LOS ANGELES -- In the moments before Game 5 of the World Series, Trey Yesavage was under attack. Warming up in the visitors bullpen in right field at Dodger Stadium, surrounded by Los Angeles Dodgers fans on both sides, the Toronto Blue Jays' 22-year-old right-handed rookie weathered insults of all manner and variety. At one point, Yesavage took a breath, stepped off the mound and turned to pitching coach Pete Walker.
"This is fun," Yesavage said. "I love this."
Of all the improbable happenings amid the Blue Jays' run to the cusp of their first championship in more than 30 years, none rivals the emergence of Yesavage.