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The American League Championship Series (ALCS) field is officially set as the Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals both came away victorious in their respective division series matchups.

The Blue Jays rallied after falling behind 2-0 in their series with the Texas Rangers, and capped things off by winning one of the strangest elimination games you'll ever see in front of a raucous home crowd in Toronto.

Following a pair of Game 5’s that had their fair share of drama, the American League is down to just two teams while the National League awaits the winner of the Mets-Dodgers series to see who will take on the Chicago Cubs.

For the second time during this young postseason, two National League aces will clash in a winner-take-all elimination showdown when the New York Mets face the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night.

In the American League, the board for the championship series is set. On one side is the Toronto Blue Jays. On the other, the Kansas City Royals. At stake: a trip to the World Series.

Prediction: Pain.

At least for one side. Exactly which side will be feeling it depends on what decides this series: the Blue Jays' unparalleled power, or the special combination of a little bit of everything that has turned the Royals into a powerhouse.

But first, let's catch everyone up on how we got here.

The already-classic National League Division Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets is going the distance. Would you have it any other way?

For the second straight year, the Kansas City Royals are headed to the American League Championship Series. Johnny Cueto threw eight innings of two-hit ball, and Kendrys Morales hit a three-run home run in the eighth inning to cap the Royals' 7-2 victory over the Houston Astros in Game 5 of their divisional series.

The Royals provided a look at the on-field celebration:

The Johnny Cueto who the Kansas City Royals thought they got at the trade deadline showed up at the perfect time.

The 29-year-old pitched eight innings and allowed two earned runs and two hits while carrying his team to a 7-2 victory over the Houston Astros in the decisive Game 5 of the American League Division Series. Next up for the defending American League champions is a battle with the Toronto Blue Jays for the right to play in the World Series.    

Tattoos can be expensive. But your favorite team's logo shaved into your chest hair? Priceless.

That's how one fan demonstrated his dedication to the Toronto Blue Jays—just etched into his chest hair, for everyone to see.

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The gods that oversee the game of baseball, they were livid.

And they had every right to be. There's no way they ever envisioned a do-or-die elimination playoff game's being decided this way.

The 2015 MLB playoffs have had their fair share of drama, but the Toronto Blue Jays won the craziest game yet in a winner-takes-all showdown with the Texas Rangers on Wednesday, prevailing 6-3 in Game 5 to secure the franchise's first American League Championship Series appearance since 1993.