Unbeknownst to the Blue Jays at the time, the team technically clinched a postseason spot yesterday. The team and MLB, as the result of fans crunching numbers to discover the oversight, review the results and officially confirm the end of the longest playoff drought in North American professional sports, ending Toronto’s 22-year absence from the postseason which will be celebrated in a champagne-soaked clubhouse celebration after today’s 10-8 victory over Tampa Bay at the Roger Centre.

On September 26, 2015 — Unbeknownst to the Blue Jays at the time, the team technically clinched a postseason spot yesterday. The team and MLB, as the result of fans crunching numbers to discover the oversight, review the results and officially confirm the end of the longest playoff drought in North American professional sports, ending Toronto’s 22-year absence from the postseason which will be celebrated in a champagne-soaked clubhouse celebration after today’s 10-8 victory over Tampa Bay at the Roger Centre.

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