Overview
- Los Angeles beat Toronto 5-4 in 11 innings in Game 7 to secure the first back-to-back MLB title in 25 years after late homers by Miguel Rojas and Will Smith.
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto earned World Series MVP with a short-rest relief outing one day after a 96-pitch start, while Shohei Ohtani’s two-way postseason and Roki Sasaki’s saves fueled global attention.
- Celebrations in Los Angeles and across Japan followed the win, with police reporting seven arrests in L.A. for alleged vandalism and Japanese broadcasts drawing 10.7 million viewers for Games 1–2 with Game 7 expected to top that.
- A champions parade is set to conclude at Dodger Stadium, where Clayton Kershaw plans a formal farewell to fans after an 18-year career.
- The Dodgers’ spending — about $509.5 million in payroll and taxes this season and at least $890 million across the two title teams — sharpened focus on widening salary gaps as MLB prepares for collective bargaining, while the league will install an Automated Ball-Strike System next season with two challenges per team and an extra challenge in each extra inning.