The Dodgers are champions. Los Angeles outlasted Toronto in an epic Game 7 showdown. Will Smith delivered the game-winning swing, homering in the 11th inning to give the Dodgers their first lead, which they wouldn’t relinquish. Yoshinobu Yamamoto, pitching on no rest after throwing 96 pitches on Friday, closed out the win. Unsurprisingly, the all-time performance earned Yamamoto the Series MVP award.
LA becomes the first team to repeat as champions since the Yankees in 2000. New York won three straight titles (1998-2000). It’s the Dodgers’ ninth World Series title, moving them into a tie for third with the Athletics and Cardinals. It’s their third title in the past six seasons.
Miguel Rojas, an unlikely World Series hero, rescued LA’s season in the ninth inning. The light-hitting shortstop yanked a Jeff Hoffman slider over the left field wall to tie the game. Rojas entered the game with one home run since the All-Star break. He joined Bill Mazeroski as the only players in World Series history to hit a game-tying or go-ahead home run in the ninth inning or later in a winner-take-all game (h/t Jesse Rogers of ESPN).
Rojas’ heroics allowed Yamamoto to do something just as special. After a complete game win in Game 2 and a quality start in Game 6, the ace entered in the bottom of the ninth inning with two runners on. He hit Alejandro Kirk with a pitch to load the bases, but wiggled out of the jam. Defensive sub Andy Pages leaped over teammate Enrique Hernandez to reel in an Ernie Clement drive to send the game to extra innings. Yamamoto then cruised through the 10th inning in order before getting into trouble in the 11th frame. With runners on first and third and one out, he coaxed a double play grounder from Kirk to seal the game.
Toronto was in control for much of the game. Shohei Ohtani, pitching on three days’ rest, labored through the first two innings. After George Springer singled to start the third frame, Nathan Lukes sacrificed him to second. Ohtani then intentionally walked Vladimir Guerrero Jr., before hanging a slider that Bo Bichette deposited into the center field stands for a three-run homer. The Blue Jays had multiple chances to extend their lead, including a leadoff double in the eighth inning, but failed to cash in.
The Blue Jays came out swinging in the Fall Classic, exploding for nine runs in the sixth inning to win Game 1 in blowout fashion. A dominant Yamamoto performance evened the series, then LA took a 2-1 lead after Freddie Freeman walked off Game 3 in the 18th inning. Toronto bounced back, winning Game 4 and Game 5 behind strong starts from Shane Bieber and Trey Yesavage, respectively. Yamamoto cruised again in Game 6, pushing the series to its limit. Game 7 delivered an instant classic.
Cool. Expected. Now we can move on to 2026. Hopefully get deferrals under control in the next cba.
I hope that we can defer the sore losers.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto deserves to be the WS MVP!
The timing makes it sound sore loser but the fact is there is obvious flaw that has given one team a major advantage over others. There are 29 other fan bases that were rooting against the 1.2 billion dollar super team.
@DarkGhost well, 29 other teams can negotiate deferrals too, what exempts the Dodgers?
You have to have the money to afford the deferrals in order to offer them. I’m sure 29 other teams have billions of dollars under the couch cushions or in the car somewhere they can scrounge up to offer billions in deferrals.
Hyperbole much?
It’s baffling that anyone on here still doesn’t understand how deferrals work
You don’t know what a hyperbole is do you? Dodgers have billions of dollar deferred already. Thats not an exaggeration. That’s actually how much they’ve deferred on their current contracts.
Umm the massive favorable media deal that gives the dodgers an unmatched revenue stream. Also the dodgers being owned by a group not a sole owner and being as well as being located in a state that if it was its own country would have the 4th largest GDP in the entire world. That’s is what prevents other teams from committing 1.2 billion dollars in payroll lol.
“Other teams can’t afford to offer deferred money like the dodgers do”
“YoU dOnT kNoW hOw DeFeRrAlS wOrK!”
Right. That’s your take away from discussing financial resources of teams like Pirates Rays Rockies don’t match the dodgers? Really?
Lots of tall poppy syndrome in this reply section.
Who would’ve thought paying good players to win championships was gonna be a bad thing?
But I’m a Yankees fan, you play and admittedly, yes, you pay a lot to get the quality you need at times and develop/manage them together to bring home the hardware, as that’s how paid professional sports work.
@MathBallXpert the best part is you bringing up the examples of the Rays, Rockies, and Pirates, as they’re infamously cheap almost out of spite
@Mathball…..Source for where you noted at least 2 billion is deferred ? Or maybe mothball is more magic8ball?
Of course the Guggenheim has deferred a lot, I’m not arguing that. They and the owner of Toronto org. are better at investing than other owners like Nutting, Castellini, or Monfort.
They have more to invest as the put forth a superior product.
See when you offer Ohtani 10 year 700 mill dollars the next ten years the cbt tax hit should be 70 mill a year regardless how much you defer.
But when you defer 680 mill, lower the cbt tax hit from 70 mill to 46 mill, and then use that extra cap space to sign more players well that’s what fans have issues with
If dodgers had a 500 million payroll, had to pay their taxes, well I doubt fans would care as much.
Where did I say 2 billion?
I said billions.
Maybe time for new glassss?
All contracts are taxed at the present value at the time of signing. $70MM in future money is $46MM in today money. That’s the same as all contracts in MLB. Taxing the contract at future value makes zero sense.
So you agree they don’t have the financial resources dodgers do. Thanks for proving my point.
You’re still lowering your cbt tax hit on the contract no matter how you slice it.
The cbt tax hit should reflect the value of the contract regardless of how much you defer
10 years 700 mill should be 70 mill a year. Deferr the whole thing pay Ohtani in 2034. But next 10 years your cbt hit is 70 mill.
You’re not lowering the CBT tax hit as it is taxed on present value, same as all other contracts. The only thing a deferral changes is when Ohtani receives his money. The Dodgers pay the full value every year, the CBT tax is calculated and paid, the money goes into the equivalent of an escrow account where it accumulates value, then it’s paid out as specified in the contract. It’s an accounting agreement between the player and the club and changes nothing about the CBT or a team’s responsibilities. Literally nothing.
700 mill / 10 is 70 mill
Not 46
You’re lowering your cbt tax hit by deferring money. That’s a fact no matter how you slice it.
Soto received 0 deferred and took a cap hit of what 51 mill I believe? If they deferred money it would have lowered much like ohtanis.
Big city franchises have had an advantage for a long time, but the flip side is that New York Mets completely missed the postseason. It takes more than money to be back-to-back World Series champions!
Classy fans who want to change the system, (1) oppose a lockout, (2) save their comments for a day other than the one when everyone honors the newly-crowned repeat champs!
They could also not pay the tax until the money gets paid to the player and the value at that time would be $70MM. But MLB and the PA agree that that would be bad, and illegal. So they get taxed at present value. It’s still not a tax dodge, no matter how you can’t wrap your mind around it.
Never said dodge.
I said lowering. Which it does. No matter how much you try to deny it
46 is lower than 70
46 is dodge than 70 doesn’t make sense now does it?
Seasons over as of idk what time the series ended. Time to talk about next season and future of baseball as a whole.
Yes mathtrollball, you said bullions. That would mean at least 2 billion. Just as I typed in my earlier post, plural form means at least two. I’m not sure why you want to argue an obvious point.
No matter how much the reds guardians orioles brewers rays etc have to offer a player the dodgers yanks Red Sox phils etc can ALWAYS offer more. The only FA small market teams get are the players big markets ALLOW them too
Explain the Dodgers not getting Cole, Harper, Scherzer, and the rest of the players they got outbid on. It happens. Players want to go to well run organizations. I hope you can see that. The organization you like must be terrible and no one would want to go or stay there.
Every owner(s) in baseball is a billionaire. Every single one. The other twenty plus teams can spend some money to compete. Using the Dodgers as a punching bad for other owners greed is counterintuitive.
Not baffling dropped, sad.
It is not “a hyperbole.” It is just “hyperbole,” or obvious exaggeration for effect.
Christy, all of those players signed with other big money teams yanks, phils and Mets. Scherzer was allowed one tier down to Toronto after injury concerns added up
So they didn’t want to stay with their horribly ran organizations?
No. Cole and Scherzer were straight off World Series wins and I wouldn’t say the Nationals were bad while Harper was there
Point eluded you, but okay.
Your logic is less than bad. It’s nonexistent.
MathBallXpert: “…use that extra cap space…”
What cap and what space? There is no hard salary cap, but go ahead and keep tilting at windmills if that’s your thing.
Everybody forgets that Ohtani offered his salary to be deferred, it’s nothing the Dodgers ownership concocted out of thin air. Ohtani agreed to this structure where he only gets paid 2 million a year so the Dodgers are able to afford other players. This deferred contract offer would have been available to whichever team Ohtani chose back in free agency. Most teams don’t defer contracts because most free agents won’t accept deferred money. Ohtani was okay with receiving deferred money because of his lucrative endorsement deals in Japan , etc. which already allow him a comfortable wage.
“See when you offer Ohtani 10 year 700 mill dollars the next ten years the cbt tax hit should be 70 mill a year regardless how much you defer.
But when you defer 680 mill, lower the cbt tax hit from 70 mill to 46 mill, and then use that extra cap space to sign more players well that’s what fans have issues with”
Person who doesn’t understand deferrals – Exhibit A
Yes he does…. Back to Back!!! And against two AL East teams!!!! Glad you didn’t have all these great players in “18.”….😉
If you add in lux tax, the Dodgers spent more this year on their payroll than all but the Yankees, Cubs, and Red Sox made last year in revenue (this year’s numbers not out yet). And of those teams, only the Yankees cleared it by over $35M. So realistically, only the Yankees can afford to spend like the Dodgers do. Most other teams would be operating at a loss to even try, and that’s before front-office salaries, scouts, analysts, stadium expenses, paying cheaper employees like security guards and ticket office people, etc.
So the argument of, “Well your team could’ve made Yamamoto an offer,” yeah, that’s true. But my team couldn’t have afforded him, Ohtani, Betts, Freeman, Glasnow, Snell, Kershaw, Muncy, and Teoscar and still had room for expensive misses like Conforto.
The Dodgers winning in 7 games was not so impressive truthfully. Surprised they didn’t win in 5 or 6 games. They were always the better team.
Why not? The Blue Jays were a very good team.
Yes a very good team; that came up short. Yeah close but no cigar. Seems worth it.
it’s more impressive then sitting at home like Judge and the yankees!
I would rather be sitting at home, then losing the World Series in 7 games truthfully. There really isn’t a recovery for that. Nice try though. Lol.
What about losing it in 5 games?
Except Rogers probably made over $1B for the World Series alone so I don’t think they would agree. I have been waiting since ‘93 but I am happy to have done to the 7th game of the World Series rather than finishing last on the division like last year.
The Dodgers could’ve won this series in four games and people would complain they didn’t win in three.
it’s like George Costanza mocking Derek Jeter because it took them 6 games to win the world series
Winning in 6 games is a lot better than losing in 7 games though. Lol.
It just shows that the Dodgers are not as good as many fans think they are and that luck (good and bad) played a part in this.
LOL. Team wins back to back championships. This guy: “yeah, but they aren’t that good.”
Last year the Dodgers faced a fundamentally flawed team in the series and dominated. This year they got a dominate performance from one pitcher and pretty much got lucky.
How did they get to this series?
It shows the Dodgers aren’t that good does it sadface? Probably want to keep foolish statements like that to yourself.
Of course they did, sadface. Pure luck with no skill involved. Amazing how they have been lucky three out of the last six years.
Good luck with that. If there’s one thing Manfried has proven, he’ll put the dollar above the game. There will likely be a lockout, and I’m not sure what the game will look like afterward. Capitalism ruins most things eventually.
Yup. Thats what I’m afraid of.
Billion dollar rotation
Billion dollars in deferrals
It’s inevitably gonna lead to a lock out.
Stick to MathBall, expert.
Or what? You going to type in all caps or something? I’ll do what I want regardless what you tell me to do lol.
Lockout sounds good for the competitive balance of the sport
But again this is on the owners. They didn’t have to pay Ohtani 70 million a season, but they did anyway. So now they can’t cry and say that contracts are too high.
Capitalism in sports and in real life are two very different things lol.
Capitalism is the greatest thing that has happened economically in the world. Without it, the US would t be able to keep half the free world out of poverty.
Owners won’t get what they want as far as a salary cap or floor but they will get something akin to the expanded playoffs as a way to end the lockout (or possible strike). Maybe Manfred’s golden at bat will come true! The game will suck a little more but will (essentially) be the same game.
Man it seems like everyone is just salivating for a lockout in 2027. They just can’t wait to not have baseball to kick around anymore. Well guess what? There’s not going to be a lockout, because it’s just risking too much money for owners/players and a reputational hit to the sport which it can’t afford after clawing it’s way back from the ’94 strike and the steroid scandal. The players union will never accept a hard cap and the owners who advocate for one are the same old whiners/POS owners like Moreno, Nutting, and Fisher, et al who don’t have any sympathy from anybody and certainly don’t have the leverage to force a lockout. I believe there will be meaningful changes made to the CBA but certainly no lockout or strike to worry about.
Booo
You mean the team with the highest payroll won the World Series?
Money printers won the world series
No, the Mets did not win the World Series.
It’s the Dodgers. $2 mil less with so much deferred money.
Didn’t make the playoffs either. All that money and they still had to stay home.
As mlb should. I can’t see a team like the white sox or Tampa now with deferred dead money contracts years after they have won or competed.
At least have it fully taxed and the tax can be deferred..
Tip my cap to the Dodgers.
MLB got what it wanted.
Baseball fans got fleeced again.
Boycott baseball.
@towinagain no thanks, I’d suggest you take a look at what the NBA is going through now before you think of a boycott on baseball LOL
Don’t think you will have to boycott baseball, I see a lockout of the players for the 2027 season. Reason being some of these owners are going to hold strong for an MLB salary cap, players union will say no way. So, sit back and enjoy 2026 season it could be the last full season for a while. With broadcast dollars being down for 2027, some of these small market owners will be really stubborn to have a 2027 season with the big market teams continuing the massive payroll difference and not the revenue market to dig into. It is just the nature of the beast when it comes in 2027.
Does Jeff Hoffman ever get a good nights sleep ever again? How do u leave a pitch up like that!?
[Commercial in the works]
Hey, Jeff Hoffman, how do you sleep at night?
On a mattress from Mattress Firm. So I sleep all night long. (To the tune of Lionel Ritchie).
Are deferrals out of control?
Deferrals in their contracts are really none of our business even though they are heavily reported. Anyway congrats to the high flying Los Angeles Dodgers for a well deserved 2025 World Series victory.
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Incredible series. What a fight til the end
By both teams*
I think this was the best World Series I’ve seen and maybe the best Game 7 game I’ve seen (although the Cubs – Indians game 7 was really good too).
I don’t even know anymore.
Did you know before?
Valid question.
I feel validated.
Rough night for Jays fans, great series though. Interested to see how this effects the CBA negotiations going forward.
I suspect the results of the WS will have little to do with CBA negotiations between owners and MLBPA.
I thought I had the worst heart break, but being 2 outs away from a World Series win is a different level
On top of the other opportunities like Guerrero barely missing a walk off homer or pages making an insane catch or IKF barely getting gunned out at home plate
Wow I sure did not see that coming at all! How utterly shocking!
I had no idea someone would make this comment! CrAZY! wHO Knew The Dodgers were legit??
Yes
The Dodgers absolutely steamrolled the Jays. The series was never in doubt. Toronto had no chance. /S
YAMAMOTO ! WOW !
And yet, some try to change the subject to anything but.
@BlueSkies Awesome win, congrats. One for the ages. Has to be the best WS I’ve seen in my 49 years.
I thought pitching records like this would never be set again with load management but Yamamoto says otherwise
Otherworldly. Even his teammates were in disbelief of what he accomplished. And credit to Dave Roberts here too. When Yamamoto said he could take the ball again tonight, he took him at his word.
Grats BlueSkies.
Go Pads in ’26!
🍻🤙🏽
I can now add Yamamoto to Gibson and MadBum to my greatest WS pitchers of all times! I hope he suffers no ill effects from that magnificent performance. The first 2 playoff rounds were stellar. The Championship series were a let down but the Series was magnificent. Baseball has won a lot of good will here now lets see if they can blow it with some more stupid CBA negotiations. Don’t be stupid fellows.
Terrific series. Great games. Tough for Toronto.
One of the best World Series in years! Wow
Nine years to be exact.
My thoughts too! The last WS that was this close was Chicago and Cleveland.
Only locks are
Max
Kershaw
Freeman
Ohtani
Betts and Snell will end up in the hall of very good
Vlad and Yamamoto way too early to tell
At least best World Series since 2019, I would go as far to say as 2011 but Miguel Rojas had a better moment than David freese
Best World Series ever???
Definitely in the discussion. 18 inning game, extras in game 7, ohtani game 3, Yamamoto!!, clement and Vlad had a great series, injury moments from Bichette and springer, Yesavage, smith and Kirk, Rojas huge moments! I’m partial to the Twins vs Braves of 91
This Series had more subplots than a Russian novel.
How many HoFers in this series?
Mad max
Freeman
Mookie
Ohtani
Yamamoto
Vlad
Snell
Snell has a long way to go to make the Hall of Fame. He will be 33 at the start of next season, and so far he only has 81 wins and 25.1 WAR.
Max and Ohtani could retire now and be first ballot. The rest are all could be imo
Mookie Betts is absolutely a hall of famer.
Dang I forgot about Kershaw:(
Dodgers played amazing blue jays had so many chances but most people dont care cause of the dodgers payroll and players. They want tucker. So its just become a ok they won let’s move on situation. Im sure their fans will talk trash but its honestly always going to be annoying and they are supposed to win. But great game. Felt for the blue jays. Yamamoto deserves MVP for sure!
I’ll be offering up the Heimlich maneuver for any Jay fans in need
Bonkers series!
John Schneider possibly the worst manager in history
Removes 4 of 5 best hitters for PR in G3
Hits “Nathan Lukes” second every game
Bunts the tying run to third instead of PH in the 11th inning
Doesn’t start the runner on 1st with a 300 lb hitter at the plate
Incredible
wow worst manager after doing all that is a wild statement
Incredibly bad take.
Second guessing a manager who made it to the 11th inning of game 7 of the world series due to putting his players in the best position and mindset to win it all is ridiculous.
So you’re saying anyone can do it and the managers ability doesn’t matter? If so, why are you upset?
Anyone can be occasionally successful with bad process, especially if you have enough talent. His process was horrific
Nobody even arguing against these points btw
Not only getting there, but doing it as the clear underdogs. Vlad, Bo, and Kirk, good as they are, don’t match the star power on the Dodgers. We can add Yesavage to that list now, and they still come up short. Jays gave it their all and outperformed most people’s expectations.
As for taking out the runners, it’s risky, but justifiable. At that point, all he needed was one runner to cross home. The vast majority of extra-inning games end in the 10th or 11th, so it’s unlikely these guys come up again. And a tired, depleted pen against the Dodgers’ lineup? Can’t blame him for taking the risk to try to end it quickly.
Youre just being ridiculous, Every fan who watches most or all of their favorite tea.s games hate their manager. It’s so true and is because
Stupud comment
If John Schneider managed the dodgers and got guys like Michael conforto to hit then they would win the World Series every year
Smiths foot was off the plate. It’s on camera. MLB replay blew this.
I didn’t want the WS to end on a replay either…but it should’ve.
That was f*cked.
Ball was in his glove before his foot left the plate and his foot was back on the plate before Kiner-Falefa got his foot down. Slow it down and look again
It went off and came back on the plate before the running touched home.
It was on the plate when the ball hit his glove plus he got the toe back before the jays runner touched home. He literally got the out twice. Replay doesn’t lie
I would’ve loved for the dodgers to lose but that was way too close to overturn twice over (foot leaving the bag and foot getting back on it). That call stands 100/100 times
Smith (barely) got him
Yamamoto is the greatest pitcher since Cy Young and Ohtani is the greatest person to ever live Jeff Passon said so.
You don’t have to listen to Jeff Passan, but they are talented MLB players
Nobody beats Bumgarner. Especially a Dodger.
Muncy beats mad bum all day long.
Everyone beat him when he was in Arizona
Incredible series, congratulations to the Dodgers. This will go down as one of the legendary game 7s of all time and thus one of the legendary games in baseball history.
Now this is not a statement of sour grapes… but I’m curious what the fall out for fans will be. Especially if the Dodgers land a top free agent or even if they’re in the top five spenders in the offseason.
At this point as a dodger fan I get tons of joy reading the comments of other fans crying when we sign top talent.
There will be fans of every team that will scream foul when the team with the highest payroll wins it all. Not so coincidentally, they get very silent when their own team does it. It’s the way of things.
The truth is despite the belief that money buys championships… that isn’t always true. Exhibit A: The Mets. Money helps, but a well run franchise from top to bottom, helps more.
Billion dollars in deferred money helps also
It can help many other teams if and when they do decide to defer contracts to worthy players, though.
I thought it wasn’t the team that decides to defer contracts but the player who agrees to accept deferred money??
#Tainted
Have a breath mint and that should go away.
The cope. It doesn’t count. It doesn’t count. Maybe click your heels a few times….
Give us Tucker
Congrats Dodger Fans!
Congrats to the sad Blue Jay fans as well. Toronto pitching was overall very good.
Thank you. What an amazing series.
Toronto is going to be a problem moving forward. I really like that team a lot. What heart they showed. Their time will come.
Thanks. Either team could have won this one. The Jays played first rate baseball, and for me it was going to be one of the most exciting World Series ever, no matter who came out on top.
I guess money does buy happiness (and chips).
What’s wrong with that? A lot of fans would want their team to do the same thing.
And the tears of those who live to complain.
Yeah, they spent all that money and yet only have 2 legitimate championships in the last 2 years….
Great series..no doubt..but Smith was off the plate.
Nah, he was on it.
He was still touching the plate when the ball hit his mitt. And he likely was back on the plate before the runner touched the plate. Good call.
Congratulations to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Well fought series and really could have gone either way.
Yamamoto should be the World Series MVP.
Boo- another World Series bought and paid for by big money teams.
Yeah, the biggest payroll vs. the 5th-biggest payroll teams, if only the Rays could make it like they did in 2008…
Kinda makes you want to root for an Athletics v. Marlins series. Though I’m curious how many fans who scream about team spending would watch that series?
People said they weren’t watching the Rangers-Dbacks series, which was to me (a diehard DBacks fan) a series I wasnt upset about losing because the Rangers built their team right without spending a billion dollars in the off-season.
Diamondbacks played the rangers because they got hot and beat everyone in their way to get to the world series. It can happen to any team regardless of payroll.
Didnt the Rangers spend about $750M on Seager, Gray, Evoldi and Seimien in advance of their WS win?
They spent after building their core internally.
How many people watch Green Bay packers games from a city of 100K .rich teams dominate the MLB and want that top dog status in the league keeping other teams poor. .
Dodgers finally beat the cheater George Springer!
Imagine when the Dodgers add Bichette, Tucker, Murakami, and another high-end starter during free agency.
Perhaps the Cubs can pony up and also fight to sign them too.
Yeah huh
Imagine the Dodgers not needing to add those players. Not saying they won’t add someone. But they don’t need to.
You know they will though
They will add, but I don’t know what the priorities will be. After this playoff run, they might have changed.
It’s notable that none of their big free agent signings were on their world series roster. Conforto, Yates, Scott.
So they’ll have work to do.
Notable that they can spend however they want, not many teams could afford to pay Scott and not need him.
True. But it also shows that just because you can get a top free agent, it didn’t always work out.
That’s why they play the games.
Of course, but not all teams can afford to spend big money on guys and win without them.
Without signing big money players, I think they would still be formidable with their development.
Game winning home run by a home grown catcher. (Will Smith)
Game tying home run by home grown player they brought back. (Miguel Rojas)
Clutch catch in center field by home grown outfielder. (Pages)
Regardless of what a new CBA brings I think the Dodgers will be extremely competitive.
Totally agree, they draft and develop well. And even though they spend a lot they seem to do it wisely. To be honest if we get a cap(I hope we do) the winning culture will most likely still lead to a lot of good players going there in discounts just because they are a well run team.
Is this what it felt like in the 90s when Yankees won all the time?
And I’m sure in the 20s, and 30s, and 40s, and 50s too, but this sport still goes on.
More like 90’s Bulls. You knew what was going to happen but you still watched.
@dipanddingers
Yeah, same feeling. But it was fun having a team that everyone didn’t like and wanted to fail and as we saw in 2001, it came to an end with the D-Backs winning it all.
LETS GO DODGERS!!! 2025 CHAMPS!!! THAT is what you call grit!
What did you do with your old Astros gear?
Never have owned it, never will. Been a Dodger fan since day 1
That’s what all of you say.
Grit=money apparently…
No one ever got a World Series without buying players to play for them. Your tears make this victory all the better
the entire dodgers bullpen will be released tomorrow.. they’ll only be going with starters from now on
Nothing but aces
You know who else bought their world series?
Every single team who has won the world series. Baseball players get paid.
Well done, Jays. Tough way to end a great season.
Yamamoto displayed old school pitching didn’t matter days off pitches thrown he just dominated every time he took the mound just impressive as a fan of the game much respect
Blue Jays were a great team. There were times when I thought they would take it. Winning back to back and in Kershaw’s last season really makes this championship a great story but the series was much more entertaining than I ever could’ve asked for.
I feel so lucky to be a dodgers fan especially after the fox/mccourt years. Yoshi was worth every penny.
I really hope the blue jays are able to keep this team together.
They won’t be able to. Bichette is already clocked out. Post game he wasn’t wearing any Blue Jays gear. He wants out already or else he would have been resigned.
Who will he spend three quarters of his contract on the DL for next?
Thats between him and wherever he is looking to go. I’d guess whomever offers him the most to be their shortstop. NYY would be the first stop I’m looking at with how most Yankee fans feel about Volpe.
Mets might be interested. He doesn’t have to play SS.
Congrats to the Jays and their fans for a helluva season. Much respect. Entire team showed the world why they belonged. Nothing to be ashamed off. Losing a G7 at home in the World Series stings as dodgers fans know all too well. This will make you guys hungry for next year. Get a closer and you’ll get in the same position.
Back to back!!!! I’m so happy kershaw retired as a back to back champ. Yamamoto is a legend.
Dodgers are the AIDs of baseball.
Yeah well I’m sorry they made you stay up a wee bit later than usual because they won it in extra innings, Howie.
Don’t worry about me, dude. I didn’t even bother to watch that clown show.
So obviously Howie you speak from knowledge as opposed to stupidity. You missed a great Series. Sad for you.
The “S” is capitalized. It’s part of the acronym.
and you are a scourge on life.
A typically mature response
That was fun. I’m a Jays fan so it’s hard to have a neutral perspective, but I thought that was a really good series. My heart nearly exploded a few times. It was thrilling and I sure was entertained.
Yamamoto… wow. Clearly the MVP.
I was more entertained watching this series than the one last year.
Miguel Rojas, I repeat, Miguel Rojas tied this game with a 9th inning HR off a big money closer. If that crazy stuff doesn’t happen you’ve got nothing.
You mean the Miguel Rojas that Dave Roberts inserted into the starting lineup yesterday because he had a feeling it was the right move?
The guy they re-signed because he has skills and intangibles necessary for a winning team?
I was replying to guy who was saying that the Dodgers won this b/c of $$$ and pointing out the irony that Miguel Rojas had the most important hit and it happened to be off a big money closer. Was not really trying to slag Rojas.
Gotcha. This thread is moving so fast I probably missed most of the posts before replying lol.
Actually it’s my bad. I can understand the confusion. Looking back at the thread I accidentally replied to you instead of the original post. Anyway, have a great night and enjoy the parade on Monday. 🙂
Michael Conforto gets a ring…
As a Seattle Mariners fan I’m just glad Toronto lost.
Why? The Dodgers are one of the main reasons your team will NEVER win. Don’t you get it?
Yucki, always a force for positivity.
I said as a reply to an article that I can’t recall some time around the trade deadline that I didn’t believe the Jays would even make the playoffs. They really proved me wrong and then got so devastatingly close to proving me really really really wrong.
I’m simply happy that they got there despite everything else about it. Yamamoto reminds me so much of how Andrew Miller was the guy in the 2016 ALCS. If he’s not the MVP of the series it’s criminal.
The Blue Jays got the title snatched from them. An all-time choke job.
Hey Charlie, you might want to do some research before you post. The Cardinals have won 11 titles. Im not a Cards fan and even I know that!
So many people complaining about the Dodgers money and Yamamoto was unbelievable. But that said, Yamamoto is set up to be the hero because of a 9th inning home run hit by Miguel Rojas of all people – with Ohtani on deck – off a big money closer In Hoffman. There are probably plenty of rosters in the league that Rojas wouldn’t be on.
Also, Toronto outplayed (and way outscored) LA in this series. I know this is little consolation to Blue Jays fans but man, they showed out this series. and should be nothing but proud.
Congrats to the Dodger who are an incredible team.
The Dodger? You mean Yamamoto I guess. He was the only consistently good Dodger player in this series.
With the exception of game 1, this was a 1 run series. The Jays didnt (way outscore) the Dodgers. It was a great well fought series.
Unlikely an mvp vote can result in criminal charges but you never know with Trump in charge.
Dodgers’ win probably before the Rojas homer: 8.7%.
And when the Blue Jays loaded the bases in the 9th: 17.1%.
Lifelong Jays fan. I will be working through this with my therapist for years.
Yeah, they didn’t choke exactly but they didn’t come up big when they needed it most either. Not a fan of either team, but I feel for Blue Jays fans today.
Lifelong Seattle fan, same for me because of the damn Blue Jays and George Springer. Can I send my therapy bills to John Schneider, c/o Rogers Centre ???
You know what reminds me on the dodgers after winning it 2 years and counting is that they won’t stop spending and looking always to improve next year and beyond. Yep, they’ll easily sign Tucker now without hesitation. Add, add add that the dodgers whereas teams like the cubs subtract with guys like scwarbs. Rizzo, Bryant and Baez after only the single year of winning it all.
I don’t know that Tucker is who they need. But I’m sure they’ll figure it out.
Do they want Kyle Tucker? Does he want to play for the Dodgers? Maybe he doesn’t want to defer 80% of his contract and signs with the Yankees or Mets instead. Adding doesn’t always work out. Look at the Tanner Scott contract. Yeah they have enough money that they can eat that contract without flinching, but get enough Tanner Scotts and Michael Confortos and it starts to make a difference.
I prefer to think of last off-season as the Dodgers doing public service for the other teams.
We spent a lot of money so other teams wouldn’t have to pay for Conforto, Yates, and Scott not to perform.
You’re welcome.
There has to be something beyond the Wold Series for the dodgers now
Like a “r”?
Really??! They were lucky to beat the Blue Jays. They are not beyond all the teams in MLB.
How about we defer the complaints about CBA issues for a day. 😉
Sadly, that’s going to be way too much to ask for, I’m afraid. There is going to be a segment of fans that are going to believe CBA changes will magically fix bad ownership groups and/or management of a franchise. What those fans won’t talk about though is how baseball has gone longer than any sport without a repeat champion before today, or how “small market” teams in other sports like the Hornets and Browns are no closer to a championship than the A’s.
I’m not a Dodgers fan, and I was rooting for your team in this series because, as an Atlanta fan, I still root for Freeman. I also respect what the Dodgers have built. Congrats to you and your team, enjoy the celebration.
Ok. Let’s start Lockoutocapypse a year earlier than it is expected.
A lot of sore winners in here…
I’m quite happy 🙂
All good if you acknowledge the advantage, enjoy
We have advantages. But we did strike out with free agent signings.
A well-run team is certainly a significant advantage.
Great underdog story.
Huge rumor if true.
Great series. But now I worry about 2027.
What about 2026? As far as a great series, not really. Yamamoto was fantastic and so was Trey Yesavage but mostly guys on both teams didn’t hit in clutch situations. Ohtani had only one good game as a hitter and was so so when he was pitching. Guerrero only had that 2 run bomb. So many disappointing performances on both sides.
Headline should read Dodgers buy World Series
Headline should read Tears of Dodgers Haters solves climate change.
I was hoping to get a Joe Carter style walk off homerun this year. And truthfully want to see it every year. We got the closest thing to it with the go head solo blast by “6x6x6x6x6x6” IYKYK. World Series Champion Will Smith.
That’s right. Having a player named Will Smith is the secret sauce to winning it all.
Boooo was a great World Series just screwed up league with the disparity in financial equalities . Don’t feel right when teams have so many financial advantages over others .
Do the Dodgers really have that significant of a financial situation to the Jays?
I believe the deferred money along with 150 million higher in payroll does make it a financial advantage .
Was reported that the Jays offered Ohtani a somewhat similar contract, but wouldn’t defer either as much or as long. And didnt offer as much total.
The Jays are owned by the richest cable company in Canada and have an endless amount of funds available if they see its worth it. They could sign anyone they like, hence why they have gone after the biggest FA’s that fit their needs the last couple years.
The Dodgers dont have that significant of an advantage to another top 5 spender who also went after FA’s such as Ohtani and Yoshi. Vs teams like Tampa and Oakland sure/maybe. But vs teams like the Mets, Yankees, BoSox, and Blue Jays. Nope.
This might’ve been an entertaining finish but god was it awful baseball from a classical standpoint
1.) Talk about managing to the numbers instead of managing the moment. If you couldn’t see how locked in Rojas was you shouldn’t be around competitive sports. Dude had destiny written all over his eyes and for some reason you decide to pitch to him.
2.) leadoff double and you don’t get the insurance run in. That’s why you bunt and don’t swing away, because you can do everything right as a hitter and still not advance the runner if you’re swinging. And the hitter barreled the hell out of the ball and it landed in Muncy’s glove and bc of that you didn’t get the insurance run, and because of that you lost the World Series
3.) Nobody on and you throw Will Smith a meatball. It’s game freaking 7 why are you throwing anyone a meatball which leads me to point #4.
4.) It’s game freaking 7 why were any pitches down the middle? Both teams!!!! Meatballs down the middle like it’s freaking August and it’s not winner take all.
Definitely better than the garbage World Series from last year but god dam does baseball have a bad product right now. Age of Idiocracy in the MLB. I get these are elite athletes but did nobody teach these guys how to play baseball somewhere along the way?
100% agree
That post was brutal on so many accounts, I’ll just move on without any rebuttal.
Maybe move on to merrian-webster to look up the definition of rebuttal? It may shock you that you just commited the exact act you said you wouldn’t by hitting the reply button lolol
What day and time is your interview with Steinbrenner & Cashman?
lol if it were up to me Cashman would’ve been gone 15 years ago and Hal would’ve just been an organ donor for his brother who was supposed to lead the franchise if not for a bad genetic hand dealt to him. It was supposed to be Hank and like 2 other people before Hal got the team. Hal is a trust fund baby whose only skill is knowing how to listen to his hedge fund advisors. He has no vision or creativity…he’s just a guy who was born with a silver spoon in his hand that happened to be worth the most in the end. And Cashman is just his yes man and got lucky he hitched his wagon to the rignt people.
Are you saying they should have intentionally walked the #9 hitter backup infielder Miggy Rojas who had hit one homerun since the All-Star break? And there were a lot of meatballs thrown by both sides throughout the entire Series and the vast majority of them were missed by both sides. Not sure if that’s normal (non) execution or if it’s just guys being tense and wanting to play the hero with big swings.
When you have a team that can say they have 2 billion dollars in gross revenue from outside the monies they have from their ticket sales, you’re going to be able to buy any player you want. The Dodgers have no player budget, it is an open checkbook policy, knowing that your revenue pipeline is never ending. The Dodgers will sign most of the top Japanese players leaving for the MLB. It won’t stop anytime soon. The only thing that will stop the Dodgers is basically age; they are the oldest team in MLB average age is near 31yrs old. Financially the Dodgers are deep pockets willing to spend for the top players.
This is a baseball problem not a money problem. This Dodgers team doesn’t even make it out of the division round 10 years ago. The Japanese WBC beats the Dodgers at this point.
You know how they got to that point? They built a brand by winning.
Some of their better players are already in decline. Look how badly Mookie Betts did in this series. He needs to go back to the outfield.
He hit poorly, so he should…. change positions? What? Btw, he’s probably going to win a gold glove this year.
This is the first team to have over $2b gross. It comes from doing things right and signing the right people and being the best run organization in professional sports.
Should free agents rather go to Kansas City or the Angels? The Angels are in Los Angeles, too.
People want to go to Dodger Stadium and play for a first class organization. And that’s the Dodgers fault for being such a great organization to play for.
Teams should strive to be the Dodgers. They have billionaire owners, too.
Another year of feeling good, man….
I found it odd that Dave Roberts didn’t use any of his bullpen arms and that he used Yamamoto on no rest. Should have been a disaster for the Dodgers, but they won. Hats off to them. Here’s hoping ANYONE but them wins the series next year.
First inning Yamamoto had no idea what was going to happen. I have to hand it to him he handled it with poise but you could see on his face he was basically following his training and mechanics while he was finding the feeling in his arm. He just had this “oh crap I hope this goes where I’m aiming” look to him. Second inning he looked loose and in control though. Honestly looked like he could toss another 100 pitches once he warmed up.
The bullpen has been dookie all year and there are no do-overs like you get in the regular season. I don’t know why this surprises you.
2026 GO DODGERS!
Really wanted Mattingly to get a ring.
I’m a Jays fan and a baseball fan. Great series very enjoyable. Congrats to the Dodgers on the World Series win. John Schneider is the worst manager. He makes terrible moves. He out manages himself. I really hope he is fired!!
I honestly don’t think Dave Roberts is any better at managing, but his team won and their team didn’t.
Not to mention how ridiculously foul mouthed he is! A little decorum would be appreciated as you are expected to be a professional!
Isn’t he the guy who lied about his service record? Or is that another Jay manager?
That was Tim Johnson in 1998 season who lied about serving in Vietnam war.
Yeah, I don’t know what he was thinking sending Yesavage out for the 2nd inning. Should have Lauer and Bieber pitch instead of Hoffman.
I’m glad the Dodgers won. Maybe other teams will spend more money rather than letting the Dodgers do it. At least they spend money.
There is likely going to be a salary cap placed in 2027, along with a lockout in 2027.
I know you are wishing for a lockout but baseball is way too lucrative and making crap-tons of money for both owners and players for there to be any sort of lockout or strike. Sorry not sorry.
It’s not a fair fight unless you are a fan of the top 5 payrolls in the league your team will disappoint you if not . Watching teams out spend 5/ 1 is a joke deferred billions to buy more players .
The billionaire owner of the team you root for should spend more money on things that help you win.
The Dodgers were brutal in the 90s with a huge payroll because they spent it on bad players like Andruw Jones and Nori Nakamura.
Hate Stan Kasten for changing the organization from top to bottom and making it the best run organization in professional sports.
Ok give up all dodgers tv money and come down and play in 200 million range make it a fair league . Oh rich teams don’t like a fair fight.
Lazy comment. Spend more money to make the team you root for better. Draft better. Develop better. Scout better. There’s so much more than spending money, but you couch-dwellers always spill your cheetos over contracts.
You’re aware that enterprises like the MLB are an elaborate scheme to protect billionaires wallets and funnel taxpayer money to the elites right? You know this doesn’t exist without massive government intervention? You realize these owners have no incentive to spend anything because they are already winning by taking the money the middle class gladly hands over to them. Some meaningless trophy is second to the billions they stand to make by not upsetting the apple cart.
Yet, here you are, complaining about things that aren’t going to change? Or are you just that ignorant to the fact the Dodgers organization is the best run organization in sports where people want to play? It’s not like the Dodgers just went out and laid more money on the table for free agents to pick up. They had a number for Soto, got outbid. The Mets “couldn’t” spend money until they could and now they’re a problem, too? Is it only the teams that choose to spend are the problems?
Congratulations to Dodgers fans. I wasn’t rooting for either team, but instead rooting for an interesting seven game World Series. Success.
Dodgers really didn’t do anything too special. 3 MVPs in their line up..a “unicorn”…2 of Japans best SPs…all the best relievers signed w them. They did what they were supposed to do.
Anyone catch Alejandro Kirk listening to his helmet while on deck in the 11th? Anyone notice the Blue Jays were rarely fooled by anyone the Dodgers threw tonight and seemed to always be on time for every off-speed pitch? Did anyone pay attention to every pitcher who struck out multiple batters every game all of a sudden giving up hard contact routinely.
Must just be me.
Yeah you’re off your rocker. It was just you.
zzz no one cares outside of LA . Los Angeles will be the reason why Salary caps will come. Not to mention its just THE LA Japan team at this point
Classic Philly response. Now do Santa!
Off to the bowling league for you ! Or in my neck of the woods pickleball is the hot new number.
I’m a Jays fan and always will be. I’ve never liked the Dodgers but I have to tip my hat to them as they didn’t panic when down and kept pushing and eventually got the best of the Jays.
Maybe next year fellas. This will sting for sure but it should make you dig harder next season and hopefully get the result you deserve.
Shady…well said and your a class act… good luck next year but not to much (RED SOX FAN)lol
Let the offseason begins…
Not sure why any Jays or Jays fans should be upset. Disappointed maybe, but not upset. This Jays team was predicted at the start of the season to finish bottom 2 in the ALE, bottom 5ish in the AL, and bottom 10 overall. They accomplished a lot and made it to extras in game 7 of the world series. They did a lot more than majority could concieve them doing 209 days ago. Congrats Jays. And Congrats Dodgers for doing what everyone expected of you.
Whee!
No one is asking the important question: what the heck was Gimenez doing?
Not sure if this is THE important question, but trying to get hit by a pitch is the answer. Then he got mouthy when he actually was hit by one. Definitely not a series highpoint.
It’s the getting mouthy part that’s most confusing. How could he possibly think that was intentional? Was he trying to get the Dodgers worked up or something? What was the point of that sideshow?
Beats me, especially in a series that featured so much sportsmanship. The Jays relievers writing Vesia’s number on their caps was truly classy. I guess he just got wrapped up in the moment.
More like what the heck was Barger doing?
We’re all shocked. We’ll be shocked again a year from now when the result is the same.
Naw it won’t be. Dodgers lineup is getting hella old and it’s starting to show.
Congratulations to John Schneider and his team. John is a first class person and a great manager. The Blue Jays competed, hit…. then competed more tenaciously.
Toronto could have easily been the victor. Their time will come. As a Dodger fan, I am grateful that this year, the small things that often mean the difference between victory and heartbreak—went our way. There have been many years where we were in the same space as the Jays were this year. Your time will come Toronto fans. When it does, it will taste even sweeter because of the pain you feel tonight.
A beautifuly competed series by both teams!
Have to tip my hat to Dodgers… say and think what we may( non Dodgers fans)but THEY made the plays/ pitches etc when they needed to.. for that reason THEY DESERVE to be champions… congratulations…
Cardinals have the 2nd most titles. It is the Athletics and Red Sox who the Dodgers are tied with.
Red Sox fan here…. Who has the most??? Just kidding…
Did Ohtani have the dodgers in 7?