The year is 1985. George Brett is in the lineup. Bret Saberhagen is starting. George Bell, Jesse Barfield and Tony Fernandez are trying to give Dave Stieb a win.

Blue Jays vs. Royals, Game 7, 1985 ALCS. The closest the Blue Jays had ever come to a World Series, just eight years after expansion. That was the first — and so far only — Game 7 in franchise history. Of course, that will all change tonight.

In that game, played at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, the Jays’ 99-win season came to an end. Kansas City went up 1-0 on a Jim Sundberg RBI single in the second, then pushed the lead to 2-0 when Pat Sheridan homered in the fourth.

Willie Upshaw doubled in Toronto’s first run in the fifth. But the finishing blow came in the top of the sixth. With the bases loaded, Stieb gave up a triple to

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