As the Toronto Blue Jays head to the World Series for the first time in over 30 years, social media accounts are claiming US President Donald Trump has announced a tariff on games involving Canada's only team in Major League Baseball.

To win the pennant for the first time in a generation, only to be lined up against a defending champion with the sport’s most loaded roster, is to be simultaneously touted and doubted, as these 2025 Toronto Blue Jays can attest.

Donald Trump announced he would raise tariffs on Canada by an additional 10pc as he reacted again to the country’s anti-tariffs advertisement featuring Ronald Reagan, the former US president.

For the first time in 32 years, the Toronto Blue Jays are in the World Series. The AL East champs overcame a 2-0 series deficit against the Mariners to lock up the AL pennant. And they've captured the attention of fans across Canada. That includes plenty of celebrities.

Canadians at The Athletic told us that communities nationwide are setting aside hockey rivalries and old Expos wounds to back the Jays.

WINNIPEG/TORONTO, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Baseball brought Canadians some joy to counteract economic gloom on Friday night, when the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers, spurring nationwide celebrations.

Canada’s only MLB franchise draws most of its fanbase from over 40 million Canucks, but Dunedin has long loved the team as its own.

His father, Baseball Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero Sr., was the 2004 AL MVP and a nine-time Major League All-Star who played 16 years in MLB with the Montreal Expos (1996-2003), Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels (2004-2009), Texas Rangers (2010) and the Baltimore Orioles (2011).