LOS ANGELES -- The game that had everything ended at 11:50 p.m. PT on Monday. For the previous 6 hours, 39 minutes, Game 3 of the World Series played out like a fantastical dreamscape of baseball, filled with tension and drama and madness, with happenings the game had never seen before and won't ever see again. It was delightful, and still, when the 18th inning ended and the Los Angeles Dodgers had beaten the Toronto Blue Jays , 6-5, it was, in a way, a relief, because holding your breath for hours on end is not a sustainable way to live.

Such is the price we pay for an affair like Game 3. The Dodgers and Blue Jays competed at an exceptional level in the second-longest game in World Series history. They punched and counterpunched, emptied their benches and bullpens. They executed with

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