Just call this Christmas Eve in October.

T’was the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring except for the hard-working Toronto Blue Jays game staff putting the final touches on the Rogers Centre field in anticipation of Game 1 of the World Series.

But it sure won’t be quiet Friday night when just shy of 50,000 fans pile into the stadium to get this show started between the Los Angeles Dodgers and hometown American League champs.

As crews put the finishing touches on the World Series logo on the field and Prime Minister Mark Carney visited with manager John Schneider and President Mark Shapiro, the reality of what is coming – now just hours away – has started to set in.

Toronto and Canada are pumped for this.

There’s no question this is the hottest

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