"Blue Jays fans let out a resounding sigh of relief after the team made a scorching comeback in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series (ALCS) in Seattle Wednesday night and now they're hoping for a repeat victory later today. Toronto bats came alive to defeat the Seattle Mariners 13-4 in their first win of the ALCS with Game 4 scheduled to take place Thursday at 8:33 p.m. ET at T-Mobile Park."
"Going into Game 3, sports psychologist Joe Baker said he thought the team would be under pressure to perform, and that he felt nervous until the third inning when the Blue Jays' offense started taking off. He said an average person would find that pressure hard to handle, but that the Blue Jays showed they're trained to handle exactly these kinds of situations. We have to separate the pressure that a professional athlete feels"
"Baker says the team's cohesion and support for one another also stands out among other teams and likely alleviates external and internal pressure. You can see it in the dugout. You can see it in the way that they play the game. And so that social support that they get from each other, I think is a really undervalued commodity in these types of situations, said Baker, who works with the University of Toronto and is a Blue Jays season ticket holder."
The Toronto Blue Jays rallied to defeat the Seattle Mariners 13-4 in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series in Seattle, securing their first ALCS win. Game 4 is scheduled for Thursday at 8:33 p.m. ET at T-Mobile Park. The Mariners had won the first two games in Toronto after Blue Jays offense cooled and the bullpen struggled. Sports psychologist Joe Baker said he felt pressure until the third inning, when the Blue Jays' offense ignited. Baker emphasized that professional athletes are trained for high-pressure moments and highlighted the team's cohesion and mutual support as key factors.
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