NEW YORK — For many baseball players, the key to success in October is to treat it like May. Don’t make this moment bigger than it is, they tell themselves. It’s the same game.
But Vladimir Guerrero Jr. loves the big moment. He just produced one of the most dominant postseasons of all time—.397 batting average, .494 on-base percentage, .795 slugging percentage as the Blue Jays fell two runs short of a title—by remembering that playoff baseball is not, in fact, the same game.
