SEATTLE (AP) — A freshly shaven Dan Wilson, who shed his playoff mustache after the Seattle Mariners were eliminated by the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night, was carrying the weight of just how close the franchise was to its first World Series.

“Like I told the team after the game, it does sting,” the Mariners manager said Thursday. “I’m not sure how long the sting’s going to last. For a lot of us, it’s a tough way to go out, and it’s a tough way to end a pretty outstanding season, and in some ways overshadows a lot of the positives that have happened.”

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