by Chris Asbrock

In one of the greatest and craziest baseball games you will ever see, it is the Toronto Blue Jays who are the ones celebrating at the end. With the 6-3 win over the Texas Rangers, the Blue Jays advanced to the American League Championship Series for the first time since 1993. This game was not without drama and confusion. Not to mention a few shameful moments. That leads me to the point of this article, blasting two sets of people.

To my friends and family it is a known fact that I am a fan of the Toronto Blue Jays. I am a die-hard Reds fan but as a kid growing up, I have always pulled for the Jays. That was a very tough thing to do as a kid living in Cincinnati, where there is zero coverage of the Jays. Throughout the past couple of years, I have taken a beating and have been the told that nobody cares about the Blue Jays. Well guess what, people do. An entire damn nation does and guess what, some took it a little too far.

Heading into this deciding game five, the series had seen some excitement, but nothing like this game. That is where one of my issues comes in. We have all seen the play where the Rangers scored the go ahead run on a throw back to the pitcher in the top of the 7th inning. The sheer emotion of sports can cause people to do crazy and stupid things. Well, it is safe to say, there were a few people who decided to engage in serious stupidity. After the call was confirmed by the umpires, some Jays fans decided to rain the field with trash and beer. There is no excuse for acting like that. Period.

I don’t care if you haven’t been in the postseason for 22 years, there is no excuse. With that being said, don’t judge an entire fan base for the actions of a few. For my local following, I am curious if those same people were quick to judge Bengals fans for throwing trash and bottles during the 2005 AFC playoff loss against the Steelers. Just a thought.

My second point of anger comes when Jose Bautista absolutely murdered a pitch from Sam Dyson, effectively blowing the roof off the Rogers Centre and sending the entire country of Canada into a frenzy. In what was an emotionally charged inning, Bautista hit arguably the biggest homerun of his career and the biggest homerun in Toronto since Joe Carter’s World Series walkoff. As the ball was rocketing toward the stands, Bautista unleashed one of the greatest bat flips in history. Of course, baseball purists are upset about the epic bat flip.

To them I say, R-E-L-A-X. I want to quickly thank Aaron Rodgers for that little saying. In all seriousness, people need to relax about it. This is sports, there is a lot of emotion. You can bet your ass that if I hit a blast like Bautista’s in that situation, I am going to do the exact same thing. As for Sam Dyson, if you and your teammates are upset about it, then there is a simple solution, don’t have your fastball parked 55 rows deep. Plain and simple. Bautista has swagger. He never jawed at Dyson. He never jawed at any of the players as he rounded the bases. He just simply admired his blast and tossed the bat with swagger.

Here is the video of the epic moment.

This is 2015. This is an age of celebrations. Times have changed. Baseball purists need to realize that and adapt to the times. Now, I’m not advocating taunting or jawing at a pitcher after you smoke one off him, but it is ok to celebrate a big time homerun in a big time situation.

Chris Asbrock is a staff writer and analyst for FTI Sports and can be followed on TwitterÂ