Toronto media crying about World Series loss gives Dodgers more reason to laugh

The Dodgers' Game 7 victory over the Blue Jays in the World Series was stunning. Through nine innings, even after Miguel Rojas' impossible game-tying homer, the odds were still in the Blue Jays' favor as things went into extras. If Dodgers fans were being honest, we'd admit that we all thought the game was over after Bo Bichette's three-run homer off of Shohei Ohtani in the third.

But the Dodgers chipped away slowly, culminating in that homer from Rojas that may let him wrap up a 12-year career on a high note. Will Smith's second homer of the postseason and 2 2/3 legend-making innings from Yoshinobu Yamamoto cemented the Dodgers as back-to-back champs.

It was impossible not to feel a little bad for the Blue Jays fans in attendance, whose emotions were toyed with in a particularly devastating way through 11 innings that were already pretty excruciating for everyone at home.

However, Toronto media did a very good job of quickly making any sympathy go out the window. Sportsnet commentator and former Blue Jays pitcher Caleb Joseph said in the postmortem show, without censoring himself, "It's gonna sound like sour grapes, and I don't really give a s—. I think the better team did not win this series."

Blue Jays commentator mourns that the "better team" didn't win the World Series after Dodgers' win

Kiké Hernández, in true Kiké Hernández fashion, hopped on Joseph's statements immediately. He posted pictures of himself with the trophy on Instagram with the caption, "I'M SO HAPPY THE BETTER TEAM DIDN'T WIN!!"

What Blue Jays fans are going to continue point to until the end of the time are Toronto's .269 average and .745 OPS to the Dodgers' .203/.658; LA was also outscored 34-26, and Toronto's pitching staff had a far better collective ERA.

But what did that matter if the Blue Jays couldn't seal the deal when they really needed to? The last out of the series should tell you everything: Toronto had the tying run just 90 feet away from home plate, and they couldn't get it done. They had a limping Dodgers offense down by three runs after just three innings, and they could only tack on one more after that while their pitching staff slowly allowed the Dodgers to chip away at their lead.

If the Blue Jays were the better team, the Dodgers wouldn't have won — and it's just that simple.