TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will meet the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series starting Friday at Rogers Centre. Here are five things you need to know before Major League Baseball's championship series begins:

HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE — Who hosts Games 1 and 2 — as well as the climactic seventh game — of the World Series has been determined by different means over the championship's 122-year history. This season it's based off of the teams' regular-season win percentage. The Blue Jays had a .580 win percentage compared to L.A.'s .574 mark, so Rogers Centre will host the first two games and Games 6 and 7 if necessary.

OHTANI BRIDESMAIDS — When Shohei Ohtani became a free agent in 2023 and made it clear he intended to leave the Los Angeles Angels, there were strong indications that he w

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