The 2025 World Series (October 24 – November 1) saw the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays in seven games to win their second consecutive title and ninth overall, becoming the first franchise since 2000 to go back-to-back. Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto earned MVP honors with three wins and a 1.02 ERA. The series was incredibly tight, featuring Toronto's 9-run sixth inning in Game 1, an 18-inning Game 3 with a Freddie Freeman walk-off, and a historic Game 7 that went to extra innings—where Miguel Rojas tied it and Will Smith hit the go-ahead homer before Yamamoto closed it out. The Fall Classic broke multiple records, including the most innings ever played in a best-of-seven (73.0) and Shohei Ohtani's 9 times reaching base in a game, while becoming the most-watched since 2017 (Game 7 drew over 51 million viewers). Ultimately, commentators celebrated it as one of the greatest World Series ever played, cementing the Dodgers' dynasty status.