Sam Dyson is not done trying to start a fight in Game 5 (Video)
By Josh Hill
The Texas Rangers almost caused a riot in the stands at the Rogers Centre during Game 5, then tried to start one on the field.
One of the craziest innings of baseball you will ever see transpired in Toronto on Wednesday afternoon when the Blue Jays and Rangers took almost n hour to complete a half inning of play. Following a top half of the inning in which the Rangers took a temporary lead in Game 5 on a controversial call, the Blue Jays stormed back to tie the game and then take the lead back in dramatic and cathartic fashion. Needless to say, the Rangers weren’t too keen on this violent shift in momentum and pitcher Sam Dyson was not about to just stand on the mound and take the pounding he doled out kindly.
After almost fighting Edwin Encarnacion when he thought the slugger was showing him up, Dyson attempted (maybe) to let bygones be bygones by showing the Jays some affection.
As the inning ended, Dyson appeared to give Troy Tulowitzki a love tap to signal an end to the tension — which only served to escalate it all over again.
It’s truly unclear whether Dyson was trying to put an end to things and let the Jays know that what is done is done — but it’s also very possible that he was trying to get things going all over again. Either way, it was the only way that an inning as crazy as the seventh was could end.