Elliott: Brash young reliever an anchor of Mariners' bullpen

“The Blue Jays drew 44,814 fans to Rogers Centre for Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Monday.

Yes, it was a sellout.

No, the building was not 100% full of Blue Jays fans.

“I’d rather see Matt win a World Series ring, he trumps the Blue Jays for me,” said Randy Casford, Matt Brash’s former coach with the Kingston Thunder.

Casford was in section 115 along with his two sons -- Cole and Kyle, former Brash teammates -- plus Jamie and Sandra Brash, proud parents of the Mariners’ outstanding reliever.”

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Whicker: Brewers-Dodgers, a David Goliath NLCS and David owns home field advantage

“Seven years ago the Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers were in this same place.

The National League Championship Series would start in Milwaukee. Those Brewers had Brandon Woodruff, Corbin Burnes and Josh Hader on the mound. Christian Yelich was the Most Valuable Player. Ryan Braun was a former MVP. Lorenzo Cain was a state-of-the-art centre fielder.

In no way were they underdogs.”

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Elliott: Quick Naylor, Junior National Team’s top hitter, arrives with M's

“In 2012 we saw for the first time the young player we had heard so much about.

On a night off, I was helping coach Andy Lawrence with his Mississauga Bengals bantams.

One night we played the Mississauga Tigers at Rivergrove Park and up stepped Josh Naylor. He homered first time up. He hit a ground-rule double second time up.

When he came up the third time with first base open, I asked Lawrence what he wanted to do.

“We’ll pitch to him, he can’t hit every ball over the fence,” Lawrence said.”

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UPDATED: And then there were four, a look at the Canadians left in MLB postseason

It’s likely the most Canadian American League Championship Series ever.

The Toronto Blue Jays and their Montreal-born slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. will face Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) and Matt Brash (Kingston, Ont.) and the rest of the Seattle Mariners starting tonight at 8 p.m. E.T.

Here’s a rundown of the Canadian content on the four teams left in this year’s MLB postseason.

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