The Toronto Blue Jays’ fateful World Series run was full of unlikely heroes — and their oldest player nearly had a shot at being one of their biggest.

In Game 7 of the World Series, Toronto opted to start 41-year-old Max Scherzer, who often looked like a shell of himself during much of an injury-riddled season after signing a one-year deal with the Blue Jays.

But during his third postseason start on the biggest possible stage, Scherzer did about everything he was asked — leaving the game with a 3-1 lead and a shot for Toronto to win it all.

He went 4.1 innings, giving up one earned run and four hits. But in a game that ended up going 11 innings and that featured a combined 13 pitchers, Scherzer’s story became a footnote and not the lede.

As you know by now, the Los Angeles Dodgers had

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