The 2025 WS was the craziest series of championship games I’ve seen in my lifetime. Nothing makes a baseball fan more excited than hearing the words “Game 7”, but this World Series was more than just being 7 games; it broke the record for most extra innings ever in a World Series, the most extra innings in one World Series game, most pitchers used in a World Series, and most plate appearances in a World Series. Individually, Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers set a record for reaching base nine times in a single game, while Freddie Freeman of the LA Dodgers became the first player with two walk-off home runs in World Series history. The series also saw several Toronto Blue Jays break records: Ernie Clement had the most postseason hits; and Trey Yesavage had the most strikeouts as a rookie in a single World Series game.
In game 1, the Blue Jays were at home with rookie Yesavage on the mound while the Dodgers started Blake Snell. The Game was tight until the bottom of the 6th when the Blue Jays put up 9 and secured a game 1 win.
Up 1-0 in the series at home, the Blue Jays however lost an uneventful game 2: 5-1. Yamamoto threw an amazing game ender and one of the reasons he won the “world series MVP”.
Game 3 was the second-best game of the series; it was the longest World Series game of all time, going into the 18th inning, where Freddie Freeman hit his 2nd walk-off- hitting a game-changing homerun- in his World Series history, thus becoming the first ever player to do it. Ohtani also made history this game reaching base all nine times, which also included 2 homeruns and 2 doubles. This is the first time that has ever happened, and it is considered the best performance in playoff history-even for regular season history!
Games 4-6 weren’t that significant, besides the fact that in game 6 Yamamoto threw a gem to send them to game 7 where he would come in off no days for rest and pitch again.
Game 7 of the 2025 World Series was an instant classic that ended the best championships in recent memory. Shohei Ohtani on the mound for the dodgers and Max Scherzer on the mound for the Jays. The Blue Jays scored first with a three-run homer by Bo Bichette in the third inning, but the Dodgers came back, eventually cutting the lead to 1 with a solo homer from Max Muncy in the eighth. Toronto was 2 outs away from winning it all in the ninth when Miguel Rojas- Dodgers’ last batter in their order- hit a game-tying home run that sent the game to extra innings. The tension carried into the 11th, where Will Smith of the Dodgers delivered the go-ahead to blast off Shane Bieber to put the Dodgers ahead 5-4. Yamamoto, pitching on zero days’ rest, came in and shut down the Blue Jays over the final 2.2 innings to clinch back-to-back championships for Los Angeles and secure his World Series MVP.
