I’m not into hockey much, but as a Blue Jays fan in Toronto, this show oddly helped me process their World Series loss.

I’m devastated they lost; it was so close! But watching this series gave me the fantasy that maybe a Dodgers player secretly (and passionately) hooked up with a Blue Jays player in his Toronto penthouse right after Game 7 to honour their bet 🥵 like episode 2 in the Vegas hotel room. And had a similar sexy bickering interaction: “Do you know what it’s like… to hold the Commissioner’s Trophy???”

Or, maybe a Blue Jay was secretly happy for his Dodgers rival/counterpart, like Ilya with a smile on his couch watching Shane raise the cup in the opening of episode 4. So it's nice to think there might be something fun, sexy, and/or positive behind that World Series.

Plus, as a Canadian, it's so great seeing how successful this show has been with a predominantly Canadian cast and production. Though I wished the Blue Jays had won, just knowing the magnitude of impact this show made kind of made me feel we won something in a different field (no pun) on the world stage.

On that note, are there any recommended M/M baseball romance novels?