TORONTO -- The Blue Jays have been chasing this moment for 32 years. Since Joe Carter skipped up the first-base line and touched ‘em all, they’ve been trying to climb this mountain again.

For so long, it was too steep. The Blue Jays spent 22 years without even a taste of the postseason, then spent the past decade refamiliarizing themselves with all the ways October can break your heart.

To this day -- to this very minute -- Carter represents what is possible in this city. Every corner of this country has hosted Carter at a celebrity golf tournament, a fundraiser dinner, an alumni event, you name it. He lights up each time he talks about that home run in 1993. It’s the 10,000th time he’s told the story, but that’s part of the deal. When you win the World Series, you have a story worth t

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