TORONTO
A black Vanderbilt T-shirt lay atop an open duffel bag on the floor of the Blue Jays’ clubhouse late Wednesday evening, a piece of luggage packed and ready for a flight to Kansas City after Toronto’s 7-1 victory over the Royals in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series.
The duffel bag belonged to Blue Jays ace David Price, the T-shirt an ode to his alma mater, a reminder that this series is not over. Price did not pitch in Game 5, but his presence was still palpable. In the top of the seventh, with Toronto guarding a 5-0 lead, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons called to the bullpen and had Price begin warming up in the left-field bullpen inside Rogers Centre.