Overview
- On the New Heights podcast, Philadelphia native Jason Kelce called baseball “predictable,” saying “baseball sucks” and “you just buy World Series championships” after the Phillies were ousted by Los Angeles in the NLDS.
- The show posted the exchange on its official X account, and the clip quickly drew a wave of reaction from fans and commentators.
- Los Angeles beat Toronto in Game 7 to secure a second straight title, marking MLB’s first back-to-back champion in 25 years.
- The Dodgers entered October with MLB’s highest payroll, reported above $310 million, headlined by stars including Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tyler Glasnow.
- Opinion pieces pushed back on Kelce’s claim, citing recent big-spender failures and lower-spend successes, and some compared MLB’s competitive balance to patterns of NFL dominance as CBA questions resurface.