In the end, the comeback team just couldn’t muster one more.

The Toronto Blue Jays lost Game 7 of the World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 in 11 innings on Saturday in Toronto, marking the Dodgers’ second straight championship.

In the other dugout, the Blue Jays were vying for their first title in 32 years. But it wasn’t to be, as Will Smith’s 11th-inning home run to left field ultimately proved to be the difference.

During the regular season, the Blue Jays led MLB with 49 comeback wins — a stat they wore as a badge of honour, a statement of their never-say-die attitude.

And so even when their 3-0 lead had evaporated into a 5-4 deficit in the 11th, they could plausibly still employ the classic line: got ‘em right where we want ‘em.

Instead, the Blue Jays let their final opportu

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