A passing remark from my man Dave Till:
"All I can say for sure is that I've never seen a period of short-term dominance greater than what the Jays were doing this August."
Dave has pretty much become my Baseball Muse, and I'm assuming he was reflecting on Blue Jays history. As a loyal reader, he surely remembers my epic piece on the 1912 season. He may not remember the 1912 season quite as well as I do, but he would recall my describing how that year's New York Giants got off to a 50-11 start - that's right, Fifty and Eleven - and had what I described as "a long and leisurely cruise to the pennant.