. It should be a closer vote than yesterday’s.

Poll

My choice for number 2 Blue Jays moment of the decade is

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  • 0%
    2016 ALDS game 2, Jays hit four home runs off Yu Darvish, October 2, 2016
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    2019 Jays 7 run comeback win over Rays in 12 innings, July 27
    (0 votes)
  • 3%
    Brandon Morrow 1 hitter, 17 strikeouts, August 8, 2010
    (9 votes)
  • 0%
    Brett Lawrie throws helmet, hits umpire, May 16, 2012
    (0 votes)
  • 1%
    Cavan Biggio hits for cycle September 17, 2019
    (5 votes)
  • 0%
    Chad Jenkins pitches 6 innings in Jays 19 inning win over Tigers, August 10, 2014
    (1 vote)
  • 2%
    David Price Trade, July 30, 2019
    (7 votes)
  • 9%
    Donaldson’s Dash. October 9, 2016
    (27 votes)
  • 0%
    Dustin McGowan pitches again September 6, 2011
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    Edwin Encarncion hat trick homers August 31, 2015
    (2 votes)
  • 52%
    Edwin walk-off home in wild card game, October 4, 2016
    (148 votes)
  • 0%
    Goins and Barney pitch in 19 inning game vs Cleveland, Jays lose 2-1, July 1, 2016
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    J.P. Arencibia hits 2 homers (and 4 total hits) in MLB debut, August 7, 2010
    (1 vote)
  • 0%
    Jays come back from down by 8 against the Reds June 20, 2014
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    Jays score 7 in the 9th inning against the Rays to win September 20, 2018
    (1 vote)
  • 0%
    Jays score 9 in the 7th inning, come back from down 8-1 vs the Red Sox June 12, 2015
    (0 votes)
  • 7%
    John McDonald’s Father’s day homer June 20, 2010
    (21 votes)
  • 0%
    Jose Bautista asks Steve Simmons "who are you and why are you talking to me?" on twitter
    (2 votes)
  • 0%
    Jose Bautista hits home run number 50 vs Mariners Felix Hernandez in Seattle September 23, 2010
    (2 votes)
  • 0%
    Jose Bautista homers off Darren O’Day and skips to first, June 23, 2013
    (1 vote)
  • 0%
    Jose Bautista’s final game as a Blue Jay, October 1, 2013
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    Josh Donaldson dives into the stands June 24, 2015
    (2 votes)
  • 0%
    Josh Donaldson hat trick homers August 29, 2016
    (0 votes)
  • 1%
    Josh Donaldson trade, November 28, 2014
    (3 votes)
  • 1%
    Kevin Pillar steals second, third then home vs Dellin Betances of the Yankees, April 1, 2018
    (4 votes)
  • 0%
    Lourdes Gurriel steals home vs Red Sox April 9, 2019
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    Lourdes Gurriel’s mult-hit streak goes 11 games, July 29, 2018
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    Marco Estrada ALCS game 5 win vs. Royals, October 21, 2015
    (2 votes)
  • 0%
    Marco Estrada takes perfect game into the 8th, June 24, 2015
    (0 votes)
  • 1%
    Marco Estrada’s start in game 3 of the 2015 ALDS, October 12, 2015
    (3 votes)
  • 0%
    Marcus Stroman homers in Atlanta May 18, 2017
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    Marcus Stroman’s first start after ACL injury, September 12, 2015
    (1 vote)
  • 0%
    Martin Russell’s throw hitting Shin-Soo Choo’s bat, October, 14, 2015
    (1 vote)
  • 1%
    Munenori Kawasaki walk-off double and "I am Japanese" post-game interview, May 28, 2013
    (4 votes)
  • 0%
    Rajai Davis score from second on a bunt, August 5, 2012
    (1 vote)
  • 1%
    Rangers make 3 errors to set up Baustista’s home run, October 14, 2015
    (5 votes)
  • 2%
    Roy Halladay dies in plane crash, November7, 2017
    (7 votes)
  • 2%
    Roy Halladay inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame, July 21, 2019.
    (6 votes)
  • 0%
    Russell Martin playing preseason games in Montreal, April 3, 2015
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    Russell Martin’s dad playing Oh Canada in Montreal April 3, 2015
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    Steve Pearce hits second walk-off grand slam in a week, July 31, 2017
    (2 votes)
  • 2%
    The Coghlan leap, April 25, 2017
    (6 votes)
  • 0%
    The Marlins trade, November 13, 2012
    (0 votes)
  • 1%
    The Tulo/Reyes trade, July 28, 2015
    (3 votes)
  • 0%
    Vernon Wells trade, January 21, 2011
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    Vladimir Guerrero hits first 2 MLB home runs in San Francisco, May 14, 2019
    (0 votes)
  • 1%
    Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the Home run derby, July 8, 2019
    (4 votes)
  • 1%
    Vladimir Guerrero walkoff home run in Montreal, March 28, 2018
    (3 votes)
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