Toronto Blue Jays' shortstop Troy Tulowitzki was not a happy camper after making the final out of the fifth and final game of baseball's American League Championship Series against Cleveland in Toronto on Oct. 19.

Toronto Blue Jays' shortstop Troy Tulowitzki was not a happy camper after making the final out of the fifth and final game of baseball's American League Championship Series against Cleveland in Toronto on Oct. 19.
Photo Credit: Canadian Press / Nathan Denette

For Canadians, a key element is missing from this year’s World Series

Baseball’s World Series got underway Tuesday in Cleveland, Ohio.

Blue Jays players and fans were glum after the Indians won game five of American League Championship Series. Both players and fans must go through another winter wondering about what might have been.
Blue Jays players and fans were glum after the Indians won game five of American League Championship Series. Both players and fans must go through another winter wondering about what might have been. © Canadian Press/Mark Blinch

Not, as so many Canadians had hoped, in Toronto.

Cleveland’s team, the Indians, steamrolled the Blue Jays in the American League Championship series, winning the right to face everybody’s underdogs, the Chicago Cubs, who have not won the Series since 1908, or even been there since 1945.

Cleveland, it should be noted, has not won the best-of-seven event since 1948 or been to the final since 1997, four years after the Jays won the second of their back-to-back titles.

Richard Griffin is the Toronto Star’s award-winning baseball columnist.

He spoke with RCI often during the past season and he joined me from Cleveland to talk about the Jays, their fans and this year’s World Series.

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