"So let's have a little heart-to-heart chat, you, the grieving and traumatized Jays fan, me, a fan who was on the wrong side of what was probably the best and most dramatic World Series until this one. Maybe I can help: You're screwed. You will never get over this. You will never fully recover. The sharp pain may age to a dull ache, but it will never go away."
"You will go hours, then days, then weeks without thinking about how close you came-and then something will remind you, and it will hurt all over again. Who you were last week is not who you will be for the rest of your life. You are ruined; you are a ruined human being. Something that was whole and good in you is irrevocably broken now. How can you not love baseball?"
A blunt warning addresses grieving Blue Jays fans, declaring that a Game 7 loss inflicts lasting emotional damage. The pain may dull to a persistent ache but never fully disappears, and sudden reminders can reopen the wound. A fan's identity can change after such a loss, producing feelings of being ruined and irrevocably broken. Past World Series defeats are recalled to illustrate the enduring sting of losing, and losing often hurts more than winning satisfies. A rapid team rebound is possible but not guaranteed, and lingering trauma can affect even non-fans.
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