“When you have a whole country pulling for you, it’s different than other teams,” Jose Bautista, the Blue Jays’ slugging right fielder, said in a recent interview. “Maybe the Yankees are the only ones who can say they have as many fans as we do. We hear it from every angle.”

In the United States, there are 29 teams. Some, like the Yankees, the Atlanta Braves, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Red Sox, have historically enjoyed overwhelming regional popularity. But none have attracted the full support of their nation.

The Blue Jays get it all.

In Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, fans formed a Facebook page to complain about the early starting times of Blue Jays playoff games in the Pacific time zone. Viewership for the Blue Jays’ playoff games is said to be over seven million across Canada.

In Vancouver, British Columbia, a big issue recently was whether bars would open for postseason games that started at 9:30 a.m. Some did.