Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer, right, celebrate after Game 7 of the American League Championship Series against the Seattle Mariners on Oct. 20.

When, after advancing to Game 7 of the American League Championship Series last weekend, Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. declared to Canada that “I was born ready” for the next game’s pressure, Carson Illidge immediately thought of the Tragically Hip.

“I come from downtown, born ready for you,” the band’s late front man, Gord Downie, sang in 1994’s Grace, Too . The parallels were too strong for Illidge, the music lead at Rogers Sports & Media and Sportsnet’s game-soundtrack curator, to ignore. He knew had to make some magic happen the next night.

So he immediately got in touch with the Hip’s people and got perm

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