PRIYA COOPER / SPORTS EDITOR

The World Series concluded this past weekend with the Los Angeles Dodgers securing the title of 2025 World Champions. The final game of the series ended with a score of 5-4, giving the Dodgers a 4-3 victory in the series  of games. The Dodgers are also the first repeat champions since the Yankees went on a winning streak and took the World  Series from 1998 to 2000. 

The Dodgers celebrated their win post-game. Photo courtesy of @dodgers/Instagram

  This end to the MLB season marks  the  Dodgers  ninth overall World  Series victory as they  are now tied with the Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics for nine wins total. The Yankees still dominate the MLB with the most championship wins, having twenty-seven in total. 

 The seventh game in the series was nothing short of dramatic and took place in Canada, on the Blue Jays home turf. The final game itself was watched by about 26 million people and has been  ranked  at one of the highest watched fall games since 2017.  

  The  Blue  Jays  had  numerous opportunities to pull ahead but were shut down by the Dodgers — evening Saturday’s game with a solo homerun from Miguel Rojas, then pulling ahead in the 11th inning when catcher Will Smith sent a ball over the left-field wall. Smith hit the first extra-inning home run in a winner-take-all World Series game in MLB history. The other player who sealed the deal after Smith’s hit was rookie Yoshinobu Yamamoto. 

  Yamamoto pitched the last few innings of game seven and forced a ground ball in the 11th inning,  resulting in a game-ending double play against the Toronto Blue Jays. With one out and runners on base, Yamamoto’s pitch to Alejandro Kirk resulted in a grounder to shortstop Mookie Betts, who completed  the double play to seal the championship for the Los  Angeles Dodgers. Yamamoto ended up receiving the MVP title for the game-winning play, even though he debuted  his  MLB  season in 2024 and is still considered a rookie. 

  The series was action packed throughout all seven games and  for  more than just the final. Game three of the series went  on  for 18 innings  and ended with a grand slam — a home run hit when each of the three bases is occupied by a runner, thus scoring four runs from Freddie Freeman and bringing the final score to 6-5. This put the  Dodgers  in the lead for the series, leading 2-1. This is the second time Freeman had a World   Series   walk   off. The other time occurring when he was playing for the Dodgers in game one of the 2024 World Series.

  Many records were shattered with the Dodgers triumph over the Blue Jays and the team is considered  to  be one of the best in a long time — even according to hall of farmers like Derek Jeter. 

 The Los Angeles Dodgers had their victory parade Monday Nov. 3rd through LA where an estimated 250,000 fans lined the streets and another 42,000 fans attended the rally at Dodger Stadium.

The Dodgers won game seven at the Rogers Centre. Photo courtesy of @dodgers/Instagram