Justin Dean #75 of the Los Angeles Dodgers fields a ground-rule double hit by Addison Barger #47 of the Toronto Blue Jays during the ninth inning in game six of the 2025 World Series at Rogers Center on October 31, 2025 in Toronto. Photo by Gregory Shamus/ / Getty Images

He closes his eyes, the same way he did when he was a kid growing up as just outside of Philadelphia.

He used to walk to the park near his house, see if he could hit the ball over the fence, see if he could win the World Series one more time in his mind. Always in Game 7. That dream never changes.

It’s the way kids play in the purest form of baseball or any other sport.

Nobody ever dreams of winning hits in Games 4 or 5 or 6. It is always Game 7. The game of pure jubilation and devastating heartbreak. The game that

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