Overview
- Dodgers are confirmed as back-to-back World Series champions following the season’s conclusion in early November.
- Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow honored a wager by posting a Facebook photo in a Dodgers uniform after the Blue Jays lost the Fall Classic.
- MLB announced its Silver Slugger winners, with Shohei Ohtani named the National League’s designated hitter honoree for a record fourth time for a Japanese player.
- The qualifying-offer deadline passed on Nov. 6, free-agent negotiations opened, and the Cubs extended a one-year QO to pitcher Shota Imanaga.
- In Europe and beyond, Mainz beat Fiorentina 2–1 for a third straight Conference League win as Kai Sano logged an assist, Japan named SH Saito to start with Michael Leitch on the bench for Ireland on Nov. 8, and Hikaru Mori placed fourth in trampoline qualifying with 57.420 points.