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The Toronto Blue Jays continue to spiral. After dropping their series finale against the Tampa Bay Rays by a score of 6-3 Thursday, the Blue Jays have lost nine of their past 11 games, with all those defeats coming at the hands of American League East rivals. The past three series have gone as follows for manager John Schneider's club:
As a result, Toronto sits in last place in the division, with a 26-25 record, and trails the first-place Rays by 10.5 games. There's still plenty of time to make up ground over the next four months, but the Blue Jays' preseason expectations of winning the AL East are looking like a pipe dream at this point.
Frustration has been mounting in recent days, with Schneider saying "enough is enough" after Sunday's loss to the Orioles and starting pitcher Chris Bassitt declaring Monday that Toronto had "a lot of things to clean up." Members of the team took things a step further after Thursday's setback by holding a players-only meeting.
Blue Jays third baseman Matt Chapman, one of the team's leaders, didn't want to discuss what was said behind closed doors but offered these comments, via Sportsnet's Shi Davidi.
“We’re all grown men here. It’s up to us. We’re the ones on the field. Our coaches can’t hold our hands. We have to go out there and find ways to win games. We have to communicate with each other and help try to make each other better.
"We are a team, and we want to win. If we want to win a division or play in the playoffs, it’s up to us to find ways to get back on track. It’s up to nobody else but us ...
"Everything gets magnified when you’re not winning. The biggest thing we have to work on is finding ways to win games when we’re not tearing the cover off the ball. We have had some defensive miscues all around, and we haven’t been able to finish off innings on the mound. We win as a team, and we lose as a team.
"There’s no rhyme or reason as to why we’re going through this stretch right now. The way for us to get out is to come together and find ways to win. It might not be pretty, but we need to get back in the win column.”
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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