A quick consensus emerged after the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays to repeat as World Series champions. As heartrending as the razor-thin loss was for the Jays, they had been part of one of the best postseasons in the history of the game.

Sports can be cruel; no one remembers who lost the championship. That’s usually true. Not this year. The Blue Jays were part of something truly enduring.

Mike Petriello at MLB.com made the statistical case , in the way that only baseball devotees can do, that Game 7 had more high-impact plays than any other game ever played. That’s the sort of expertise that makes many baseball fans awkward in mixed company. You didn’t need the stats to know that something special was about on Saturday night.

The playoffs were both historic and

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