Jays looking more like 1987 team every game

Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Danny Barnes, center, gets a pat on the shoulder from catcher Dioner Navarro after he is taken out of a baseball game. (AP Photo/Christine Cotter)SEATTLE — At the end of Sunday’s putrid Blue Jays effort against the Los Angeles Angels somebody asked if this was what it was like in 1987.

For the young or the forgetful, the reference was to the 1987 Blue Jays, a team that was, in my mind, every bit as tough and talented as the World Series teams of 1992 and 1993. My first inclination was to suggest that this torturous September debacle of 2016 bears no resemblance to the sudden collapse in 1987 but, on further review, maybe it’s worth a look.

First, a history…