‘Halloween is cancelled’: Blue Jays fans hope for World Series win in Toronto
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After Wednesday’s 6-1 win in Game 5 of the World Series, fans of the Toronto Blue Jays are hoping the team will clinch their first Commissioner’s Trophy in 32 years Friday night.
Just one more win.
After Wednesday’s 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 of the World Series, fans of the Toronto Blue Jays are hoping the team will haunt the Dodgers and clinch their first Commissioner’s Trophy in 32 years in Game 6 on Friday night.
“Sorry folks, Halloween is cancelled tomorrow night. I’ll be bringing my box of candy with me on the GO Train from Whitby to Union. Can’t miss this,” wrote X user @KevinGoosemxn Thursday morning.
“Halloween ground rules for Canada…. Start trick or treating early. End by 8pm. We’ve got a baseball game to watch! Let’s go @BlueJays!!!” added X user @_Amy93.
With a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series, the World Series returns to Rogers Centre and that means that for just the second time in Major League Baseball’s more-than-a-century old history, the Commissioner’s Trophy will be handed out in Canada.
Toronto split its first two home games of the series against the Dodgers; the Jays lost Game 3 6-5 after 18 innings, but locked in for back-to-back road wins ahead of their return home.
The Jays haven’t won a World Series since 1993, when the team won its second of back-to-back championships.
The Jays have only appeared in the World Series twice before this post-season run – and both appearances ended in Game 6. If necessary, Game 7 would take place Saturday.
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