The World Series has always been a bit of United States pretension. Major League Baseball has an “American League” and a “National League,” with no doubt as to which nation is the referent of the latter adjective. This World Series will be a touch more “worldly” than most, including teams from two (!) countries.

The last time that happened I was a student in Kingston, Ont., and remember throngs exuberantly pouring into the streets after the Blue Jays’ victories in 1992 and 1993. It is a matter of fact that, after two Canadian victories, the World Series was cancelled in 1994 — something that did not even happen in wartime. The ostensible reason was the players’ strike, but when the 1994 season was suspended, the other Canadian team, the Montreal Expos, had the best record in baseball. Thr

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