Maple Leafs, Stars invoke Blue Jays-Rangers ALDS in Twitter battle

The Stars hosted the Maple Leafs on Tuesday night, and the team used both the Jumbotron and Twitter to give Toronto fans some guff, referring back to an incident during the ALDS in which some angry Blue Jays fans threw a beer that ended up splashing onto a baby.

The Stars hosted the Maple Leafs on Tuesday night, and the team used both the Jumbotron and Twitter to give Toronto fans some guff, referring back to an incident during the ALDS in which an angry Blue Jays fans threw a beer that ended up splashing onto a baby.

Srsly. That 🍻 isn't cheap...

...well it's cheaper than up there, but still... pic.twitter.com/th8s1G6RbC

— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) November 11, 2015

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While the Dallas jab was clever, the team seems to have forgotten who walked away from the Toronto-Texas ALDS victorious, and the Maple Leafs Twitter account was happy to remind them, using the instantly iconic bat flip photo from Jose Bautista’s three-run home run against the Rangers.

.@DallasStars lol pic.twitter.com/ny6oOzkQIA

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) November 11, 2015

From there the argument quickly devolved to the fourth-grade level, as many internet conversations do.

@MapleLeafs ? wrong sport, dudes.

— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) November 11, 2015

@DallasStars ? that's clearly Sam Dyson, dudes.

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) November 11, 2015

@MapleLeafs whoa-ho-ho! another original response! do you copy all of your fans' comments?

— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) November 11, 2015

@DallasStars https://t.co/thLTCuJCGd

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) November 11, 2015

– Brendan Maloy