{"id":1775,"date":"2025-10-21T18:12:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/10\/21\/blue-jays-have-the-chemistry-to-win-the-world-series-says-former-catcher-pat-borders\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T18:12:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:12:23","slug":"blue-jays-have-the-chemistry-to-win-the-world-series-says-former-catcher-pat-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/10\/21\/blue-jays-have-the-chemistry-to-win-the-world-series-says-former-catcher-pat-borders\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays have the chemistry to win the World Series, says former catcher Pat Borders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Current\u00b7Q&#038;AFormer Blue Jays catcher Pat Borders says he sees a lot of similarities between his winning 1990\u2019s team and today\u2019s playersFormer World Series MVP sees similarities between winning 1990\u2019s team and todayPadraig Moran  \u00b7 CBC Radio  \u00b7 Posted: Oct 21, 2025 1:00 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours agoToronto Blue Jays Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer, right, celebrate after beating the Seattle Mariners on Monday night in Toronto (David J. Phillip\/AP)LISTEN | Fans exuberant as Blue Jays head to World Series:The Current19:22Toronto Blue Jays head to the World SeriesToday\u2019s Blue Jays have a closeness and cohesion that could help them win the World Series, says a star of the Jays team that won twice in the early 1990s.\u201cI would say the \u201892, \u201893 teams that we had rival that \u2026 I see a lot of similarities with the team chemistry, the team make-up,\u201d said Pat Borders, aformer Blue Jays catcher and 1992 World Series MVP.\u201cThat\u2019s exactly what you need,\u201d he told The Current\u2019s Matt Galloway.The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in Game 7 of the  American League Championship Series on Monday night, after George Springer hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning. The Jays now advance to the World Series for the first time in 32 years, where they will face the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers in a best-of-seven series. The first game is in Toronto on Friday night. Borders spoke with Galloway about what it was like to win in \u201992 and \u201993, and whether the Blue Jays have what it takes to win again. Here is part of their conversation.Did that Springer home run remind you of Joe Carter\u2019s shot, that won it all in \u201993?Oh my goodness, a lot of similarities there. It\u2019s good to see him step forward after getting injured like that, hit in the knee and just fight through the pain, which he obviously did. It shows the character of the team a little bit.WATCH | Joe Carter takes Blue Jays to victory in 1993:I see a lot of similarities with the team chemistry, the team make-up. A lot of them came up through the minor leagues together, like the teams of the past that I played on did. And you are close, and that is a part that you need to win, especially in the post-season. You see some other teams try to put together teams in and out pay everybody and bring people together. Most times that doesn\u2019t work.The personalities that come up through the minor leagues, such as our team\u2019s [wins] in the 90s and the team you have there right now, a lot of the young kids came up together. A big percentage of the team played in the minor leagues together and you can\u2019t recreate that kind of chemistry and closeness.They also brought in some big players that always had personality, chemistry, knowledge, experience and all those things too. So I think there\u2019s huge similarities between the teams that I played for in the \u201990s and this team this year, and I see good things happening for them.What is it like to play in the World Series?You can\u2019t describe it, but after the game was over, I know I was emotionally exhausted. I went home and slept. People think you want to go out and party and have a good time \u2014 [and] you know, we had a great time after the games.WATCH | Pat Borders on the similarities between 1990s and today:Former Blue Jay Pat Borders says team has \u2018camaraderie\u2019 to win World Series titleFormer Blue Jays catcher Pat Borders \u2014 who was a member of the World Series championship teams in 1992 and 1993 and won the World Series MVP in \u201992 \u2014 says he sees similarities between those teams and this year\u2019s American League champions. \u2018That camaraderie \u2026 really makes you a close-knit family,\u2019 he said.  However \u2026 the concentration level that you have to have as a baseball player, as a pitcher, as a catcher: how did you get this guy out? The next guy you got to get out? Do you change it up a little bit? Do you switch it? Any pitch or any moment can change the outcome of the series and the game. So for me, it was just a mentally exhausting time. And when it was over, I was ready to get to sleep, really get to bed.You think they can do this against the Dodgers?I think anybody can do anything in the playoffs. You have a seven-game series. It\u2019s not super long. It\u2019s not like a 162-game season.Teams, batters, pitchers, they have little bell curves of cyclical good and bad times \u2026 I think baseball\u2019s kind of like that. You go through good times and bad times. You just ride the wave of the good times. And hopefully it\u2019s during the time of the playoffs.You were a hero. You\u2019re still a hero in this town and in this country. There\u2019s an opportunity for somebody else to take that crown.Oh please, you\u2019ve got Springer who did that. And there\u2019s plenty of people going to step up and do that.I didn\u2019t follow what [Springer] did much during the season, but he has been on fire and unstoppable as of late. So anybody can step up and change Blue Jay history, which he did last night.Q&#038;A has been edited for length and clarity. 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