The repeat champions’ vast wealth means they can stockpile talent unimaginable to other teams. But it’s undeniable that the results are hugely entertaining
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unicorn led off the game with a single and then trotted out to the mound to pitch the bottom of the first. Another pitcher won Games 2, 6, and 7 of the World Series, throwing 17.2 innings along the way. A catcher set a record, squatting behind the plate for 74 Fall Classic frames and ultimately ended the series by hitting the final go-ahead home run.
Just as everyone feared or sneered, the Los Angeles Dodgers are champions. Again. In what some forecasted as a harbinger of doom, the sinister strategy of employing the best baseball player on the planet along with a generous number of his nearly equal peers proved effective. It’s not fair, some people will say in the coming months about the fact that the team broadly believed to be the best ultimately won it all.
But, for now, there is terrible news for the “Dodgers are bad for baseball” crowd: The 2025 World Series was fantastic. The 11-inning Game 7 instantly rocketed to the upper echelons of all-time sporting events. Alongside the 18-inning Game 3. And the Ohtani Game from the Championship Series. An epic October. This is why we watch baseball. This is why we love baseball. A decade from now, there will be diehard fans who will say they got hooked on the sport this autumn.
