By Ed White and Divya Rajagopal

WINNIPEG/TORONTO (Reuters) -Canadians hope baseball can bring them some joy on Friday night to counteract economic gloom as the Toronto Blue Jays take to their home field to start the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly cancelled U.S.-Canada trade talks.

The success so far this year of Canada’s only Major League Baseball team has spurred hope for millions of Canadians who feel beaten and bruised from months of political struggle with their next-door neighbour and long-term ally.

“They definitely are Canada’s team,” said lifelong fan Kirsty Crawford, who was wearing a Jays jersey while picking up a coffee at Tim Hortons in downtown Winnipeg, 2,240 kilometres (1,390 miles) west of Toronto, on Friday

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