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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 straight World Series from 1998 to 2000, to repeat as champions, while the Blue Jays last won in 1993.
The Blue Jays’ 1993 World Series title was the second of back-to-back championships.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays will meet in the 2025 World Series. (FOX)
The two teams’ paths to the World Series have been different. The Dodgers have been rolling while the Blue Jays fought tooth and nail to get to 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 swept the Philadelphia Phillies in four games, aided by Phillies’ reliever Orion Kerkering’s error, to advance to the NLCS.
The Dodgers then made quick work of the Milwaukee Brewers as they swept them. Shohei Ohtani had one of the most incredible postseason performances ever in Game 4 to close out the series.
The Dodgers’ pitching staff, especially their starting pitching, 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 SEND DODGERS BACK TO WORLD SERIES
Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Shohei Ohtani (17) hits a solo home run against the Milwaukee Brewers during 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 stormed back and they finished the season with the same record, but the Blue Jays held the head-to-head tiebreaker to win the American League East and avoid the best-of-three series.
The Blue Jays dispatched the Yankees in four games after an incredible offensive outburst in the ALDS, scoring 34 runs.
After beating their American League East rival, the Blue Jays took on 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 dramatic fashion behind third baseman Eugenio Suárez’s eighth-inning grand slam.
The Blue Jays won Game 6 to force a decisive Game 7, which they won 4-3 after George Springer’s epic three-run homer in the seventh inning.
GEORGE SPRINGER’S 3-RUN HOMER LIFTS BLUE JAYS OVER LAKES TO WIN A PENNANT, 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 in the seventh inning during game seven of the ALCS round of the 2025 MLB playoffs at Rogers Center on Oct. 20, 2025. (Dan Hamilton/Imagn Images)
Blue Jays star first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has been otherworldly this postseason, hitting .442 with six home runs and 12 RBI across 51 plate appearances in 11 games.
The Blue Jays may have reinforcements on the way, as star shortstop Bo Bichette said he will be ready to return from a left knee sprain that has sidelined him since early September, according to MLB.com.
Bichette had a .311 batting average and 18 home runs in 139 games this season prior to the injury. If he is added to the roster, it remains unclear how Toronto will deploy him.
The Dodgers-Blue Jays matchup marks the fifth World Series in history in which one team swept their opponent in the LCS round and the other won in a seven-game series.
The team that played the seven-game series in the LCS has won the World Series in all four previous instances.
Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith and Yoshinobu Yamamoto celebrate after Game 2 of baseball’s National League Championship Series against the Milwaukee Brewers. The game took place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 14, 2025. (Morry Gash/AP Photo)
All World Series games will be televised on FOX. Here are the times and dates for this year’s Fall Classic:
- Game 1, Friday, October 24, at 8 p.m. ET, in Toronto
- Match 2, Saturday 25 October, at 8 p.m. ET, in Toronto
- Match 3, Monday 27 October, at 8 p.m. ET, in Los Angeles
- Match 4, Tuesday 28 October, at 8 p.m. ET, in Los Angeles
- Match 5, Wednesday 29 October, at 8 p.m. ET, in Los Angeles*
- Game 6, Friday, October 31, at 20 ET, in Toronto*
- Game 7, Saturday 1 November, at 20 ET, in Toronto*
(*If necessary)
