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Toronto Blue Jays president and CEO Mark Shapiro speaks during an end-of-season media availability in Toronto, on Thursday.

The Toronto Blue Jays lost the World Series, but at least one team employee gets to take a victory lap – club president Mark Shapiro.

Back in April, most of the team looked shot, but no one was more likely to be gone at season’s end than Shapiro. He embodied the soulless corporatism of the Rogers sports empire.

October fixed that, at least temporarily. Shapiro is now the guy that put together the Disney version of a pro baseball team, one where caring matters more than wins (as long as they are winning).

On Thursday, at his season-ending press conference, Shapiro wasn’t just embracing his big national moment. He was getting down on one knee in front of

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