The Shohei Ohtani-powered Los Angeles Dodgers will attempt to become the first team in 25 years to win back-to-back World Series on Friday when they face a Toronto Blue Jays side determined to end a decades-long title drought.

Twelve months after outgunning the New York Yankees in a blockbuster Fall Classic, the Dodgers are on the cusp of a second straight Major League Baseball championship.

The Blue Jays head into Friday's game one at Toronto's Rogers Center with home advantage in the best-of-seven series due to their superior regular season record.

But the star-studded Dodgers lineup start as the clear favourites to win a ninth World Series crown, and their third in five years.

Japanese ace Ohtani is the center-piece of an expensively assembled team which critics have accused of "rui

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