The Blue Jays, Canada’s only M.L.B. team, were a salve for a country hit by President Trump’s threats and tariffs. Then the Dodgers ended their thrilling postseason run.Blue Jays fans in Toronto reacting after their team lost in Saturday’s Game 7.

Scars of wildfires and immigration raids won’t soon fade, but like the city itself, the Dodgers persevered and gave Southern California residents the rally they needed.Dodgers fans celebrating at Good Neighbor Bar in Altadena, Calif.

At Game 1 of the World Series in Toronto on Friday, overt politics were absent. Unity between the two nations was on display before the first pitch.Performers assembled into shapes resembling the American and Canadian flags before the start of Game One of the 2025 World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers, in Toronto on Friday.

Roaming the same grass as Ted Williams, he played for Boston for his entire 12-year major league career and came in second in the 1998 M.V.P. voting.Mike Greenwell during spring training in Florida in 1996. He retired at the end of the season with a .303 career batting average.

George Steinbrenner’s theater-loving granddaughter Haley Swindal is taking a big swing with a revival of the musical, slightly retooled for a new generation.Arena Stage’s production of “Damn Yankees” is running through Nov. 9, with a cast that includes Justin Showell, center left, and Drake Leach, center right.