Blue Jays farm team loses game on a walk-off intentional walk, really

With the type of laugh-cuz-ya-can't-cry-anymore season the Toronto Blue Jays are experiencing, it is no shock one of their farm clubs would find a way to lose that you never knew was possible.

During a doubleheader on Tuesday, the Jays' New Hampshire Fisher Cats lost on a 'walk-off intentional walk' — a wild pitch by Alan Farina on ball four of a free pass to the New Britain Rock Cats' Reynaldo Rodriguez. With runners on second and third base and one out in a 5-5 tie, Farina screwed up one of the most elemental plays in baseball, airmailing his throw out of the reach of catcher Jack Murphy.

Of course the catcher would be named Murphy, since the Jays are run by Murphy's Law. Of course it would also happen against a farm team of Boston Red Sox, the AL East rival true Jays fans have the most bile toward.

(Oh, you thought it was the New York Yankees? You don't really know us at all.)

It's minor league baseball, so you have to expect a little sloppiness. The Fisher Cats were forced to walk Rodriguez due to a previous a wild pitch that had eliminated a double-play possibility set up by another intentional walk. C'est la vie.

Farina, 27, has pitched in the Blue Jays chain since 2007.

Neate Sager is a writer for Yahoo! Canada Sports. Follow him on Twitter @neatebuzzthenet. Please address any questions, comments or concerns to btnblog@yahoo.ca.