Sometimes the end comes with a burst of celebratory fireworks, laudatory speeches, adoring adulation. And sometimes the end arrives with ignominy amidst a rumble of boos.

Even a gold-plated first-ballot Hall of Famer can’t foresee that he’ll make his departure from baseball hoisted triumphantly on the shoulder of teammates.

A question that must be posed of Max Scherzer, who will eventually take his place on the Mount Rushmore of pitchers: Have we seen the last of the three-time Cy Young winner on the hill in a Toronto Blue Jays jersey? Or any major-league jersey, come to that.

Manager John Schneider, asked if there were any circumstances in which the 41-year-old right-hander would start for the Jays in the post-season: “Yeah, I think so. I think he can still do it. It may not be s

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