TORONTO — An entire country waited 32 years for the World Series to return here.

On Friday night, it sounded as if the full population of Canada was under the roof at Rogers Centre, trying to blow it off when Addison Barger belted the grand slam that broke open the Game 1 Blue Jays win over the Dodgers.

“This is a special place to play,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. “Everyone here in this city here, in this building, and across the country, we feel it for sure.”

There have been plenty of reminders of that throughout this postseason — and regular season, as the Yankees can attest — with the Blue Jays feeding off of playing for an entire country, which hits different for those who have played elsewhere.

“Once you first get here, everyone always says you’re playing for not ju

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