Overview

• Portions of the crowd jeered the Canadian anthem before Game 3 as Ontario-born Broadway actor Graham Rowat performed at Yankee Stadium.
• Chants of “U-S-A” were audible and fans cheered a large American flag unfurled during pregame ceremonies.
• Minutes later, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a two-run homer in the first inning—his third of the series—after Toronto entered the night leading the ALDS 2–0 in the teams’ first-ever postseason meeting.
• Media accounts connected the booing to 2025’s anthem disputes traced to President Trump’s tariff threats, noting past Yankee Stadium precedents in 1985 and 1993.
• Reports the next night said boos returned before Game 4 despite an in-stadium attempt to quell them by showing former Yankees star Don Mattingly, now the Blue Jays’ bench coach.