TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays clubhouse was quiet early Sunday morning when Vladimir Guerrero Jr., wearing the same Marie-Philip Poulin Team Canada hockey jersey he had on before the biggest game of his life, walked over to Jeff Hoffman’s locker and gave the Blue Jays closer a hug in the aftermath of Game 7.

“Thank you,” Hoffman said, while he and Guerrero Jr. held their embrace for a few seconds.

Minutes earlier, Hoffman had stood in front of his locker with his hands on his hips while he addressed reporters after the 11-inning, 5-4 loss his team suffered to the heavily favoured Los Angeles Dodgers in the deciding game of the World Series.

“That cost everybody in here a World Series ring, so it’s pretty s—–,” Hoffman said of his performance, still wearing a Blue Jays cap. “Got to exe

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