Will Smith #16 of the Los Angeles Dodgers forces Isiah Kiner-Falefa #7 of the Toronto Blue Jays out at home plate for the second out during the ninth inning in game seven of the 2025 World Series at Rogers Center on November 01, 2025 in Toronto. Photo by Mark Blinch / Getty Images

Just after midnight, the noisiest, wildest, standing room crowd of a spectacular baseball summer went silent.

There was nothing more to say, nothing left to cheer, nothing to celebrate about.

A spectacular World Series so close to a downtown parade — our parade — went seven games and needed two extra innings to crown a champion and now another piece of almost was can be added to Toronto’s poignant but sad sporting history.

This one hurt. Hurt a lot. This one will take time to get over. The Blue Jays seeme

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