They say seeing is believing, but you can forgive Seattle Mariners fans for wondering if someone is about to wake them up and tell them this is all a dream. A franchise which has continually been used to disappointment and heartbreak over the past five decades, now stands just two wins away from their first ever World Series.
To get to this point, the Mariners went into Toronto and took Games 1 and 2 versus a Blue Jays team with the best home record in the AL this season — a Blue Jays team coming off defeating the New York Yankees in the AL Division Series, which including dominating their divisional rivals by a combined 23-8 in two games at Rogers Centre.