New York Yankees fans react to smoke from Canadian wildfires shrouding Yankee Stadium: "Toronto trying to screw us over even when they don’t play us"

As the New York Yankees took the field against the Chicago White Sox at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, the Big Apple looked like 1800s London as the city was shrouded in smoke from Canadian wildfires.

The National Weather Service issued an Air Quality Alert for New York City and much of the northeast United States as thick smoke from the long-raging fires descended from north of the border.

Even though their team is playing Chicago, New York Yankees fans are fully blaming the Toronto Blue Jays, their hated American League East rival, for the surreal scenes at Yankee Stadium.

The Yankees have a three-game lead on the Blue Jays in the AL East standings. New York enters Tuesday's game at 36-25, with Toronto at 33-28.

The air quality alert notes that air pollution in the vicinity of Yankee Stadium is unhealthy for people with heart or lung disease, children and those over 65 years of age.

ABC 7 in New York quoted New York University environmental health expert Dr. Jack Caravanos saying that the air quality is three times worse than normal due to the smoke:

"As time goes on, the air inside a building will ultimately equal the air outside, so for homes, restaurants, delicatessens, the air quality inside will pretty much match the air quality outside, especially as this thing goes on for a few days."

So, even those New York Yankees fans cozying up in the enclosed luxury boxes will eventually be affected.

As of Monday, there were reported to be 413 fires burning across Canada, with those in the province of Quebec affecting New York City the most.

Those not hunkering down to watch the New York Yankees game were outside taking their own photos of the eerie scenes in and around Gotham.

As for Canada itself ... well, sorry.

New York Yankees initially looked at doming new Yankee Stadium

General view of hazy conditions resulting from Canadian wildfires as Clarke Schmidt of the New York Yankees walks onto the field before facing the Chicago White Sox at Yankee Stadium on June 6.

Much like the New York Mets' initial concepts for Citi Field, a retractable roof was part of the plan for the new Yankee Stadium when unveiled in 2001. However, those plans were scrapped by 2004 when final designs for the ballpark were unveiled. The elimination of the roof reportedly saved $200 million in construction costs.