Blue Jays manager John Schneider said it best: “Ernie kind of personifies us.” He meant the team and their style of play. But Schneider could just as well be talking about the country they play for. Ernie Clement personifies the resilience that Canada has — and needs — right now.

In 2023, Ernie Clement was picked up by the Blue Jays after being cut by two other teams within months. His career was on fumes. In this October 2025 playoff run, he’s been the fuel injector.

The Canadian novelist W.P. Kinsella wrote “Shoeless Joe,” the novel which was later made into the movie “Field of Dreams.” Major League baseball now holds a game each year in a cornfield honouring that story. Kinsella once wrote, “Heroes don’t need to talk about what they did.” When recently asked during this World Series a

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