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The Toronto Blue Jays punched their ticket to the 2025 World Series with a 4-3 win over the Seattle Mariners in Game 7 of the ALCS at Rogers Centre on Monday night.
The Toronto Blue Jays won back-to-back World Series championships in 1992 and 1993. They defeated the Atlanta Braves in six games in 1992 for their first title and then beat the Philadelphia Phillies in six to repeat, clinching on Joe Carter's walk-off home run.
One League Championship Series went four games and was thoroughly dominated by pitching. The other went seven games and was a slugfest.
Jeff Hoffman extended his arms into the air and screamed in exhilaration to jump-start the celebration Monday night at Rogers Centre in Toronto. Just seconds earlier, the Shaker High School graduate and former Section 2 star had delivered the pitch that sealed the Toronto Blue Jays' first trip to the World Series since 1993,
Now back at home in T-Mobile Park, the Seattle Mariners can push the Toronto Blue Jays to the brink of elimination in their best-of-seven showdown
The Blue Jays designated hitter sent a 1-0 pitch from Mariners pitcher Eduard Bazardo into the centerfield stands for a three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh to erase a two-run deficit in what would end up being the game-winning hit in a 4-3 victory for Toronto in ALCS Game 7 at Rogers Centre on Monday night.
It's hard, you know -- repeating as the champions of a sport. This is the case for any athletic pursuit, and it's probably fair to say it's especially difficult in baseball, which has so much structural randomness and a related knack for defying expectations.
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Dodgers will play Blue Jays in the 2025 World Series
The 2025 World Series matchup is set, and it’s one we’ve never seen before in the Fall Classic. The Los Angeles Dodgers will play the Toronto Blue Jays, beginning on Friday, October 24 at Rogers Centre in Toronto.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his sixth home run of the postseason, rookie Trey Yesavage struck out seven in 5 2/3 innings and the Toronto Blue Jays forced a Game 7 in the American League Championship Series by beating the Seattle Mariners 6-2 on Sunday night.
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