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The Blue Jays don't have to travel. They'll host Game 1 of the World Series Friday against the mighty, defending champion Dodgers. It'll mark the Blue Jays' first trip to the World Series since 1993, when they won back-to-back championships in their only two previous trips to the Fall Classic.
The Toronto Blue Jays advanced to the World Series on Monday by defeating the Seattle Mariners and winning the American League pennant
Mariners first baseman Josh Naylor went for an unexpected move early in Monday night's Game 7 of the ALCS against the Blue Jays.
TORONTO — Julio Rodriguez took ball four, tossed his bat away, clapped twice and exhorted his teammates in the Seattle Mariners dugout. Sure, they were in a two-run hole in the third inning of Game 6 in this American League Championship Series, but Cal Raleigh, the likely AL MVP, was coming to the plate and the bases were loaded.