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EPISODE · Nov 4, 2025 · 26 MIN

Baseball is a game of failure. The Blue Jays and a nation of fans were winners.

from This Matters · host Toronto Star

Guest: Bruce Arthur, Columnist  The Jays didn't win the world series on Saturday, after an extremely close loss to the LA Dodgers in the 11th inning - and the city is still reeling from a heartbreaking final result. Nearly 11 million Canadians tuned in on Saturday to watch the Jays try and take home the trophy for the first time in thirty-two years.  Bruce Arthur, sports columnist at the Star, is here today to talk about how luck (destiny?) had a guiding hand in the series, why so many people across the city and country fell in love with this team and find this loss so heavy, and the surest way to get the Jays – and the city – back into the World Series. Produced by Julia De Laurentiis Johnston & Sean Pattendon

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