Did Jeff Hoffman’s role in the bench-clearing episode in the fourth inning Game 7 set the tone for the later fireworks that imploded against the Blue Jays closer and eventually led to the team’s gutting World Series defeat ?

Apparently so, if one of the victorious Dodgers player’s accounts of the early game is to be digested as fact. Article content Article content

We take you back to the fourth inning of Saturday’s fateful game at the Rogers Centre, with the Jays leading 3-1 at the time and both dugouts — and bullpens — emptied after Dodgers reliever Justin Wrobleski fired a 96 mph fastball up and in on Jays hitter Andres Gimenez.

The Jays shortstop was hit on the hand, but before proceeding to first base took exception, stared down Wrobleski and then yelled some unpleasantries at

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