On Thursday, eight months in advance of its first game, the Dodgers' California League team finally revealed its name: the Ontario Tower Buzzers.

With the LA Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays battling it out in the 2025 World Series, it appears California's Governor, Gavin Newsom, and Ontario's Premier, Doug Ford, are using the event as a means to

In a social media post featuring Newsom and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, both men exchange friendly banter over a wager they have on the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays.

Bret Godfrey, from Upland, tries on an Ontario Tower Buzzers hat as he shops with his wife, Molly, at the team’s store on Euclid Avenue in Ontario on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Single-A ballclub will begin its inaugural season in 2026 in Ontario. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

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The decision comes a day after President Donald Trump said he was terminating all trade negotiations with Canada immediately after the government of Ontario produced an ad campaign that criticized his tariff policy.