#world-series

#world-series

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is looking at the issue of ticket sales, after Blue Jays fans complained of sky-high resale prices not long after World Series tickets went on sale. Game 1 comes to Toronto on Friday and home game tickets quickly sold out Wednesday, with resale tickets being priced at many thousands of dollars. Ford says that in his opinion, Ticketmaster is "gouging" people.

This show of cross-sport solidarity follows recent moments of unity across Toronto's teams. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was spotted arriving at Game 7 of the ALCS against the Mariners wearing an Auston Matthews jersey. In a nod of respect, Matthews returned the gesture by walking into the Maple Leafs' game against New Jersey wearing Guerrero's jersey. Now, the Raptors are stepping up in support of the Jays, acknowledging the magnitude of the moment.

With previous high-level sporting events bringing in revenue totals in the millions for host cities, Toronto businesses look to have an economic home run coming down the pipe. Kelly Jackson, the vice-president of Destination Development with Destination Toronto, says that success is a combination of factors. Energized city residents and fans, alongside passionate fans vising from out of town, mean lots of business for the city.

"It popped up probably, Game 1 [of the NLDS], I started feeling something," Scott said. "And then the off-day [between Games 2 and 3 of that series], I noticed something was really off. By the time we got back from Philly, it was just like, 'Hey, we need to get this taken care of.'"

1996 - The Atlanta Braves continue to pound the ball, as they defeat the Yankees, 12 - 1, in the World Series opener. At age nineteen, Andruw Jones puts himself in the record books as the youngest player to hit a home run in the Series. He hits one homer in the se cone inning off Andy Pettitte and another in the third. John Smoltz picks up the win.

It all comes down to Game 7 in the American League Championship Series -- with a trip to the World Series on the line. The Toronto Blue Jays cruised to victory over the Seattle Mariners in a must-win Game 6 on Sunday night to keep their championship aspirations alive and force Monday's win-or-go-home ALCS finale, with the winner set to take on the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Fall Classic.

And when you're on the wrong end of these series, especially when you get all the way to the end, it's not a good feeling. I remember what it felt like when we got there, and then we lost, so after losing two, you get to the point where you're like, 'All right, I'm not necessarily complacent or happy yet, till we do what we're trying to do.'

The Dodgers put tickets for potential World Series games on sale Tuesday, with the cheapest seat available for $881.95, according to an afternoon review of the team website. That seat - $800 for the ticket and $81.95 for fees - is located at the end of the reserve level, high above the field and next to the foul pole. World Series prices posted on the website Tuesday ranged as high as $1,510.05.

1998 - The Braves score five runs in the eighth inning to rally and defeat the San Diego Padres 7-6. Michael Tucker hits a three-run home run and drives in five runs in the game. 1999 - Greg Maddux and the Braves defeat the Mets 4-2 in Game 1 of the NLCS. Eddie Perez homered for Atlanta in the win.

A whole generation of Toronto Blue Jays fans grew up emulating Joe Carter's 1993 World Series heroics in backyards and neighborhood ball diamonds. Unfortunately, fans young and old who were lucky enough to watch the back-to-back championship teams of the early 90s on that moment of playoff glory for more than two decades. Then it was José Bautista and Edwin Encarnación who came along to give us more franchise-defining postseason moments. Now, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the Blue Jays' current franchise icon, wants to give a new generation of Canadian baseball fans a new playoff moment to hang their hats on this October. If there's anyone who can do it, it's Guerrero.

When the winning run scored in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, the New York Mets melted into a white-and-blue swirl near home plate, celebrating their implausible comeback from the brink of defeat. Right in the middle of all that humanity was Davey Johnson, who had arrived at the mob scene before many of his players. Those '86 Mets with all their brashness, belligerence and unapologetic brilliance would not have been the same without their 43-year-old manager.

1913 The White Sox purchased the contract of a future Hall-of-Famer, pitcher Urban "Red" Faber, from Des Moines for $3,500. Faber would go on to win 254 games, with four seasons of 20 or more wins with Chicago. In the 1917 World Series win over the Giants Faber went 3-1, throwing 27 innings, with two complete games and a 2.33 ERA.