The door to MLB's jewel event has been slammed shut.
When the Blue Jays were the best of the best, winning championships back-to-back from 1992-93, they made it look easy. They've learned the hard way how difficult it is.
Toronto lost to eventual World Series winner Kansas City in the 2015 American League Championship Series and went quietly at the hands of the Indians, who pushed the Cinderella Cubs to the brink before falling in Game 7 of the 2016 Series last month, in five games in this year's ALCS.
Blue Jays fans who re-energized Rogers Center and sadly walked out after the Indians won the AL pennant shouldn't be moping around when they're knee-deep in snow this winter.