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The Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays begin a star-studded World Series on Friday.
The Dodgers are looking to become the first team since the New York Yankees, who won three consecutive World Series from 1998 to 2000, to repeat as champions, while the Blue Jays last won in 1993.
The Blue Jays’ World Series title in 1993 was the second in a string of consecutive championships.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays will face off in the 2025 World Series. (FOX)
The two teams’ paths to the World Series were different. The Dodgers rolled, while the Blue Jays fought tooth and nail to qualify for the Fall Classic.
The Dodgers had to play in the Wild Card Series, as they dismantled the Cincinnati Reds in two games to advance to the NLDS.
In the NLDS, the Dodgers defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in four games, aided by Phillies reliever Orion Kerkering’s backbreaking error, to advance to the NLCS.
The Dodgers then made quick work of the Milwaukee Brewers, sweeping them. Shohei Ohtani delivered one of the most incredible playoff performances of all time in Game 4 to close out the series.
The Dodgers pitching staff, especially their starting pitchers, has been sensational, allowing just 28 runs in 10 postseason games. The team’s elite rotation of Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow and Ohtani has carried the load thus far.
SHOHEI OHTANI MAKES MLB HISTORY TO RETURN DODGERS TO WORLD SERIES
Los Angeles Dodgers two-way infielder Shohei Ohtani (17) hits a solo home run against the Milwaukee Brewers in the fourth inning of Game 4 of the NLCS for the 2025 MLB playoffs at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California on October 17, 2025. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Imagn Images)
The Blue Jays narrowly avoided the Wild Card round. The Yankees fought back and finished the season with the same record, but the Blue Jays held off the head-to-head tiebreaker to win the American League East and avoided the best-of-three series.
The Blue Jays eliminated the Yankees in four games behind an incredible offensive surge in the ALDS, scoring 34 runs.
After beating their American League East rival, the Blue Jays faced the Seattle Mariners in the ALCS and won in seven thrilling games.
The Mariners won the first two games of the ALCS in Toronto and the Blue Jays responded by winning Games 3 and 4 in Seattle. The Mariners won Game 5 in spectacular fashion behind third baseman Eugenio Suárez’s grand slam in the eighth inning.
The Blue Jays won Game 6 to force a deciding Game 7, which they won 4-3 after George Springer’s epic three-run homer in the seventh inning.
GEORGE SPRINGER’S 3-POINT HOMER LIFT THE BLUE JAYS ABOVE THE MARINERS TO WIN AL PENNANT AND REACH THE WORLD SERIES
Toronto Blue Jays right fielder George Springer (4) celebrates as he runs the bases after hitting a three-run home run against the Seattle Mariners during the seventh inning of game seven of the ALCS round for the 2025 MLB playoffs at Rogers Center on October 20, 2025. (Dan Hamilton/Imagn Images)
Blue Jays star first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has been supernatural this postseason, hitting .442 with six home runs and 12 RBIs in 51 plate appearances in 11 games.
The Blue Jays may have some reinforcements on the way, as star shortstop Bo Bichette said he will be ready to return from a sprained left knee that has kept him sidelined since early September, according to MLB.com.
Bichette had a .311 batting average and 18 home runs in 139 games this season before the injury. If he is added to the roster, it is still unclear how Toronto will deploy him.
The Dodgers-Blue Jays game marks the fifth World Series in history where one team swept its opponent in the LCS round and the other won in a seven-game series.
The team that played the seven-game LCS series has won the World Series in the previous four instances.
Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith and Yoshinobu Yamamoto celebrate after Game 2 of the National Baseball League Championship Series against the Milwaukee Brewers. The match took place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 14, 2025. (Morry Gash/AP Photo)
All World Series games will be broadcast on FOX. Here are the times and dates for this year’s Fall Classic:
- Game 1, Friday, October 24, 8 p.m. ET, in Toronto
- Game 2, Saturday, October 25, 8 p.m. ET, in Toronto
- Game 3, Monday, October 27, 8 p.m. ET, in Los Angeles
- Game 4, Tuesday, October 28, 8 p.m. ET, in Los Angeles
- Game 5, Wednesday, October 29, 8 p.m. ET, in Los Angeles*
- Game 6, Friday, October 31, 8 p.m. ET, in Toronto*
- Game 7, Saturday, November 1, 8 p.m. ET, in Toronto*
(*If necessary)
