The biggest loser in the American League Championship Series wasn’t the Blue Jays or the Toronto fans who watched the Cleveland Indians celebrate a trip to the World Series on their home field.

Nope, the biggest loser could only be one man: Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista, who is going to have to bury his head in the sand after a week of trash-talking and complaining that is now coming back to bite him.

The Indians celebrated winning the AL pennant. Then trolled Jose Bautista hard. (AP) More

If you missed any of it, Bautista said “circumstances” in the series were conspiring against the Jays. Then he said the Indians’ Game 5 starter, rookie Ryan Merritt, should be “shaking in his boots” at the thought of facing the potent Jays lineup.

About that: Merritt threw four scoreless innings in only his second career start to help the Indians to their 3-0 victory. Oh, and Wednesday was also Bautista’s birthday. So afterward, the Indians’ troll game was STRONG.





Jason Kipnis on Bautista's shaking-in-his-boots comments regarding Ryan Merritt: "That’s why you don’t say dumb s**t." #ALCS — Erik Boland (@eboland11) October 20, 2016





When is that new drake single "circumstances" dropping? I bet it's ???????????? I'll be editing footage tonight. Video coming ASAP!! Stay tuned! — Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) October 20, 2016





No Brantley.

No Cookie.

No Danny.

No Yan.

Bauer's finger. And we are AL Champs. Now THOSE are some circumstances. #RallyTogether pic.twitter.com/eKN46rIuWI — Cleveland Indians (@Indians) October 19, 2016









Ouch, ouch and more ouch. Someone might tell you not to troll a man who follows almost every single person on Twitter. But the Indians have no fear.

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