The Los Angeles Dodgers earned another chance to strengthen their recent baseball legacy against the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2025 World Series.
Los Angeles chases a repeat and a third championship since 2020 while Toronto arrives to the Fall Classic for the first time in 32 years. There's plenty of headlines swirling before Game 1 begins Friday at Rogers Centre. Here's what you should know hours before the start of 121st World Series.
Star Power Secured
This won't be quite to the level of last year's matchup when Aaron Judge (and now New York Mets slugger Juan Soto) led the New York Yankees up against Shohei Ohtani in a battle of the sport's top two players. To be fair, that matchup turned out to be a dud when Ohtani and Judge combined to go just 6-for-37 with 12 strikeouts.
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