It didn’t happen overnight, this stunning last-to-first Blue Jays season and it didn’t always come easily. Article content

But on a glorious Sunday afternoon at a rocking Rogers Centre, these relentless, hard-not-to-love Jays had a blowout blast in one of the most memorable regular-season games the team has ever played. Article content Article content

A 13-4 drubbing of the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 162 of a magical, out-of-nowhere season wasn’t just a win, it was a statement. And a rather loud one at that.

With it came a frenzied champagne celebration played out before this revived fan base as their team clinched just the seventh division title in franchise history and first since 2015.

It also guaranteed a bypass through the wicked wildcard round that had gutted them the past three

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