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Chris Black

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Chris Black

@DownToBlack

Live Sports Producer, Content Creator, Husband, Dad, Old Man Athlete

downtoblack.substack.com

Joined January 2011

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Chris Black
@DownToBlack
Nov 21, 2022
#BlueJays ⚾️🧵 focusing on a centre fielder who *might* be available via trade & how the convo around him & other potential CFs might be underselling his best skill. Let's start here: Daulton Varsho put up an elite, gold glove level outfield season in 2022. It was incredible.
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Chris Black
@DownToBlack
Oct 28, 2025
Text from 90-year old grandmother at 1:40 ET
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Chris Black
@DownToBlack
Oct 30, 2025
“So youre telling me, two years after I sign with LA, the Jays will be on the verge of a World Series title… against us?”
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Chris Black
@DownToBlack
Jul 25, 2023
Jay Jackson is 35 years old. Released 3 times. This season, has pitched in minor league parks in Buffalo, Rochester, Gwinnett, Worcester, Allentown, Toledo & Scranton. Tonight, in the 9th inning of a tie game inside Dodger Stadium… he got Betts, Freeman, Smith… 3 up, 3 down.
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Chris Black
@DownToBlack
Nov 2, 2025
Special player. No one encapsulates the 2025 Blue Jays better than Ernie Clement.
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Omer Osman
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Chris Black
@DownToBlack
Jul 20, 2022
From all of us @Sportsnet, from all of us @BlueJays fans, from all of 🇨🇦, thank you @Ken_Rosenthal. We feel the same way.
Chris Black
@DownToBlack
Apr 20, 2025
John Schneider & Jose Berrios confirmed they believed Cal Raleigh was relaying signs today. Here's what it looked like Raleigh was doing, though we have no idea how he was picking up pitches (Berrios is good at shielding grips to runners on 2nd)... 1st pitch: Slurve
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Chris Black
@DownToBlack
May 6, 2025
The rare 🏒🧵 - Sam Bennett Unquestionably The NHL's Dirtiest Player Included within: > Slew foots (feet?) > Late Hits > Why he's a... (thinking of a word I can use here)... weasel > His favourite type of dirty play Let's start here: Last Night...
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Chris Black
@DownToBlack
Mar 23, 2022
Scottie Barnes: 20 years old Auston Matthews & Mitch Marner: 24 years old Vlad Guerrero & Bo Bichette: 23 & 24 years old What a time to be a sports fan in Canada.
Chris Black
@DownToBlack
Oct 28, 2025
2018: Red Sox lose Game 3 in 18 innings… still win World Series #Positivity
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Chris Black
@DownToBlack
Mar 9, 2025
Alejandro Kirk, ABS Savant
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Chris Black
@DownToBlack
Jul 5, 2024
Happy 41st birthday to Marco Estrada, a Blue Jay who deserves more recognition. 6 postseason starts in 2015-16: 41.2 IP (nearly 7 IP per start), 2.16 ERA, 34 K, 2 BB. Legendary line. Jays lost 3 of his playoff starts. Here's how many runs they scored in the 3 losses: 0, 0, 0
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Chris Black
@DownToBlack
Nov 2, 2025
Always respect the opinions of players (former & current), just disagree with the logic here. Why? Give me numbers! Daulton Varsho: Nearly 2,500 career plate apps 1,634 batted balls 342 line drives 58 to the opposite field 4 hit to 3rd base 3 of 4 were jam shots (only 1 true
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Whit Merrifield
@WhitMerrifield
Nov 2, 2025
He did exactly right here. The #1 rule with bases loaded and less than 2 outs is you cannot get doubled up on a line drive to 3rd baseman. So your lead is as far as the 3rd baseman is from the bag. He did this perfect.
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Chris Black
@DownToBlack
Oct 16, 2025
Hey folks, remember Dev? He just gave you the best shot of the 2025 Postseason:
Ian Hunter
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Ian Hunter
Chris Black
@DownToBlack
Oct 8, 2025
Cool shot behind one of the best camera people in the country. Devin works the low 1st camera at the Dome (if you’ve ever enjoyed one of those strikeout replays where it smoothly tilts up to the ump’s K call, that’s him)… He’s working low 3rd in NY. One of many folks to make the
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