It’s too late for Ken Dryden to meet Trey Yesavage.

It’s too late for him to explain how it was that he came up to the Montreal Canadiens with just six games remaining in the 1971 National Hockey League season and then against all odds led the Habs to the Stanley Cup.

This is just Round 1 for Yesavage and the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Divisional Series. But it seems like a lot more than two one-sided wins. The cumulative score of two Blue Jays slaughters of the Yankees: 23-8.

The Jays offence has been impressive when needed. But what was stunning to watch Sunday afternoon, historical almost, breathtaking at times, was the pitching of the 22-year-old Yesavage who tossed one of the singular great games in Blue Jays history, absolutely overwhelming the best hitting team in t

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