Bonus Podcast: The Toronto Blue Jays F-ing Did It!
Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
Audacy
4.5 • 757 Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
In this podcast, longtime Canadian sports broadcasters Donnovan Bennett and Arash Madani join the Sports Media podcast following Toronto's Game 7 win over the Seattle Mariners in the American League Championship Series. In this podcast we discuss the remarkable season the Blue Jays have had; how Game 7 was won; where George Springer's seventh-inning home run ranks in franchise history; John Schneider's managerial decisions; how the pitching staff sets up for the Dodgers series; whether we would role the dice and start Trey Yesavage in Game One; how would we use Bo Bichette in the World Series; our predictions and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Sports Media Podcast. |
| 0:09.2 | I'm your host, Richard Ditch. |
| 0:10.1 | My producer, Patrick Antonetti. |
| 0:12.3 | You know, I've been told, don't call this an emergency podcast. |
| 0:15.2 | Don't call this a bonus podcast. |
| 0:17.7 | Whatever you want to call it. Holy fucking shit. |
| 0:23.7 | The Toronto Blue Jays are in the World Series. |
| 0:25.7 | This is stunning. |
| 0:29.1 | But Arashmadani, Donovan Bennett, |
| 0:31.2 | longtime voices in Canada, |
| 0:33.9 | have been kind enough to come on this podcast once again and join me to talk about this. |
| 0:36.1 | You can hear my voice. |
| 0:36.8 | It's pretty shot. |
| 0:37.7 | That's just basically from like three and a half hours of sleep. |
| 0:40.9 | But I start with you, Donovan. |
| 0:45.2 | I don't even know where to start. |
| 0:46.6 | Had I told you this on March 28th |
| 0:50.4 | that the Toronto Blue Jays War in the World Series, |
| 0:53.3 | you would have rightfully accused me of being a homer, total Toronto flag waiver, you know, certifiable, whatever. |
| 1:03.7 | And now as we tape this on October 21st, this team is in the World Series four games away from winning the franchise's first World Series since 1993. |
| 1:14.6 | Incredible. |
| 1:15.6 | If you told me in March they were a 500 team, I would have said, yeah, it's a good outcome. |
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