The moments that sting, the ones that will last and linger forever for Blue Jays players, are almost impossible to believe when stacked one upon the other.

With victory so near, and the franchise’s first World Series title seemingly in the palm of their baseball-gloved hand, the feelings — harsh and raw still — will be shared with the 44,713 who were in the Rogers Centre on Saturday night and a record-setting national TV audience across the country.

And the question with no real answer: How did a World Series Game 7 for the ages get away when victory — sweet, redemptive triumph — was so close?

The feelings won’t go away for as long as the tight-knit group of Jays play the game, however many championships they may or many not win and even as memories fade. For as much as it was an incred

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