The Toronto Blue Jays are on the brink of their first championship since 1993.

With World Series Game 6, (and if necessary Game 7), at home, the odds are stacked in their favor. Despite such a promising setup, the baseball world is far from counting out the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers .

The man starting on the mound for Toronto on Friday evening, right-hander Kevin Gausman, sent a message to those who don't believe in his Blue Jays, and how that notion isn't new to him.

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“No one gave us a chance all year, so nothing’s changed," Gausman said via USA Today's Bob Nightengale . “We’ve learned to kind of block out what people think about us, good bad or whatever. What people write about

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