SWANSON'S TURBULENT YEAR ENDING ON HIGH NOTE

TORONTO — From personally to professionally, Erik Swanson has endured a year he’d like to forget. At the very least, it’s ending on a high note for the 31-year-old Toronto Blue Jays reliever. Way back at the end of February when Swanson’s young son Toby was struck by a car outside a Clearwater Beach hotel during spring training,