This week, the Toronto Blue Jays won the first pennant by a team outside the United States since 1993. Naturally, the world is abuzz about the Montreal Expos.

I understand, Oakland fans.

Continuing the theme in which I'm an outlier by trying to give people hope for the future, the second half of the Major League season starts today.

The ALCS is taking place entirely in Texas. Whether you're a Rangers fan or Astros fan, Texas will represent the American League in the World Series.

Tampa Bay Rays' fans are taking a lot of criticism for the lowest attendance at an MLB playoff game in more than 100 years. We've covered this issue here at 1 Scaianalysis Esplanade, suggesting the fans should not be held accountable.

Once again, Major League is playing out before our eyes.

Maybe I've been too hard on Atlanta. Listen, no one in Texas has a positive memory of any Game Sixes, but this week, we learned maybe, just maybe, the Atlanta Braves had changed.

The 1994 Montreal Expos had the best record in Major League Baseball. They had done away with the pinwheel hat that drew in Li'l Baby Scaia, but Moises Alou, Pedro Martinez and Montreal native Denis Boucher made up for that, opening up a six game lead in the National League East.

Continuing an occasional series about what reporters talk about when we're on scene somewhere but not not talking about the scene: Today, I was at Fair Park. The North Texas Food Bank and National Guard had teamed up, not unlike the Bushwackers.

Listen, Dayton Flyers fans, I understand what you're going through. This was your year.

Loyal Scaiaholics know how seriously I take my poutine. But loyal Scaiaholics also know how seriously I take stadium food taste-tests. These worlds collided this week when I was tasked with trying the new poutine at Toyota Stadium in Frisco.

As we've done literally (and by “literally,” I mean, “figuratively, like, once in the past five years“) every year, the editorial board at 1 Scaianalysis Esplanade has taken a look back at the most substantial issues of the year and presented updates to you, the literally dozens of people who read this blog daily.

I grew up near Cincinnati, and my parents are from Connecticut. Naturally, I grew up a fan of the Montreal Expos.

You’ve probably heard by now (first, because of the amount of news it made and second, because it happened four months ago), but I was in a bit of a fender bender back in December.