So here we are: Game 7. You never take these for granted, because they don’t come around every year. Both the ALCS and NLCS went seven in 2023, but we didn’t have a single best-of-seven series go the distance in 2021, ’22 or ’24.

This time, it’s two teams with just one combined Game 7 in their histories: the Blue Jays’ ALCS loss to the Royals in 1985. That means one of these franchises will celebrate its first Game 7 victory on Monday night. These are two fanbases that are downright famished for a World Series, battling it out, for everything. It’s almost too stressful to contemplate. It’s Game 7. Enough said.

Throughout this postseason, I’ll be previewing the next day’s action, game by game. Here are three storylines for Monday’s ALCS Game 7.

ALCS Game 7: Mariners at Blue Jays (Tied 3-

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