3 h. ago World Series history made as Toronto Blue Jays down LA Dodgers in opener

Addison Barger became the first man to crush a pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history when he emerged from the bench in the sixth inning of game one

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8 h. ago The Blue Jays flipped the World Series script on baseball’s biggest spenders

Toronto’s nine-run eruption turned an alleged mismatch into a statement, showing the Dodgers’ empire of excess can be thwarted by patience, contact and beliefBefore the first pitch of the 2025 World Series on Friday night, it had been 32 years and one day since the greatest day in Toronto Blue Jays history and the last time that the franchise hosted a World Series game.On 23 October 1993, outfielder Joe Carter hit the second ever walk-off home run to clinch a World Series championship on a pitch that was being thrown to Philadelphia Phillies catcher Darren Daulton. On 24 October 2025, the first Blue Jays home run hit in a World Series game since Carter’s was by outfielder Daulton Varsho, whose father, Gary, named his son after his former Phillies teammate Darren Daulton. Two innings later, outfielder Addison Barger hit the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history, the keynote of a nine-run sixth inning, which was the highest-scoring World Series inning since 1968. Continue...

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13 h. ago Barger, Varsho, Kirk lead homer barrage as Blue Jays rout Dodgers 11

Addison Barger launched the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history, Alejandro Kirk added a two-run homer in a nine-run sixth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays overwhelmed the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 in Game 1

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17 h. ago World Series 2025 Game 1: Los Angeles Dodgers v Toronto Blue Jays – live updates

Fall Classic kicks off with Game 1 in TorontoExperts’ predictions: Dodgers or Blue Jays?US v Canada politics continues by other meansReach out to David on Bluesky or email him at our rolling coverage of Game 1 of the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays!On a plane? Camping in the mountains with no access to a radio? In the Gobi desert with no television? Good news, I’m going to personally guide you through this opening act to the Fall Classic.Dodgers 4-2 Blue Jays. This will be a closer series than people expect. Expect the Blue Jays to score at least one lopsided victory after knocking out one of the vaunted Dodgers starting pitchers early in the game. The problem for the Blue Jays will be an inconsistent bullpen, not their starting pitching, that will struggle against a patient group of veteran Dodgers hitters. GBDodgers 4-1 Blue Jays. It feels predestined that the Dodgers will win. If they have a weakness, it’s their bullpen (a shaky 4.27 ERA in ...

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24 h. ago Dodgers pitcher Alex Vesia left off World Series roster to deal with ‘deeply personal family matter’

The Los Angeles Dodgers will take on the Toronto Blue Jays in this year’s World Series

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25 h. ago Dodgers pitcher Alex Vesia steps away from team ahead of World Series for ‘family matter’

The Los Angeles Dodgers will take on the Toronto Blue Jays in this year’s World Series

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31 h. ago World Series 2025 predictions: will the Dodgers repeat or the Blue Jays strike a blow for Canada?

It’s the Toronto Blue Jays and the LA Dodgers in the 121st Fall Classic. Our writers assess how it will be decided, who will shine brightest and the eventual championHe is and it’s hard to imagine that another player will even approach his accomplishments in this lifetime. In Game 4 of this season’s NLCS, he struck out 10 hitters over six shutout innings and hit over a quarter-mile’s worth of home runs. Hall of Fame pitcher Greg Maddux may have summarized it best when said: “He kind of reminds you of Nolan Ryan, and then he reminds you of freaking Barry Bonds.” Gabriel Baumgaertner Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Politics continues by other means as Toronto Blue Jays face LA Dodgers

International sport has taken on new meaning in Canada after Trump’s threat to transform country into ‘51st state’War, argued the 19th-century Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz, is “the continuation of politics by other means”. And as Canada’s largest city braces for a pivotal baseball showdown against a powerful, superstar-laden and well-funded American counterpart, there is a growing sense across the country that the same can be said for sports.Over the last year, Canada has been locked in a diplomatic and economic standoff with its longtime ally, biggest trading partner and, increasingly, its largest foe. On Friday, the country’s lone major league baseball team, the Toronto Blue Jays, will face off against the Los Angeles Dodgers in a confrontation Canadians see as both an assertion of its growing dominance in baseball and a statement of national pride. Continue reading...

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