The Blue Jays lost a World Series, and that will hurt for awhile. Article content

But the record-setting exploits of Ernie Clement, Trey Yesavage, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and their close-knit Toronto teammates won them a legion of new fans all over Canada; many of whom might be heading to a baseball diamond for the first time next spring to give it a whirl. Article content Article content

And that will help, at least for awhile.

The Blue Jays bump is real, and it will be felt again when it’s time to register kids, teens and young adults for the 2026 season, just as it was in 1992 and ’93, when the Jays won it all, and in 2015 and ’16, when they went deep enough into the post-season to spread another epidemic of baseball fever across the country.

“What I can tell you is, going into ’

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