TORONTO — Dan Wilson was between the white lines the last two times the Seattle Mariners came this close to the World Series, a catcher on the teams that lost to the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series. He swung a bat and handled a pitching staff and ostensibly had a chance to affect the outcome.

Yet nothing he did on the field in that situation torched the Mariners' World Series dreams like his maneuvers as their manager in Game 7 of this ALCS.

Sure, George Springer won this ALCS with a stunning, three-run go-ahead home run in the bottom of the seventh inning, giving the Blue Jays a 4-3 victory that sent them to the World Series to take on the Los Angeles Dodgers .

Yet it was Wilson who received an excellent start from George Kirby, who got home runs f

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