LA Dodgers win their 9th World Series after a battle with Toronto in 11 innings

The Game of Inch­es: Dodgers Edge Blue Jays in an All-Time World Series Clas­sic

Base­ball fans wit­nessed some­thing tru­ly unfor­get­table — a series that will be talked about for years. The Toron­to Blue Jays came with­in inch­es of glo­ry, only to watch it slip away in heart­break­ing fash­ion as the Los Ange­les Dodgers clawed back with grit, pow­er, and just enough luck to seal one of the most dra­mat­ic Game 7 fin­ish­es in mod­ern mem­o­ry.

A Series for the Ages

From the first pitch to the final out, this World Series had it all: momen­tum swings, clutch pitch­ing, and moments that made fans ques­tion real­i­ty. Toron­to had chance after chance — bases loaded in the 9th, again in the 10th — but couldn’t bring a sin­gle run­ner home when it mat­tered most.

“Base­ball real­ly is the game of inch­es,” one fan wrote, and that couldn’t be truer. Will Smith’s cleat left home plate by a frac­tion of a sec­ond; Pages sprint­ed full-speed into the wall for a mirac­u­lous catch. Every frame, every step, every inch mat­tered.

Yamamoto’s Legendary Run

Dodgers ace Yoshi­nobu Yamamo­to etched his name into base­ball his­to­ry with a per­for­mance for the ages: pitch­ing three innings on zero days’ rest, after already throw­ing a com­plete game ear­li­er in the series. His con­trol, calm, and refusal to fold under pres­sure earned him the World Series MVP and com­par­isons to leg­ends like Randy John­son.

“Dude had a com­plete game in Game 2, start­ed Game 6 and fin­ished Game 7,” one fan mar­veled. “All-time leg­endary stuff.”

Will Smith’s Redemption

Behind the plate for all 74 innings — a new record — Will Smith did it all. He caught every pitch of Yamamoto’s mas­ter­class and deliv­ered the knock­out blow with a home run that will echo through Dodgers his­to­ry. The pri­or record for most innings caught in a World Series stood at 71; Smith shat­tered it and then some.

Toronto’s Heartbreak

For Blue Jays fans, this loss cuts deep. “Crush­ing. Just crush­ing,” one com­menter summed up. Four­teen run­ners left on base, a solo homer giv­en up to a slump­ing hit­ter, and a heart­break­ing tag at the plate that came down to inch­es. It’s the kind of loss that keeps you star­ing at the ceil­ing long after the lights in the sta­di­um go out.

A Toron­to fan com­pared it to “hav­ing your heart ripped out like in Indi­ana Jones and the Tem­ple of Doom,” and for the city, it felt exact­ly that way.

Baseball Transcends Time Zones

From 4 a.m. in Lon­don to 6 a.m. in War­saw, fans around the world stayed awake — jaws dropped — watch­ing his­to­ry unfold. Even those who hadn’t watched a base­ball game in years admit­ted they were glued to the screen. “I nev­er thought I’d call base­ball thrilling,” one view­er wrote, “but this was absolute­ly incred­i­ble.”

A Tale of Two Cities

The Dodgers walk away as cham­pi­ons, but both teams leave with respect. The Blue Jays’ resilience, the Dodgers’ relent­less fight, and Yamamoto’s his­toric dom­i­nance com­bined for a series that defines why we love sports — the ten­sion, the heart­break, the unpre­dictabil­i­ty.

“Base­ball is rough on the soul some­times,” a fan reflect­ed. But that’s exact­ly what makes it beau­ti­ful.