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Blue Jays secure 2023 playoff spot

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Our ticket is punched.

That’s just step one. #Next level pic.twitter.com/3hNtl9GRKB

— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) October 1, 2023

\n\n”, “providerName”: “Twitter”, “providerUrl”: “https://twitter.com”, “type”: “oembed”, “width”: 550, “contentType”: “rich”} ,{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content=””I think there should be urgency every single day of the season,” Bo Bichette said. “That doesn’t necessarily mean you can take that over 162 games, but I think that should always be the wish for us as players. As for me, I really don’t feel very different. I have to go out there and play as well as I can. It’s the same for all boys. We’ll find out whether we can do it or not. ,”preferredPlaybackScenarioURL({\”preferredPlaybacks\”:\”mp4AvcPlayback\”})”:”https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/d5a4c3f3-b1d8-48dd-990f-4591127034d7.mp4″,”type”: “video”, “description”: “”, “displayAsVideoGif”:false, “duration”: “00:00:17”, “slug”: “chris-devenski-in-play-run-s-to-bo- “ Bichette, Tags:[{“__typename”:”InternalTag”,”slug”:”season-2023″,”title”:”Season 2023″,”type”:”season”},{“__typename”:”GameTag”},{“__typename”:”PersonTag”,”slug”:”playerid-666182″,”title”:”Bo Bichette”,”person”:{“__ref”:”Person:666182″},”type”:”player”},{“__typename”:”TeamTag”,”slug”:”teamid-141″,”title”:”Toronto Blue Jays”,”team”:{“__ref”:”Team:141″},”type”:”team”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”hitting”,”title”:”hitting”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”highlight”,”title”:”highlight”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”in-game-highlight”,”title”:”in-game highlight”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”game-action-tracking”,”title”:”game action tracking”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”greatest-plays”,”title”:”Greatest Plays”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”send-to-news-mlb-feed”,”title”:”Send To News MLB feed”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”yahoo-in-game”,”title”:”Yahoo In-Game”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”2-yahoo-mlb-ads-feed”,”title”:”2-Yahoo MLB Ads Feed”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”fan-duel”,”title”:”Fan Duel”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”eclat-feed”,”title”:”Eclat feed”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”international-feed”,”title”:”International Partner feed”,”type”:”taxonomy”}],”thumbnail”:{“__typename”:”Thumbnail”, “templateUrl”: “https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/{formatInstructions}/mlb/grgtpnv8zexrkhaqo4y8”}, “title” : “Bo Bichette’s RBI double”, “relativeSiteUrl”: “/video/chris-devenski-in-play-run-s-to-bo-bichette”},{“__typename”: “Markdown”, “content”: A year ago, the Blue Jays’ postseason appearance ended badly at home against the Mariners. Two years earlier there was another postseason run that lasted just two days, this one at Tropicana Field. \n\nThe Blue Jays have a chance to rewrite it, however, and reminds us of those early departures as the false starts before it all came together. That opportunity begins Tuesday, and no matter how the Blue Jays got here, anything can happen in October.”,”type”:” text”}],”contentType”: “news”, “subHeadline”: null, ” summary”: TORONTO – The long wait is finally over. The Blue Jays have punched their ticket to the 2023 postseason.\nThe Blue Jays got some help late Saturday after falling 7-5 in 10 innings earlier in the day against the Rays lost, another unexpected setback in a grueling playoff push. A”,”tagline({\”formatString\”:\”none\”})”:null,”tags”:[{“__typename”:”InternalTag”,”slug”:”storytype-article”,”title”:”Article”,”type”:”article”},{“__typename”:”TeamTag”,”slug”:”teamid-141″,”title”:”Toronto Blue Jays”,”team”:{“__ref”:”Team:141″},”type”:”team”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”apple-news”,”title”:”Apple News”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”ContributorTag”,”slug”:”keegan-matheson”,”title”:”Keegan Matheson”,”type”:”contributor”},{“__typename”:”GameTag”,”slug”:”gamepk-716383″,”title”:”2023/09/30 tb@tor”,”type”:”game”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”clincher”,”title”:”clincher”,”type”:”taxonomy”}]”type”: “story”, “thumbnail”: “https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/{formatInstructions}/mlb/dlrxt3nk1ntrdbvkdygo”, “title”: “Blue Jays win in 2023. “ Playoff Place”}},”Team:141″:{“__typename”:”Team”,”id”:141},”Person:662139″:{“__typename”:”Person”,”id”:662139 }, “Person:657024”:{“__typename”: “Person”, “id”:657024},”Person:666182″:{“__typename”: “Person”, “id”:666182}}} window.adobeAnalytics = { “reportingSuiteId”: “mlbglobal08, mlbcom08”, “linkInternalFilters”: “mlb”} window.globalState = {“tracking_title”: “Major League Baseball”, “lang”: “en”} window.appId = ” / *- ->*/