Perhaps we should have known that Game 3 of the World Series would take us into early Tuesday morning.

Yes, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays played a back-and-forth game from the start, but astute MLB fans could have had an inkling before a pitch was thrown.

When Brad Paisley sang the national anthem — the fourth time he has fulfilled the honor in a World Series game at Dodger Stadium — it served as an omen. As MLB pointed out via X, each of the three times before , the game has gone into extra innings. Monday was no different, as Freddie Freeman mercifully sent fans home after 18 innings with a walk-off home run to give the Dodgers a 2-1 series lead. Article Continues Below

The first example of this odd trend came in 2017 when the Houston Astros outlasted the Do

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