After a 6-2 win in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series Friday night, the Seattle Mariners are one win away from clinching the first pennant in the 49-season history of the franchise and becoming the last team to make its World Series debut.

This, of course, means the Toronto Blue Jays are two wins away from finishing a stirring comeback that would give them the club’s first American League crown since 1993.

And the reward for ending decades of heartbreak? Come next Friday, all the Mariners or Blue Jays have to do is figure out a way to topple the seemingly unbeatable Los Angeles Dodgers while serving as the last line of defense for the work stoppage to end all work stoppages. Better enjoy that champagne celebration in Toronto, in whichever locker room it happens!

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