The Toronto Blue Jays are back in the World Series for the first time since 1993, and they got there in dramatic fashion. George Springer’s clutch home run, a blast heard across Canada, spurred a 4-3 win over the Seattle Mariners in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series. Now, while most see the Los Angeles Dodgers as Goliath to the Blue Jays’ David, this matchup is closer than it looks. Yes, the Dodgers are 9-1 this postseason, steamrolling the National League and making opponents look overmatched. But October has a way of rewriting expectations. Here are five X factors that could help the Blue Jays shock the baseball world. And it’s something to watch. In August, the Dodgers (93-69) took two of three from the Blue Jays (94-68), but Toronto’s narrow 5-4 win in the finale is why they have home-field advantage to open the Fall Classic. At 54-27, the Blue Jays owned the best home record in baseball, built on elite production: a .271 average (first in the AL), .340 OBP, .448 slugging, and .788 OPS Read More
Five Blue Jays X factors that could spark a World Series upset
