The final game of the World Series was played at the Rogers Center in Toronto (Credit: Ken Lund/ CC-BY-SA-2.0/ Wikimedia Commons)

The Los Angeles Dodgers made baseball history on November 1, 2025, by winning their second straight World Series title. They defeated the Toronto Blue Jays in a thrilling seven-game series.

The series had been a back-and-forth battle from the start. The Blue Jays took an early two-games-to-one lead, but the Dodgers responded with a dominant Game 4 victory to even things up. The Blue Jays won Game 5. However, the Dodgers bounced back in Game 6 with a 3 – 1 win.

That meant everything came down to Game 7, played at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada. The Blue Jays seized control early, building a 4 – 3 lead. But the Dodgers were not done. In the ninth inning, Miguel Rojas hit a home run to tie the game at 4–4, sending the game into extra innings. Will Smith then topped it off with a solo home run in the 11th to give Los Angeles a 5 – 4 lead. But Yoshinobu Yamamoto was the hero of the game. His pitching brilliance kept the Blue Jays from scoring, ultimately securing the title for the Dodgers.

Yamamoto began his professional baseball career with the Orix Buffaloes (Credit: Orixbaseballclub,/CC-BY-SA-4.0/ Wikimedia Commons)

Yamamoto’s journey to that moment had been years in the making. He began his professional career with the Orix Buffaloes, one of Japan’s top baseball teams, where he won multiple awards and helped his team win a Japan Series title.

Recognizing his potential, the Dodgers signed him in December 2023 to a 12-year, $325 million contract. This is the largest ever paid for a pitcher. Yamamoto proved his worth in his MLB debut in 2024 by helping the Dodgers win that year’s championship. He followed it up in 2025 with a standout performance that earned him World Series MVP honors and established his status as a global superstar.

This is the Dodgers’ ninth championship and their first back-to-back titles in franchise history. They are also the first National League team to win consecutive World Series titles since the Cincinnati Reds in 1975‑76. This victory cemented their legacy as one of Major League Baseball’s most successful teams.

Resources: Mlb.com, Reuters.com, wikipedia.org, Guardian.com