From the first day of spring training, to an uneven April and May, through a surging July and August then on to meaningful September baseball, it has been an invigorating renaissance season for the Toronto Blue Jays.

And now it’s time for the good stuff: October baseball and all the magic it can deliver, loaded with the opportunity for the Jays to win a post-season game for the first time since 2016.

It has been quite a journey to get to this point for the current regime and player group, one that endured then rebounded from a last-place season a year ago.

But with fan popularity rollicking — both at the regularly sold out Rogers Centre and with booming TV ratings on Sportsnet — expectations are sky high for the top seed in the American League.

So how did we get here, from a team that

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