CHAMPIONS: Dodgers Go Back-To-Back And Remain On Top Of Baseball World

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NEW YORK, NY — The Los Angeles Dodgers remain on the same throne as they were on a year ago: World Series champions. 

The Dodgers, the reigning and defending champs, became the first team in Major League Baseball history to go back-to-back since the 1998-2000 Yankees—a span of New York winning three consecutive titles—clinching the 2025 World Series Saturday night over the Toronto Blue Jays in an eleven inning Game 7 Fall Classic for the ages. 

“They gave us everything they had, it was just a brawl,” LA’s manager Dave Roberts said of the 2025 World Series vs. Toronto. 

“Both teams fighting and punching back and responding. I’m just speechless. I really am.”

As LA came out victorious by a final score of 5-4 at the Rogers Centre on a Will Smith go-head 11th-inning solo-blast, the Dodgers celebrated their championship reign on top of the baseball world up north with their ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto being named the 2025 World Series MVP. 

“I did everything I could do, everything I was supposed to do and I’m so happy that I was able to win this with these teammates,” he said through a team interpreter. 

The 27-year-old Japanese right-hander in Dodger Blue, pitching to a 1.02 ERA across 17.2 innings (two starts and one appearance, which came to close out Game 7) with 15 strikeouts and only 10 hits allowed in the best of seven of series, joined just nine other Dodgers to ever to be named a WS MVP and became the first since Freddie Freeman in 2024. 

Dodger WS MVPs all-time—2025: Yoshinobu Yamamoto, 2024: Freddie Freeman, 2020: Corey Seager, 1988: Orel Hershiser, 1981: Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero, & Steve Yeager, 1965 & 1963: Sandy Koufax, 1959: Larry Sherry, 1955: Johnny Podres 

October Kiké

The MVP honor in many scenarios of this memorable Fall Classic goes to Kiké Hernández, who was just as impactful with his instincts and awareness than the 34-year-old San Juan, Puerto Rico native was with a bat, glove, or during his time on the bases.

The No. 1 example looking back: putting his hands up as soon as Addison Barger’s extra-base hit in the ninth inning of Game 6 Friday night got stuck in between the wall and turf of the warning track to get the attention of teammate and center fielder Justin Dean, which the umpires immediately called a dead ball. And also, moments later, icing Game 6 on as perfect of a double play as you could draw up. 

Hernández: “When else would you rather do it than in the postseason. Everything is heightened, the focus is heightened, the intensity is heightened, the electricity in the stadium, you know, everything’s just different. You can’t compare a playoff game to a game in the 162 because the reality is not the same, not even close. I don’t know, the chaos brings out the best in me. That’s the best way I can put it into words.” 

What The Andy! 

Andy Pages, of Havana, Cuba, may have had the most breathtaking catch of the 2025 MLB season with his miraculous snag in the bottom of the ninth inning and two down, preventing the Blue Jays from walking it off in Game 7 of the Fall Classic. 

At the time of Ernie Clement connecting for a long shot to left-center field, with a hit probability of 76%, according to MLB’s StatCast, Pages ran a total distance of 128 feet, while colliding with his teammate Hérnandez at the end of it all, and was still able come up with the ball. 

Game 7 Heroics From Miguel Rojas

When it comes to Game 7 alone, the one who kept the Dodgers alive was Venezuelan infielder Miguel Rojas, tying the contest at 4-4 in the top of the ninth inning on a clutch solo home run as LA was on their last breath. The 36-year-old of Los Teques, Venezuela, followed it up by carrying his winning mantra onto the field to save the game in the home half of the ninth. 

Overall, Rojas, compiling 10 hits in his postseason career before Saturday night’s Game 7, tacked on two more with a fifth-inning single and the ninth-inning homer—the most significant hit of his 12-year MLB career. 

Roberts: “Miggy Ro–I talk about the game honors you and right there, the game honored him. He does things the right way and he deserved that moment. He got a pitch that he could handle and hit the biggest hit he’s ever had in his life.” 

Rojas: “As soon as I plant my feet, I have to make a perfect throw to the plate. It’s been an unbelievable two days for me defensively, obviously hitting the homer. But, for me, I’m way more proud of my defense and what I can do for my team out there…it’s a great feeling.”

A Dynasty in Hollywood? 

On top of the Dodgers becoming the first team to go back-to-back since the 1998-2000 Yankees, LA is already looking ahead to a World Series three-peat with the pieces such as Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, among several others, solidified to do so in a long-term run of consistent October success. 

Roberts: “We’ve put together something pretty special, I do know that. I’m proud of the players for the fans, scouting, player development, all the stuff. To do what we’ve done in this span of time is pretty remarkable. I guess let the pundits and all the fans talk about if it’s a dynasty or not, but I’m pretty happy with where we’re at.”

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