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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Trey Yesavage celebrate after a double play in Game 7. Toronto lost to Los Angeles, but Mark Kingwell writes that some moments from the game represent the Blue Jays at their best.

Mark Kingwell is a professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto and the author of Fail Better: Why Baseball Matters.

Baseball is not a religion but it sure feels like one sometimes. The rituals, the costumes, the incantations. The narratives of sacrifice and redemption. The slow deaths and joyful resurrections. Above all, the return of days, the year-guiding calendar of spring training, regular season, and post-season.

Los Angeles Dodgers fans watch Game 7 during a Dia de Los Muertos party at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Game 7 of the 2025 World Series was peak baseb

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