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One closing thought on the 2025 #WorldSeries Champion Dodgers:
This team won a World Series a year ago, meaning they had a shorter break than all but one other team leading into the year.
They opened the season in Japan March 18th while all but one other team started a week later.
They played 4 postseason series, the most of any team in baseball team this year.
The #Dodgers are the definition of being physically, mentally, and emotionally tough. Even when their backs were against the wall, they never stopped fighting. They taxed their bodies and it did not matter. Yamamoto nearly pitched 4 times in the World Series alone.
What a year for a team that had very little rest and a lot of pressure on them throughout the entire year.
Gibson and Freeman’s homers are more iconic but there’s a real argument this is the most significant home run in Dodgers history considering the circumstances.
Gibson and Freeman’s homers are more iconic but there’s a real argument this is the most significant home run in Dodgers history considering the circumstances.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto with the gutsiest pitching performance ever.
World Series G2: 9 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 8 K, W
World Series G6: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 6 K, W
World Series G7: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 K, W
He is the undisputed World Series MVP. He is the best pitcher on the planet.
Alex Wood took a no-hitter into the 6th inning of 2017 World Series Game 4 by constantly changing his signs.
It was the only game the Astros lost at Minute Maid Park that entire postseason (8-1 home record). Bang bang.
Alex Wood in Game 4 of the 2017 World Series on the road against the cheating Astros
5.2 IP, 1 ER, 1 H, 3 K
via The Athletic: “We were constantly changing pitches. We probably didn’t go more than 8 or 10 pitches that whole time without changing.”
2020 CHAMPION 🏆🫡