Trump ‘afraid’ to make World Series bet, Carney jokes at Blue Jays practice

'He doesn’t like to lose," Carney joked Thursday when reporters asked him about a possible wager as he stopped by the Jays' practice at the Rogers Centre. 

Prime Minister Mark Carney says U.S. President Donald Trump seems to be afraid to make a World Series bet with him as the Toronto Blue Jays take on the Los Angeles Dodgers.

“I think he’s afraid to make a bet. He doesn’t like to lose,” Carney joked Thursday when reporters asked him about a possible wager as he stopped by the Jays’ practice at the Rogers Centre.

“He hasn’t called, he hasn’t returned my call yet on the bet so I’m ready,” Carney said. “We’re ready to make a bet with the U.S.”

Earlier Thursday, Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford both predicted the Blue Jays will win the World Series in six games, though so far neither has plans to attend in person.

Ford said at the end of a press conference at a nuclear plant with Carney that he would be watching Friday’s game from his “man cave” because he doesn’t want to pay exorbitant ticket prices.

“By the way, those ticket gougers, they’re going to pay the price,” he said. “We’re going to get to them, but I’m going to sit (in) the man cave and watch the game.”

Carney said he will be in Asia, where he is set to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, so he joked that he would have to find an “Asian man cave” to watch from overseas.

“It’s going to be a great series, but we’ve got depth, we’ve got fire,” he said. “For some reason, I’ve got like, the world’s worst timed trip.”