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Toronto Blue Jays first base Vladimir Guerrero Jr. celebrates the team's 6-2 win against the Mariners on Sunday.

From the beginning, the Blue Jays-Mariners series was meant to go seven games.

The somnambulance of the first encounter suggested two teams that weren’t quite ready to deal with the problem – which was each other.

Game 2 was a lopsided win for Seattle, but Toronto had just stood there absorbing blows for nine innings. They still seemed kind of dozy after beating up the Yankees. Down 2-0, they said they weren’t worried and, for once, you believed them.

In Game 3, it was Seattle’s turn to clench up in front of 40,000 friends and family. Everybody came to their big work party, and they ended up going face-first into the buffet table. You almost felt bad for them. It wa

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