TORONTO -- It’s the first day of August, and when you walk through the front door of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ’s home, you’re hit with waves of sound, people and purple.

Eight hours from now, he’ll hit a home run into the second deck of Rogers Centre. He’ll be the reason that 41,492 people roar as he rounds the bases, and the reason a few hundred thousand more will hear the stadium’s foghorn moan and rattle through downtown Toronto.

He’ll round second, slow his trot, then skip into the air and begin again. He’ll hold one finger to his lips to shush his third-base coach and the Blue Jays’ dugout while he passes, then step on home plate while another howling sellout crowd watches every little thing he does. This is Guerrero’s city. He’s the biggest star on the hottest show in Toronto, but t

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