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 fantastic dreamscape of baseball, filled with tension and drama and madness.

It was a game unlike any before, never to be repeated again, and 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 longest game in World Series history by innings and second longest by time. They punched and counterpunched, emptied their benches and bullpens. They executed with wizard

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