The Toronto Blue Jays have crashed baseball's biggest party and will have the support of an entire nation when they face the star-studded and deep-pocketed Los Angeles Dodgers in a World Series played amid ongoing Canada-U.S. political tension.
After 32 years in baseball's wilderness, Canada's lone MLB team reached baseball's biggest stage with a come-from-behind win over the Seattle Mariners in the decisive seventh game of the American League Championship Series on Monday.
Canadian support for the Blue Jays goes beyond the fact that they will be facing the Dodgers, the defending champions and a team painted as the proverbial villain given it boasts some of the game's biggest stars and one of MLB's highest payrolls.
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