2025 MLB Champions Los Angeles Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers are the 2025 World Series Champions.  The Dodgers had to keep coming back in the series and in games, but they did it.  I'm sure Toronto fans are beside themselves.  It felt like many games were theirs to win.  But the Dodgers despite not hitting well (.203) and having a staff ERA lower than Toronto, (3.95), they did it.  And the story was pitching.  And I love that we are talking about pitching.  Yoshinobu Yamamoto was dominant in three appearances totaling 17 innings including 2 innings in game 7 after starting the previous game.  The Dodgers just came up with big pitches, big hits and big defensive plays when they counted most.  Congrats to LA and I'm happy for Freddie, Mookie, Shohei and Kershaw.  And there was a shirtless Clayton Kershaw appearance after game 7 that we didn't know we needed.

2024 World Series: New York Yankees at Los Angeles Dodgers

The World Series kicks off tonight and I'm sure the Fox network is thrilled.  I say that tongue in cheek.  The Dodgers and Yankees are the best teams in the league, and this is what we should all be wanting.  No way I can root for the Yanks though, so I'll be pulling for LA.  I get they are both evil empires spending money like they print it in a back room but I have to root for someone and Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, and Shohei Ohtani make the Dodgers much easier to root for.  Honestly, I don't see any huge advantage by either team.  Dodgers overall lineup and relivers versus the strengths of the Yanks with the top of their lineup and starters.  If I had to put money on this one, I'd be hurting.  Hopefully that means it's a good series.  We do get the two best power hitters facing off in Judge and Ohtani.  A rekindling of the fun these teams gave us in three World Series from 1977 to 1981.  The Yankees won two out of the three.  Rooting for some fun, some iconic moments and drama in whatever form that might take.

Friday, Oct. 25
Game 1: NYY @ LAD, 8:08 p.m. (FOX)

Saturday, Oct. 26
Game 2: NYY @ LAD, 8:08 p.m. (FOX)

Monday, Oct. 28
Game 3: LAD @ NYY, 8:08 p.m. (FOX)

Tuesday, Oct. 29
Game 4: LAD @ NYY, 8:08 p.m. (FOX)

Wednesday, Oct. 30
Game 5: LAD @ NYY, 8:08 p.m. (FOX)

Friday, Nov. 1
Game 6: NYY @ LAD, 8:08 p.m. (FOX)

Saturday, Nov. 2
Game 7: NYY @ LAD, 8:08 p.m. (FOX)

Atlanta Braves - WORLD CHAMPIONS!

 

"I can't believe what I just saw!"  I know the Atlanta Braves were good.  The best team the latter part of the season.  But I didn't know.  Or maybe I was too scared to think it.  Still hard to believe Atlanta is the World Champion but the Braves did it.  World Series Champions after beating the Houston Astros six game to two.  Wow this feels good. After watching them struggle much of the year how could you see this coming.  Good on Braves management for going for it at the trade deadline, after Acuna's season ending injury, when it would have been easy to say it isn't worth it.  I was always worried about the pitching even though it really put up good numbers all year.  Solid starting pitching and a really good bullpen that shutdown Houston in some critical games.  It really was a team effort.  I think the bullpen as a group could have been given the MVP.  Just saying.

As a Braves' fan this is special.  It's been so long.  The 1995 Championship was amazing.  That team had been built up for five years and kept falling short.  This team, while winning four straight division titles, it still wouldn't have surprised anyone if they had lost in the playoffs.  The team is full of great stories, fun players and great manager.  I'm really enjoying this and it will take some time to come down from the high.  Now I just need to pick me up some swag...you never know if this will happen again.  www.fanati...

And this guy.  Can't say enough about Freddie Freeman.  He's a special player and means so much to the Braves and to Atlanta.  A guy who suffered through some lean years but was the leader this team needed as it ascended to a perennial contender.  It is so nice to see him hoist the World Series trophy.  He deserves that opportunity.  That can be said about many players but Freddie Freeman truly deserves to be amongst them.  A good player, leader, beloved by Atlanta fans and by all accounts a good person.  Congratulations Freddie Freeman.

Boston Red Sox Win the World Series!

The Boston Red Sox won the 2018 World Series 4 games to 1 culminating a historic season in which they set a team record with 108 wins.  No matter how good they were BoSox fans, including myself, knew anything could happen in the playoffs and going through two 100 win teams and an excellent Los Angeles Dodgers team gave us plenty to worry about.  Still they only lost three games en route to the championship.  That really spoke to the talent they put on the field and to first year manager Alex Cora.  Mookie Betts, J.D. Martinez, Chris Sale, playoff heroes Jackie Bradley Jr., Stephen Pearce, Joe Kelly and David Price and the rest of the roster from top to bottom helped put up "W" after "W" .  This was a fun team to watch and deserves all the accolades coming their way.  I really enjoyed this season.  It was great to watch a team dominate like they did and be able to bring home the trophy.  

       I do want to give props to the Los Angeles Dodgers.  Considering how tough some of those games were to include the historic game three it is hard to believe Boston won 4-1.  That is a testament to how good the Dodgers are.  They just ran into a better team but good on them for making their second straight World Series appearance and how hard they played.

I know I'm late on this but travel for work threw me off the last two weeks and I actually thought I'd already posted something.  My bad.  Most will look upon the Red Sox and us Boston fans as having more than enough championships.  I really don't take them for granted.  The 2004 Championship ended years of frustration.  Growing up watching Yaz, Rice, Tiant, Clemons, and others never get there was so hard as a fan.  2004 was more than a championship - it was how it all went down.  That was a fun team who overcame the unbelievable to beat the Yankees and breeze through the World Series.  While the last three championships will never be that team they are just as special and as a fan I was very excited for this team's championship.  GO BOSOX!

Red Sox to the World Series Against the Dodgers

 The Boston Red Sox are back to the World Series.  While a favorite to make it after a 108 win regular season the post season offers no promises.  It wasn't easy even if they did only lose two games in their series with New York and Houston.  Now the Red Sox will play a Los Angeles Dodgers team with plenty of firepower on offense and pitching I think can match Boston's.  I think the Chris Sale - Clayton Kershaw matchup could be epic - or at least i hope it will be.  After that I'm comfortable with Nathan Evaldi but you have to wonder what David Price will give the Sox.  His last outing was excellent but before that he was receiving an ovation for not losing a game over four innings.  The Red Sox bullpen is good but I'm not quite sure it is stacked enough to win a bunch of bullpen games.  Bottom line is I'm excited the Sox are in the World Series and I think they have a great chance to take it all.  Even better this is set up to be a very good series.  Go Sox!