(TrueBlueLA) Dodgers heroes of World Series Game 7: Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Will Smith, Miguel Rojas
The Dodgers went and won another World Series on Saturday, the first MLB team to win consecutive championships
since the New York Yankees from 1998-2000.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto was named World Series MVP, the easiest choice of all after he started and won Game 6, then closed out Game 7 by getting the final eight outs, plus his complete-game victory in Game 2.
Yamamoto is the first pitcher to win three games in a World Series since Randy Johnson in 2001, per Manny Randhawa at MLB.com.
(SI.com) Dodgers Become Baseball’s Modern Dynasty With an Unforgettable World Series Win
Around the same time, about 2 p.m., Yoshinobu Yamamoto arrived at the Dodgers clubhouse. Yamamoto had thrown 96 pitches the previous night over six innings to win Game 6, 3–1, over the Toronto Blue Jays. Word reached pitching coach Mark Prior that after the game Yamamoto retired to the training room to have physical therapists work on getting his body to recover. He was thinking about Game 7 as soon as Game 6 ended.
“He got to work [Friday] night and it was all about getting his body ready,” Prior said. “You know, he didn’t celebrate.”
Yamamoto went to the outfield after his arrival Saturday. He went through a flat-ground throwing session and long toss to see how his arm felt as Prior watched. When he was done, Yamamoto told Prior he was ready when needed.
“I don’t know how much I’ve got,” he told Prior through his interpreter, Yoshihiro Sonoda, “but I can give you something. All I need is to be given enough time to warm up.”
(ESPN) 2025 World Series: Game 7 win cements Dodgers’ dynasty
While Kershaw is calling it quits, the team he is leaving behind is as strong as it has ever been. Indeed, it might be as strong as any team has ever been when you consider a multiyear window, and the trajectory of the franchise strongly suggests this already tremendous period of domination is not going to end anytime soon.
As the Dodgers bid adieu to an all-time great, it’s worth considering the Kershaw era as a whole; where the Dodgers were when he arrived in Los Angeles as a touted first-round hotshot; and what they have become since — which is, simply put, one of baseball’s greatest dynasties.
(The Guardian) Blue Jays reflect on cruel Game 7 loss to Dodgers: ‘I cost everybody a World Series’
“It sucks,” Hoffman said after the 5-4 defeat. “Supposed to end differently. Was just one pitch. I cost everybody here a World Series ring. It feels pretty shitty.”
Bieber had his own regrets. “Hung a slider to a great guy who hits sliders well,” Bieber said. “He was looking for it. I didn’t execute. This one stings. It’s going to sting for a while. This game is not for the faint of heart.”
(The Washington Post) After a classic World Series Game 7, the Dodgers remain on top
With the Toronto Blue Jays two outs from their first championship since 1993, Rojas’s swing helped the Dodgers force extra innings. Will Smith’s homer in the 11th won it for them there. Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw 2⅔ innings of scoreless relief to close out the 5-4 win a day after he threw six innings in Game 6, a performance that combined with his complete game in Game 2 made him the World Series MVP. Almost everything that happened in between those mile markers was total madness.
Erratic Dodgers fans took over the streets of Los Angeles to celebrate the team’s second straight World Series title early Sunday morning while police officers were struck by “industrial-sized fireworks and bottles.”
Thousands of Angelenos converged around the city after the Dodgers clinched their thrilling extra innings 5-4 win in Game 7 over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Police, however, were forced to deploy tear gas and less-than-lethal weapons once the rowdy revelers escalated their celebrations, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
[Ed. Note] Stay Classy Los Angeles
[Ed. Note] Never too early to start thinking about next October!
