A week ago, the Blue Jays were preparing for their division series and had to wait to find out whether they would be playing the New York Yankees or Boston Red Sox .

Now, after dispatching the Yankees and becoming the first team to reach the league championship series, they wait again. They will find out Friday if their opponent will be the Detroit Tigers or Seattle Mariners.

The advice about which team you’d rather face is the same as it was then: Be careful what you wish for.

Either matchup would be intriguing. If the Jays play the Tigers it would be the first Highway 401 post-season series between two teams that were storied rivals once upon a time.

If it’s Seattle, it’s a playoff meeting between expansion cousins and the Jays would have the opportunity to exact revenge upon

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