The Dodgers Are a Dynasty Now and We Need to Accept It

The Dodgers just won their second straight championship. Photo: Unsplash

Man. I don’t even know where to start with this one because Game 7 of the 2025 World Series might be the greatest baseball game I’ve ever watched. The Dodgers were down to their last two outs. Toronto had them. The Blue Jays were about to end a 32-year championship drought. And then Miguel Rojas—MIGUEL ROJAS—hits a game-tying home run in the 9th. You cannot script this jawn.

According to MLB.com’s World Series coverage, Will Smith then hit a go-ahead home run in the 11th inning—the first extra-inning homer in a winner-take-all World Series game EVER. The Dodgers became the first repeat champions since the 2000 Yankees. Dave Roberts said it right: “Baseball is the greatest game ever invented.”

Let me give you the full picture of how insane this game was. Toronto took a 3-0 lead in the third. Bo Bichette—playing in his first game of the playoffs after a knee injury—hit a bomb off the opposite field. The Blue Jays held that lead until the 9th inning. They were two outs away. And then the Dodgers pulled off the first comeback from trailing in the 9th of a Game 7 on the road in World Series history.

Marcus’s Take:

Yoshinobu Yamamoto won World Series MVP and absolutely deserved it. Complete game in Game 2. Six innings in Game 6. Then he came in on ZERO days rest and threw 2⅔ scoreless innings to close out Game 7. According to ESPN’s dynasty piece, that kind of old-school ace performance is rare in modern baseball. Yamamoto was built different.

The most touching moment came when Clayton Kershaw watched from the bullpen as the final out was recorded. The 37-year-old future Hall of Famer announced his retirement late in the season. He got to go out as a three-time champion, having contributed a crucial scoreless appearance in Game 3’s 18-inning marathon. “I’m overflowing with gratitude,” he said in the clubhouse, soaked in champagne.

Here’s what’s crazy: the Dodgers batted .203 in the World Series. That’s the worst mark by a champion since 1966. They got outplayed statistically in almost every category. Vlad Guerrero Jr. was absolutely phenomenal—The Ringer notes his offensive output trailed only Carlos Beltran’s 2004 postseason on the all-time leaderboard. Toronto should have won. But baseball doesn’t work that way.

Real Talk:

Will Smith caught more innings in a single World Series than any catcher in history. That stat sounds minor until you realize how physically demanding catching is—especially in October, in high-leverage situations, calling games for pitchers throwing 100 mph. And then he hit the biggest home run of his life. The man was exhausted and still delivered.

At the championship parade in LA, Kiké Hernández grabbed the mic and yelled “We are a mother effing dynasty, baby.” He’s not wrong. Two straight. Three in six years. They’re already talking about a three-peat. Pat Riley apparently gave Dave Roberts permission to use his trademark phrase.

The Good News:

The Blue Jays will be back. Guerrero is only 25. Bichette proved he can perform on the biggest stage. But for now, Los Angeles is the champion. Back to back. First team since the turn of the millennium to repeat. And Kershaw gets to ride off into the sunset as a winner.

Baseball in 2025 ended perfectly. Now we wait until spring. Ard, I need to go watch those Game 7 highlights about twelve more times.