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"The club’s deep-pocketed ways have already sparked debate and discord about the future of the sport. Those conversations will only intensify as the weather cools. Twenty-nine fan bases are understandably angry; something the triumphant Dodgers won’t lose any sleep over. “We got a bunch more to win,” one Dodger joked postgame. “At least one more until [the league] locks us out.” If these Dodgers have indeed become a full-fledged dynasty — and it certainly feels like it — this was an empire well-earned. The Blue Jays gave them everything they had and more. Besides, this is what an evil sports juggernaut is supposed to look like: impenetrable, inevitable. Tortured fan bases are just playthings, character foils for the Los Angeles steamroller." https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/world-series-2025-game-7-took-fans-everywhere-in-an-off-the-rails-thrill-ride-of-the-best-baseball-has-to-offer-085908006.html https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/shaikin-why-magic-johnson-believes-110000576.html "So is the Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani, the closest baseball has ever had to its own Jordan. The Dodgers rescued him from purgatory in Anaheim and surrounded him with a star-studded roster, and now he makes more money from pitching products than pitching baseballs. To the Dodgers, he doubles as an All-Star and cash machine. The league — and all the owners complaining about the Dodgers and their spending — happily profited from this traveling road show. The Dodgers get the same share of international merchandise and (national/intl.) broadcast revenue every other team does. The Dodgers led the major leagues in road attendance, again. The league sent the Dodgers to Seoul last spring and Tokyo this spring, meaning that, for two years running, they were one of the first two teams to report to spring training and one of the last two playing at season’s end. The league’s television partners rushed to book the Dodgers, even for games at times inconvenient to the team."

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2025/nov/02/world-series-dodgers-global-reactions-japan-canada https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/world-series-japan-ohtani-yamamoto-b24770 https://global.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46796676/los-angeles-dodgers-miguel-rojas-smith-world-series-social-reaction Why did Omar Vizquel get a prominent tweet? Joba Chamberlain?

https://global.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46714042/mlb-2026-way-too-early-power-rankings-dodgers-yankees-mets-blue-jays 10. Detroit 11. KC 16. Cleveland 27. Minnesota Mets 12th, Phillies 9th, Cubs 6th, Yankees 4th, Mariners 3rd 30. The Rockies set a dubious record with the worst run differential since 1901 at minus-424, 79 runs worse than the 1932 Red Sox (who previously had the worst mark in the modern era). That gives the Rockies a strong case as the worst team of all time, or at least the worst since the 1890s if early baseball is your thing. While the Rockies could no doubt dominate 1890s baseball, the going will be difficult in 2026. What do they even do in the offseason? They don't have a Garrett Crochet to trade like the White Sox did last offseason, so it's probably more scrounging around for players who are blocked elsewhere and maybe finding some free talent.

Toronto could join the 1991 Minnesota Twins and the 2013 Boston Red Sox to go from last place to champions, according to MLB Network...

most innings caught in the WS since 1924 is the craziest stat for Will Smith weren't those 9 games long? "Yet all through this rise in revenue and payroll alike, the Dodgers never slacked in scouting, development, analytics, research, medical science or any facet in running an organization. If it exists, the Dodgers are in pursuit of industry leadership in it. And doing so, they have become what some see as baseball's newest evil empire. "There's always critics," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. "We're in a big market. We're expected to win. Our fans expect us to win. I can't speak to what revenue we're bringing in, but our ownership puts it back into players, a big chunk of it. That's the way it should be with all ownership groups." ..... The idea is that every organization needs to have a clearly defined set or traits, a style of play that serves as a guiding light for everything from scouting, drafting, development, free agency and the trade market." https://www.espn.co.uk/mlb/story/_/id/46808821/jays-join-dodgers-wearing-vesia-51-caps-world-series

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/02/baseball/mlb/world-series-dodgers-repeat/

Guerrero Jr. was the clear MVP of that series...but didn't come out with a win. Raw emotions. LA now 5/9 WS appearances (2017-25), have also won 3 of the last 6.

Season starts in Japan and then ends up with a Japanese MVP... the tv ratings in that country for G7 have to be though the roof, ofc same with Canada.

most innings caught in the WS since 1924 is the craziest stat for Will Smith weren't those 9 games long?

have to leave Yamamoto out there...

this is like something out of the Koshien Japanese national high school tourney...unreal Guerrero to lead off bottom 11

Two outs at home in back to back innings in this pressure...

Wow...crazy back to back bases loaded. Pages hasn't been able to hit the broad side of a barn door.

Mazeroski 1960 walk off against NYY still arguably greatest ending. Cubs' fans might disagree.

G6

Yamamoto understandably down 2-3 in his velo. Just hope nobody gets hurt.

Hernandez was trying for 1954 WS Willie Mays catch lol...Pages just steamrolled him.

He did save two runs defensively...

https://global.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46797399/mlb-2025-playoffs-world-series-game-7-dodgers-blue-jays-different-special-sports

The stat that defined the game: In the past 30 years, there have been five players to pitch 15-plus innings in the World Series and allow two runs or fewer: Randy Johnson in 2001, Josh Beckett in 2003, Jon Lester in 2013, Madison Bumgarner in 2014 -- and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in 2025, according to ESPN Research. Each of the previous four saw their team win the World Series. espn.com Of course, no WS winner since the 1962 Yankees have won with a team batting average below .200, either.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46798820/jays-barger-admits-bad-read-ended-game-6-world-series “Given the situation, really fast guy at second base, I was like, I’m going to play really, really shallow and if he hits it over my head, kudos to him,” Hernandez told Fox after the game. “I fell like his pop is more to the pull side. Somehow, I was able to hear the bat broke, even with that crowd. The crazy thing is that I didn’t no idea where the ball was because it was in the lights the whole time. “Given the situation of the game and World Series on the line and how good I was hitting, I was like, ‘It’s going to hit me in the face, but I’m not stopping, I’m not pulling up.’ And then at the very end the ball came out of the lights and into my glove.” https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/world-series-game-6-ninth-042914419.html 68th percentile sprint speed from Barger...

Oops meant Liam Hendriks. Was one tier above Robertson, arguably.

Ki-ke Hernandez has made some great plays out there in left this postseason. Barger as the tying run simply has to make sure the ball gets down first. Springer left on deck before he could do the Kirk Gibson impression.

Glasnow in...

Scherzer I think is 41... Oldest WS starter... At 45 years 342 days, Jamie Moyer (USA, b. 18 November 1962) of the Philadelphia Phillies (USA) became the oldest pitcher to make his World Series debut when he started Game 3 of the 2008 World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays (USA) on 25 October 2008. Kenny Rogers (Detroit/2006) and Curtis Schilling the others at 41/40 to win WS games.