This is John Schneider’s fourth season managing in the big leagues and the year in which he has grown the most.

He has gone from nobody to somebody, from lightly regarded to manager-of-the-year candidate. He has gone from robotic and forgettable to convenient and comfortable, a manager with presence, attitude and a whole lot of fight.

These are his Blue Jays now, this team on the edge in the American League Championship Series, on the precipice of elimination. They are a close group, playing to his personality, with their skipper and behind him. And together, as few Blue Jays teams have ever been together.

And then came Friday night in Seattle, where he apparently lost his mind.

With a game on the line, with a series almost on the line, he made an inexplicable decision that cost the Bl

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