Because Toronto won last year, it becomes the standard. If Denver wins this year, everybody needs to stockpile a lot of collective talent. If Milwaukee wins, everyone needs to get a generational talent and create a good offense and defense. If Philadelphia wins, everyone needs to tank for multiple years. And heaven forbid the Jazz win it all this year, the jom2003 of 29 other teams’ message boards will be railing on the “zomg we need to be making big moves like Utah to bring in Conley” repetitions.
But it’s funny. Toronto swung on a pitch that was a bit outside and hit a home run. We’ve also hit home runs by swinging on pitches in the zone, but let’s focus on a couple pitches we whiffed on that were also in the zone.