The legend of Trey Yesavage continues, a look back at Treaty of Paris and history between the United States and the territorial battle with Canada
Montgomery County legend Trey Yesavage is all over the news today after a dominating performance on the mound for the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 5 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
In only his sixth big-league start, the 22-year-old rookie from Boyertown turned in one of the most dominant World Series performances ever, leading the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5.
The win handed the Jays a 3-2 series lead and puts them one win away from their first championship in 32 years.
Trey Yesavage struck out 12 Dodgers, breaking Don Newcombe’s rookie record for most strikeouts in a World Series game, a mark that stood since 1949. He also set another record by striking out five straight batters, the longest streak by a rookie in Fall Classic history.
The Dodgers had no answers. Yesavage threw absolute darts all night, mixing his mid-90s fastball with a filthy slider that froze hitters at the plate.
Yesavage’s final line was seven innings, three hits, one earned run, zero walks, and 12 punchouts. His only mistake came in the third inning when Kiké Hernández jumped on a hanging breaking ball and sent it into the left-field bleachers.
I go back and forth on my World Series loyalty
I would love to get behind Trey Yesavage and I strongly considered rooting for the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series.
I don’t like the Dodgers (obviously) but I do like Philly-area athletes making noise in the biggest of moments which clearly, Trey Yesavage checks those boxes.
Still, I couldn’t do it. Sorry, I don’t like Canada.
That’s really the main issue here. It’s not the fault of Trey Yesavage at all, unless you want to penalize him for his Montgomery County roots (shoutout DELCO) which I wouldn’t blame you for either.
Trey Yesavage, pay attention brother
Trey Yesavage was doom scrolling? Someone get this article over to him because we’re going to have a little history lesson on why I hate Canada.
My gripe with Canada really comes at the hands of American failure. How the hell did we allow our neighbors to the north to walk away with Toronto, half of Niagara Falls, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Quebec City?
I’m not saying those places are heaven on earth but they are basically American cities that would have been the perfect edition to our great nation.
Now that we’re on the topic, America will take Winnipeg too. It’s not like North Dakota or Minnesota need more useless land, but we’ll take it, obviously.
All of this shit dates way back to 1783 and the Treaty of Paris. There was a lot of good at the start, a few failures, and at the end, the lines were drawn on the map of where Canada and the United States borders stand until today.
Thanks a lot, Treaty of Paris (1783)
When the American Revolution ended, the Treaty of Paris (1783) established the first U.S. boundary with British North America.
- The northern border ran from the Great Lakes through the St. Lawrence River.
- Everything north of the Great Lakes including Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Quebec City remained British territory.
- The U.S. got all land south of the Great Lakes and east of the Mississippi River.
That’s an American win right there, obviously. We got our Independence from the filthy British and drafted up a northern boarder to keep ourselves separate from the filthy French, British, and Spanish.
No problem, right? Of course, as an American reading this, you’re probably wondering why we didn’t at least try to take those Canadian cities. To be clear, they were already part of British Canada before independence, but we had to at least make a play to take them under our new country’s rule, right?
American Failure: Treaty of Ghent (1814)
The boys came to play during the War of 1812. Our forefathers made several attempts to invade and annex parts of British Canada, including Toronto (then York), Niagara, and Montreal. Unfortunately, it was a failure, outside of burning Toronto to the ground. That’s the type grudge and spitefulness that bleeds inside every American. Remember that.
- American forces briefly captured and burned York (Toronto) in 1813.
- Britain retaliated by burning Washington, D.C.
- The Treaty of Ghent (1814) ended the war with no territorial changes.
- Canada remained British, and the border stayed the same.
So technically, the we did take Toronto once but only for a few days, and it was returned under the peace terms. Not great, but what can ya do.
Mop Up Duty: The Convention of 1818
The Convention of 1818 cleaned up the border. In agreement with the British, the Americans set the 49th parallel as the boundary from the Lake of the Woods (Minnesota) west to the Rocky Mountains.
That created joint occupation of the Oregon Territory, which both nations shared until the 1840s. It also made the U.S.–Canada border a straight line across the middle of the continent, which is the one we still recognize today.
Webster–Ashburton Treaty (1842)
This treaty finally cleaned up lingering disputes in the Maine–New Brunswick region. This is where America officially got Maine while Canada officially took over New Brunswick and Quebec.
Also not great, but at least we got Maine.
Final Negotiation: The Oregon Treaty (1846)
Things finally got settled with the Oregon Treaty in 1846. This treaty between the U.S. and Britain extended the 49th parallel all the way to the Pacific Ocean. We’re now looking at the modern-day United States.
America got Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. The British kept what’s now called British Columbia, which includes Vancouver.
Here’s a final rundown of everything. You’re welcome:
Yesavage’s meteoric rise from the minors to Game 5 of the World Series is the kind of stuff baseball romanticizes about. He was pitching in small towns just months ago. Now he’s striking out Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman in front of a packed Dodger Stadium.
Toronto’s offense made sure to give their rookie plenty of breathing room. On the first pitch of the game, Davis Schneider launched a solo homer to left. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. followed with one of his own in the very next at-bat. That marked the first time in World Series history that a team hit back-to-back home runs to start a game.
From there, the Blue Jays never looked back. Ernie Clement drove in Daulton Varsho with a sac fly in the fourth, Bo Bichette added an RBI single in the seventh, and Isiah Kiner-Falefa tacked on one more in the eighth.
Dodgers ace Blake Snell fought through six innings and 116 pitches before handing things off to the bullpen, but the damage was already done.
Toronto closer Jeff Hoffman shut the door in the ninth, setting up a potential clincher at home in Game 6 on Friday.
Kevin Gausman is expected to start for the Blue Jays, while the Dodgers will counter with Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
The rookie from Pennsylvania just shoved his way into World Series history, American history and ultimately into Toronto baseball lore.
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Oh… and one more thing.
Whole lotta chatter in the comment section this week questioning the “originality” of my writing. Lets talk about that.
First, you can all fuck off. Second, there’s no writer that could even come close to what I do. In fact, I pretty much set the standard here at The Liberty Line while quite literally bulldozing every other “blog” in the space in a matter of months. No other websites even exist at this point and for the ones that do, none of them, match our numbers.
Third, instead of crying about it and falling hook, line, and sinker into “internet drama” just do better. If you can’t, well… I guess that proves my point.
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