Despite a late night on Monday, Blue Jays fans in Newfoundland and Labrador were filled with excitement.

The dramatic Game 7 of the American League Championship Series saw the Toronto Blue Jays sweep the Seattle Mariners off their feet in a late comeback.

The win sent the Jays to the World Series for the first time since 1993. That's when Premier Sports Academy owner Ryan Sweeney says he first started playing the sport.

“Those are actually some of my first memories,” said Sweeney. “I do remember my family watching the games and I was having to go to bed … and I remember the excitement and the buzz and the noise in the house.”

Sweeney said he's played baseball his whole life, and he opened the academy in Paradise, N.L, “to provide an opportunity that [he] didn't have as a youth.”

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