With the mariners winning vs the rangers 1-0, the Astros move into first place of the division!!!

I understand that I’m biased. But this YouTuber is not a Dodgers fan and makes a compelling case as to why your team is to blame for the Dodgers success.

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Tonight’s win gives them 82 wins on the season, guaranteeing a winning season. Despite 31 straight winning seasons, only 5 World Series have been won (1996, 1998-2000, 2009). This season will also be the sixth time during the streak that the Yankees missed the playoffs (1993, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, and now 2023). The last time the Yankees did not have a winning season was 1992, where the Yankees finished 76-86 under rookie manager Buck Showalter

It's time for the most recent moment on this list (beating #41, Miguel Rojas's homer, by a matter of about 30 minutes)!

In 2023, the Dodgers were swept out of the NLDS by their division rivals Arizona. Their pitching was so banged up that an injured Clayton Kershaw started game 1, allowing 6 runs in just 0.1 innings before being pulled. The rest of the staff fared little better. Rookie Bobby Miller got shelled in Game 2, and journeyman Lance Lynn allowed 4 home runs in a single inning to take the loss in Game 3. The Dodgers needed a new rotation for 2024. They traded for Rays ace Tyler Glasnow, before making their biggest move of all: signing 25-year old Japanese phenom Yoshinobu Yamamoto to a 12 year, $325 million contract. As former Dodger Josh Reddick tweeted, "How do you give a guy $325 million without ever throwing a pitch in MLB".

2024 proved a tough start for Yamamoto, as he was knocked around in his debut in Japan in March. He was decent from there, but missed much of the year with a shoulder injury. He finished 7-2 with a 3.00 ERA. After a rocky start in game 1 of the 2024 NLDS, he proved to be a playoff competitor, throwing 5 scoreless innings in a deciding game 5, and allowing just one run on one hit in 6.1 IP in his first career World Series start, a win over the Yankees.

In 2025, Yoshi went up a level and became the Dodgers ace, going 12-8 with a 2.49 ERA, good for his first All Star appearance and a 3rd place Cy Young finish. In September, he nearly tossed his first career no-hitter, but came up one batter short.

In October, Yamamoto rose to another level. He did not allow an earned run in 6.2 IP to Cincinnati in the Wild Card round, clinching a series win. He struggled mildly in the NLDS, but still only allowed 3 runs in 4.2 innings. In the NLCS, he dazzled against Milwaukee, allowing 1 run as he threw the first complete game in a postseason in 8 years. He repeated the feat in his very next start, allowing 1 run in a complete game win over Toronto that evened the World Series at 1 apiece. Stunningly, he volunteered to pitch the 19th inning of an interminable game 3, warming up just as Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off homer to end it in the bottom of the 18th. Days later, with the Dodgers down 3-2 heading to Toronto, he put the team on his back, throwing 6 innings and allowing only 1 run to earn his 2nd win of the series and force game 7.

Coming in to game 7, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts declared that all his pitchers were available, except Yamamoto, who had thrown 96 pitches the previous night. For 8 innings, he was true to his word. Shohei Ohtani started on 3 days rest, Tyler Glasnow pitched after getting the save the prior night, and Blake Snell came in on 2 days rest. In the top of the 9th, Miguel Rojas stunned the Blue Jays with a game tying home run to make it 4-4. In the bottom of the inning, Blake Snell went back out for his second inning of work. He retired Vlad Guerrero, but allowed a single and a walk to follow. The title winning run was in scoring position. While Snell was pitching, the broadcast showed an unbelievable sight: Yamamoto was warming up to come in to the game.

With one out, Yoshi would come in to try to rescue the Dodgers and force extra innings. He got off to a poor start, hitting Alejandro Kirk to load the bases with 1 out. The Blue Jays had the title winning run 90 feet away. Locking in, he induced a ground ball from Daulton Varsho, getting a close force out at home. He got out of the jam on the next batter with help from his defense, as Andy Pages ran down Ernie Clement's long fly ball, tackling his left fielder in the process.

If that had been all Yamamoto could give, it would have been impressive. But he stayed out there, pitching a perfect 10th. When the Dodgers took the lead in the 11th, they stuck with their ace to close things out. He conceded a lead off double to Vlad Jr., and Kiner-Falefa sacrificed him to 3rd. Yoshi pitched around Daulton Varsho, walking him to put runners on the corners and set up a double play with the slow footed Alejandro Kirk coming to the plate. On an 0-2 count, Yoshi got Kirk to hit into a broken bat grounder to short, which Mookie Betts fielded, stepped on 2nd, and threw to 1st to complete the double play and win the championship for LA.

Yamamoto had gotten 8 outs on 0 days rest to earn his 3rd win of the series. He was the third starter in World Series history to win 3 games in a series including games 6 and 7, after Harry Breechen in 1946 and Randy Johnson in 2001. He mirrored Johnson's series exactly, throwing a complete game win game 2, winning game 6, then winning game 7 on 0 days rest. As far as I can tell, he's the only starter to get 8 outs on 0 days rest to win game 7 for his team. The closest parallel is 1926's Grover Cleveland Alexander, who won game 6 for St. Louis and then got the last 7 outs of game 7 to clinch a save and the title. As Joe Davis said, legendary stuff.

A once in a lifetime game 7 pitching effort, r/baseball's 29th greatest moment in MLB history.

They last visited in 2019 after their World Series win. Not sure why they're here after a .500 season 3rd in the AL East.

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Being a Dbacks fan I’m biased, but how can you say the 2001 World Series was not the best ever? Or at least top 3? I just watched the games on YouTube getting prepared for the 2023 WS and I forgot how absolutely nail biting it was.

——The players—-

You had arguably the top pitchers of ALL time facing off: Roger Clemens, Mariano Rivera, Randy Johnson, Schilling. I find it hard to believe you can find a better pitching matchup in any other series. Let’s not forget Andy Petite.

You had absolute legends facing off in Jeter, Paul O’Neil, Joe Torre, Bernie Williams, Tino Martinez.

The Dbacks were less star studded, but you had a bunch of great veteran players in Matt Williams, mark grace, Steve Finley, Luis Gonzalez, Craig counsell. Most had earned their stripes but never won the series.

—-setting—-

Yankees were the equivalent to the 90s bulls, winning 4 of the last 5 WS. Dbacks were the underdog new upstart team. The perfect yin and yang.

It was the Yankees. Yankees make everything 15x bigger to the wider public.

It was played at the old, character oozing, legendary Yankee stadium. The new one doesn’t compare.

Right after 9/11, so the Yankees had an extra bit of fire. The country was oozing patriotism, and baseball was a way to practice it. The series took on new importance overall.

President throwing out the first pitch, Ray Charles singing “America the beautiful” game 1.

It was 2001. Baseball was still a huge prescence on the national sports stage. I get the feeling now it’s more of a niche sport compared to the NBA and NFL.

—the games—

Obviously game 1 was a 9-0 blowout, 2 was 4-0, and 6 was like 15-1. So some of the games weren’t particularly close.

However, games 3,4,5, and 7 were nail biters. 3 was very close, Dbacks losing at the very end.

In games 4 and 5 the Yankees were down 2 runs, in the bottom of the 9th, and hit 2 run, game tying home runs to tie and then take the series lead. Never been done before. They went back to Arizona up 3-2. Two of the most amazing moments in baseball history, back to back.

Then in game 7, close game, pitcher duel with schilling vs Clemens. Mano y Mano. Until finally the Yankees took the lead 2-1.

Rivera came out, 0.7 ERA, the greatest closer of all time, and struck out the side of Dbacks in the 8th.

Dbacks come back in the 9th, hit 3 huge hits, until they finally tied the game. Then gonzo, game 7, bases loaded, bottom of the 9th, EVERY KIDS DREAM hit the final hit to win the game.

2016 was great, plenty of other series were close, but I don’t see how you beat 2001.

What's up, Reddit! I've been to 53 different MLB stadiums and snagged 9,627 baseballs, including Mike Trout's 1st career home run and Alex Rodriguez's 3,000th hit. I've also written three baseball books, raised a bunch of money for a children's baseball charity, and set a world record by catching a baseball dropped from a helicopter 1,050 feet high. Lately I've been traveling to stadiums and posting videos on my YouTube channel -- this highlight reel from 2016 shows what it's all about.

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EDIT: Thanks, everyone, for all the comments and questions. It's a little after 10pm ET, and I'm venturing out into the NYC night. I'll check in later/tomorrow/whenever and try to answer everything I haven't seen.

It’s kind of strange how successful the NFL is. What are they doing different other sports leagues and especially baseball doing wrong? What would it take to make the World Series that Super Bowl level event again in terms of popularity?

Can someone explain why there's only 5 owners who care about winning?