What do players get if they win the World Series? Breaking down baseball's top prize

There's the fame, of course. And the pride. The athletic feat. Plus giving heart-bursting joy to an entire nation that's pinning three decades of hopes and dreams to this very moment.

But what else exactly do players get when they win the World Series?

The Toronto Blue Jays have a very real chance of bringing home the title in Game 6 against the heavily favoured Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night. With a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series, Canada's team is just one win away from securing its first championship since 1993.

If they lose Friday, they'll battle it out in Game 7 on Saturday. Either way, one of the teams will be hoisting a trophy in the air and getting the biggest share of a cash bonus.

Here's what to know about baseball's biggest prize.

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Not to be confused with the WNBA's Commissioner's Cup, the Commissioner's Trophy is Major League Baseball's iconic reward for winning the championship.

Unlike hockey's Stanley Cup, a new Commissioner's Trophy is created every year. Tiffany and Co. has been crafting it since 2000. The trophy features 30 flags, one representing each team.

The flags rise above a sterling silver ball that features 24-karat gold vermeil stitching to represent the stitching on a baseball, according to the Tiffany website, plus latitude and longitude lines to symbolize the world, according to MLB.com.

It takes about six months to craft the trophy, Tiffany states.

A World Series trophy has been awarded since 1967, when the St. Louis Cardinals won the title, but it only got its name in 1985, when it was won by the Kansas City Royals.

The Commissioner's Trophy used to be presented in the clubhouse, but that changed in 1997, when the