They dreamed of this moment for years, did Vlad Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette, Blue Jays superstars in waiting, a vision that began when they were teenaged teammates and never wavered.

And until the final desperate moments of a spellbinding night of Game 7 drama at the Rogers Centre, it looked as though the two would be linked forever with a group of relentless and unyielding teammates as unlikely World Series champions.

Instead, a crushing, heart-wrenching collapse allowed the Los Angeles Dodgers to repeat as champions, finishing of a late-game rally with a 5-4 extra-innings triumph to break a team and a nation’s heart.

The final, fatal blow came off of the bat of Dodgers catcher Will Smith, who belted a solo homer in the 11th inning that soared over the wall in left field and into the

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