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Andrew Corbett, owner of Maverick Sports and Collectibles, said fans were calling about and buying Jays merchandise all day Tuesday. (Darryl Murphy\/CBC)<\/p>\nBlue Jays fans in Newfoundland and Labrador are already on the edge of their seats, and the World Series hasn’t even started. <\/p>\n
The excitement reached a Game 7 fever pitch in the early hours of Tuesday morning when George Springer cracked a go-ahead home run to send the team to its first World Series since 1993.<\/p>\n
“[I] always believed that they could make it. I’ve always rooted for them, no matter how far down they went,” Gary Porter, a Jays fan for as long as he can remember, told CBC News in St. John’s.<\/p>\n
“You would have seen my young fella call me at 1 a.m. and telling me to shut up. He was trying to sleep for school. And other than that, [you would have seen] me dancing, and I don’t dance.”<\/p>\n
Springer’s home run found the left field seats just as the clock struck midnight in Newfoundland. The Jays were able to hold on to a 4-3 lead for the win, booking their ticket to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series beginning Friday.<\/p>\n
Melissa Hogan watched every pitch. The season has had highs and lows, she said, but culminated in the team’s first American League championship in 32 years.<\/p>\n
“If you had asked me in April, even early May, I’d be like ‘no, no chance.’ They finished last in their division last year, so this is a huge leap. But little bit by little bit, they just kept winning and winning and finding ways to win, and it’s a really fun team,” Hogan said.<\/p>\n
She was also able to secure tickets to Game 6 of the series, which will take place in Toronto if necessary.<\/p>\n
“The energy of the crowd around you, especially in those big moments \u2026 you feed off everybody else’s energy. So it’s just super special,” Hogan said.<\/p>\n
In downtown St. John’s, sales of Blue Jays gear have been fast and furious at Maverick Sports and Collectibles.<\/p>\n
Owner Andrew Corbett spent the morning fielding calls about whether or not fans could get their hands on the championship t-shirts and hats players wore on the field to mark their success.<\/p>\n
Andrew Corbett, owner of Maverick Sports and Collectibles, said fans were calling about and buying Jays merchandise all day Tuesday. (Darryl Murphy\/CBC)<\/p>\n
“It’s actually really surprising this year how many people we’ve had coming in and buying stuff who are actually going away to the games in Toronto. Or we even had a couple people in this morning who are going to the Dodgers game,” Corbett said.<\/p>\n
“Being the only Canadian team, it’s not hard to cheer for them.”<\/p>\n
Corbett said he and other fans have rallied behind the team and how they play for one another. <\/p>\n
Although the Dodgers have opened as betting favourites in search of their second consecutive title, Corbett said he believes the Blue Jays will make some noise in the series.<\/p>\n
“They’ve got a good team,” he said. “I think they got a chance.”<\/p>\n
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