World Series highlights: Blue Jays fall 6-5 to Dodgers in game that tied for most World Series innings in history

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10/28/25 02:55

Freeman’s solo homer wins it for Dodgers

– Jamie Ross

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Freddie Freeman did it. In the bottom of the 18th. A walk-off homerun and Dodgers win 6-5.

They lead the series 2-1. We all thought this game would never end. (Editor’s note: The game lasted six hours and 39 minutes.)

10/28/25 02:35

This. Game. Continues.

– Globe Staff

Incredibly, we are on to the 18th inning in L.A. The Jays survived an inning that saw Brendon Little check into the game and have to deal with Shohei Ohtani at the plate. That proved to be something of a false scare, though, as the deadly hitter was eventually walked, letting him get on base for the ninth time tonight, tying an MLB record.

10/28/25 01:13

Dodgers leave bases loaded to send game to 14th inning

– Jamie Ross

The Dodgers had their chance to end it in the bottom half of the 13th.

Tommy Edman, the LA second baseman who was 0-for-5 on the night, doubled to lead off the inning. Pinch hitter Miguel Rojas laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Edman to third. After Alex Call popped out, Shohei Ohtani was intentionally walked again, as was Mookie Betts.

That brought Freddie Freeman to the plate with the bases loaded. He flew out to centerfield to end the threat.

10/28/25 00:47

What is the record for most innings in a World Series game?

– Globe staff

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The Dodgers are no strangers to extra innings in a World Series game – they in fact hold the record from their 2018 Game 3 match against the Red Sox that lasted 18 innings.

According to MLB, the teams used a combined 18 pitchers and 46 players over the course of the seven-hour, twenty-minute game, which the Dodgers eventually won 3-2.

Tonight’s game, currently in its 15th inning, is the second-longest World Series game ever.

The Blue Jays have had a few memorable long-lasting games themselves, including a marathon 19-inning Canada Day game against Cleveland in 2016.

10/28/25 00:47

Jays leave bases loaded; Game 3 still tied mid-way through 12th

– Jamie Ross

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The Blue Jays threatened with the bases loaded in the top of the 12th.

The Dodgers brought in legendary left-handed pitcher Clayton Kershaw, who is due to retire after the World Series. With two out, Kershaw faced Nathan Lukes, who grounded out to second, taking them out of the inning.

10/28/25 00:06

Schneider tagged out at home as Jays come up short in top of 10th

– Jamie Ross

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The Blue Jays pressed for the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning, but came up just shy on a dramatic play at the plate. With Davis Schneider in the game as a pinch runner, Nathan Lukes smacked a double to right field. Schneider tried to score from first but was thrown out at home as he dove in headfirst.

10/27/25 23:50

Kiner-Falefa catches Ohtani stealing second

– Jamie Ross

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The Blue Jays finally walked Ohtani in the bottom of the ninth. After shredding Toronto pitching, going 4-for-4 with two homers, closer Jeff Hoffman intentionally walked him, even though that meant putting the winning run on base.

The threat did not last long. Ohtani was promptly thrown out attempting to steal second base.

10/27/25 23:01

Ohtani hits second solo home run to even score

– Paul Attfield

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Shohei Ohtani continued to mash in the seventh inning of Game 3 of the World Series, tying the game with a solo shot – his second of the game – over the left-centre-field wall.

The homer, Ohtani’s eighth of the postseason, came off reliever Seranthony Dominguez, and was just the latest act of wizardry for the Japanese superstar on Monday, running his tally for the day to two home runs and two doubles.

10/27/25 22:56

Game 3 shaping up to be pivotal point in World Series

– Paul Attfield

As might be expected, Game 3 of the World Series has proved extremely pivotal over the years. Of the 63 previous Fall Classics to be tied at 1-1 going into the third contest, the team that has won Game 3 has gone on to win the World Series 42 times (66.7 per cent).

And while the Dodgers are 30-29 all-time in the third game of a postseason series, the Jays are 8-5, and have won both their previous Game 3s in the World Series, back in 1992 and 1993.

10/27/25 22:54

Bichette hits and Guerrero Jr. scores go-ahead run for Jays

– Paul Attfield

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Bo Bichette comes up with the big hit in the seventh inning. The Blue Jays second baseman fired the ball down the right-field line, allowing Vladimir Guerrero to cross home plate just ahead of the tag to put the Blue Jays back in front, 5-4.

Bichette was then immediately replaced by Isiah Kiner-Falefa as a pinch runner.

10/27/25 22:37

Springer removed at bat after apparent injury

– Jamie Ross

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Dodger fan-favourite George Springer was removed from the game in the top of the seventh after he appeared to injure his back as he followed through on a swing. Dodgers fans booed Springer every time he took to the plate. Springer was replaced by Ty France, who struck out.

10/27/25 22:29

Dodgers Stadium capacity vs. Rogers Centre capacity

- Globe staff

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Toronto’s Rogers Centre holds over 39,150 fans, while Los Angeles’ Dodgers Stadium can hold close to 56,000 – only fitting for a city with approximately one million more residents.

When the SkyDome was first built in 1989, the Jays’ stadium could hold more than 50,000 people, but renovations over the years that have included the addition of luxury suites have reduced that capacity.

This year, the Dodgers drew in four million fans for the first time in franchise history, and were the first MLB team to do so since 2008. The Blue Jays were the first MLB team to ever set that record, back in 1993.

10/27/25 22:20

The Bieber love is real at Dodgers Stadium

- Paul Attfield, Globe staff

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Among the celebrities in the crowd in Los Angeles were Justin Bieber and his wife Hailey.

Shown wearing a Shane Bieber #57 jersey as he walked into the stadium – apparently the two are not related – Justin seemed to be there to cheer on his hometown team.

But it’s not the first time the pair have been tied together. As a bit of fun when Shane Bieber was traded to the Jays from Cleveland in July, the team posted a picture of the singer in a Jays jersey.

The two Biebers have also connected over social media before when Topps accidentally called Shane Bieber “Justin” on his baseball card produced by the company, prompting Justin to respond: “I feel like we have a special connection.”

That online exchange then led to the pair wearing personalized jerseys along the same lines, with Shane donning a jersey that simply said “Not Justin” for a special-event game, while Justin Bieber later wore a jersey around Beverly Hills that read “Not Shane Bieber.”

Shane Bieber is slated to start Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday. Of course, Justin Bieber is more commonly found at Scotiabank Arena supporting his beloved Toronto Maple Leafs, but he’s more than happy to cheer on the Blue Jays when they play in his home away from home.

10/27/25 22:09

Jays’ bullpen switch backfires as Dodgers even score in fifth

– Jamie Ross

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John Schneider elected to remove Max Scherzer instead of letting him face Ohtani, who already homered and doubled, a third time. He went with a lefty vs. lefty matchup and brought in Mason Fluharty. It backfired, but sometimes there is no solving Ohtani. He doubled to left field and scored Enrique Hernández, bringing the Dodgers within one. Then Freddie Freeman cashed in Ohtani with a two-out single. Tie game.

10/27/25 21:52

Dodgers retire Glasnow, send Banda to the mound

– Jamie Ross

The Dodgers have gone to the bullpen. They’ve lifted starter Tyler Glasnow in favour of left-hander Anthony Banda. Glasnow left the game after allowing a pair of home runs on five Blue Jays hits in the fourth inning.

10/27/25 21:43

Watch: Anne Murray cheering on the Jays from home (despite the late hours)

-The Canadian Press

Anne Murray is keeping her expectations in check, but says she desperately wants the Toronto Blue Jays to win the World Series title.

“It makes me nervous,” she confessed backstage before a tribute concert in Nashville. “I want them to win so badly.”

She has long held a connection to the Jays. She sang O Canada at their very first home game in 1977 and again when the SkyDome (now Rogers Centre) opened in 1989. She also performed the anthem at Game 3 of the 1992 World Series, which the Jays won against the Atlanta Braves.

“I love this particular team. I love the camaraderie ... it’s great to watch,” she said.

“The problem is, you see, I’m in Nova Scotia, so the games don’t start till nine. And, I am not as young as I used to be. I can’t stay up too late. So, sometimes I miss the full game, but I get it the next morning.”

10/27/25 21:39

Electric fourth inning ignites Rogers Centre watch party

– Jacob Dubé

This is Jacob Dubé from the Rogers Centre watch party. The game is happening in L.A., but the Rogers Centre sold $15 tickets to watch the three away games on the jumbotron in Toronto. The stadium is packed, but it was fairly quiet until that massive Kirk home run, and now it’s really feeling electric. If you didn’t look down, you wouldn’t know the ball game was happening on the other side of the continent.

10/27/25 21:31

Barger scores on Giménez sac fly to extend Jays’ lead

– Jamie Ross

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The Blue Jays extended their lead to two runs on an Andrés Giménez sac fly that scored Addison Barger. Score at the end of the fourth inning is 4-2 for the Jays.

10/27/25 21:24

Kirk three-run home run puts Blue Jays on the board

– Jamie Ross

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With one swing, the Blue Jays are on the board, and ahead. With two men on, Alejandro Kirk took the first pitch he saw from Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow and sent it just over the wall in left field, eliciting scattered outbursts from the Blue Jays around the stadium, while taking the wind right out of the Dodgers sails. 3-2 Blue Jays.

10/27/25 21:18

Ohtani’s solo home run far from his furthest

– Paul Attfield

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At 389 feet, the home run that Shohei Ohtani hit in the third inning was a decent effort, but it was well short of his best work this postseason.

Case in point, the grounds crew at Dodger Stadium unveiled a plaque earlier on Monday to commemorate the 469-foot homer that he hit out of the ballpark during the National League Championship Series. That was one of three he hit in the pennant-clinching Game 4 victory 10 days ago to go alongside his six shutout innings pitched in one of the greatest postseason performances in baseball history.

And even that is just the second-longest home run Ohtani has hit at Dodger Stadium, with the three-time MVP clubbing one 473 feet last year, although that one didn’t leave the stadium.

10/27/25 21:16

Rob Lowe, Jeff Goldblum among celebrities at Dodgers Stadium

– Paul Attfield

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From junior hockey to the World Series, via The West Wing, actor Rob Lowe was one of many celebrities present in Dodger Stadium for Game 3 of the Fall Classic.

Lowe, who took great pleasure in seeing Bo Bichette tagged out on the basepath in the second inning, is of course no stranger to Canada’s more traditional sporting prowess, having starred alongside Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves in Youngblood. Shot in Toronto in the mid-80s, Youngblood was a hockey movie about life in the sport’s junior ranks, one of many movies Lowe starred in on his way to being a TV regular in shows such as The West Wing and Parks and Recreation.

Another actor with links to Canadian sport was also present at Dodger Stadium, with Jeff Goldblum taking in the occasion. The popularity of his 1993 film, Jurassic Park, was of course instrumental in the naming of the Toronto Raptors when they came into being in the early 1990s. Goldblum is also married to a Canadian: his wife, Emilie Livingston, is a dancer and retired Olympic rhythmic gymnast.

10/27/25 21:06

Ohtani extends Dodgers’ lead to 2-0

– Paul Attfield

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If Dodger Stadium had a roof, the hometown fans would’ve blown it off after Shohei Ohtani’s solo home run in the bottom of the third. The Dodgers’ superstar smashed a fastball into the right field stands to give LA a 2-0 lead. They’ve recorded three hits so far. Two of them have been home runs.

10/27/25 20:49

Dodgers take early lead with Hernandez home run in second inning

– Jamie Ross

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Teoscar Hernandez puts the Dodgers on the board, taking a 2-2 slider that Scherzer hung over the middle of plate, hitting over the left field wall. 1-0 Dodgers.

10/27/25 20:40

An odd out for Bichette

– Paul Attfield

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Bo Bichette was as surprised as anyone else in Dodger Stadium when Daulton Varsho didn’t earn a walk in the second inning. The only problem was, the Blue Jays second baseman was also the only one on base at the time, so he was caught out when the umpire called a strike instead.

With Varsho on a 3-1 count, pitcher Tyler Glasnow appeared to locate his pitch above the strike zone, but with Varsho ripping off his protective gear, the home-plate umpire called a strike instead.

A quick-thinking Will Smith, the Dodgers catcher, directed Glasnow to throw to first and Freddie Freeman applied the tag on to Bichette for the first out of the second inning.

10/27/25 20:10

Blue Jays mania reaches Canada’s northernmost city

– The Canadian Press

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Baseball fever has reached the Arctic.

In Iqualuit, fans are packing The Storehouse Bar and Grill to cheer on the Toronto Blue Jays’ playoffs and World Series run.

Valerie Hill, the bar’s general store manager, said it’s been “standing room only” as fan turnout has been unlike anything she’s seen in her two years running the spot.

She said tourists have come by asking whether the bar has heard of the Blue Jays and if they can put the game on their TVs, as though being more than 2,000 kilometres away from Toronto means they wouldn’t know anything about the team.

To them, she says, “Look around! We love the Blue Jays,” she said with a laugh. The Storehouse has traded its usual cabin-like vibe for loads of blue and white balloons and Blue Jays posters.

When the Blue Jays clinched their spot in the World Series, Hill said the celebration in the bar was so lively it could have been mistaken for one in downtown Toronto.

“You would have thought we actually won the World Series,” Hill said. “Big guys, little guys, picking each other up, hugging. I think I saw tears. I personally shed a couple.”

10/27/25 20:00

No question which national anthem won

– Cathal Kelly

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Tonight’s national anthem score:

America: 1

Canada: 0

Fireworks, Brad Paisley and a fly-over. America shows us how it’s done.

10/27/25 19:52

Springer, Guerrero Jr. and Jays roster booed as they take the field in Dodger Stadium

– Jamie Ross

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Boos rained down on George Springer, the Blue Jays’ leadoff man, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. when they were introduced during the pre-game ceremony. Dodgers fans are not fond of Springer, who was part of the 2017 World Series-winning Houston Astros squad that was found to have cheated by employing an illicit sign-stealing scheme. The team they beat in the World Series that year? The Dodgers.

10/27/25 19:46

Fans bring energy and chaos to packed Dodgers Stadium

– Jamie Ross

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It is tight quarters navigating the concourse at Dodger Stadium. They’re squeezing 50,000-plus, lightly buzzed fans (for now) through corridors that weren’t built to accommodate that kind of traffic. Getting to the place is equally chaotic. Many people drive and park in the enormous lots for the low price of US$80 (It’s $150 for oversized vehicles). The club will surely take a big bite out of Shohei Ohtani’s salary at those rates. None of that, however, takes away from the fact that it’s a beautiful place to take in a baseball game.

10/27/25 19:36

Jays fans cheer from Toronto as World Series heads to Dodgers Stadium

– The Canadian Press

Crowds of Toronto Blue Jays fans will be cheering from afar as the team looks to take a World Series lead in Los Angeles tonight.

Watch parties will be held at the Rogers Centre and Nathan Phillips Square in downtown Toronto as the Jays take on the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3.

For the games played at Dodgers Stadium, Jays fans can purchase $15 tickets to watch the broadcast at Rogers Centre, with proceeds going to the Jays Care Foundation.

Meanwhile, the City of Toronto is hosting free public viewing parties at Nathan Phillips Square for all World Series games.

10/27/25 19:23

Dodgers legend Hideo Nomo to throw first pitch for Game 3

– Paul Attfield

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Not content with assembling one of the best starting rotations in baseball history – 10-2 with a 1.84 ERA this post-season – the Dodgers will be parading out some of their other pitching greats over the next couple of days to throw out the first pitch.

Tonight is the turn of Hideo Nomo, who twice threw no-hitters, and who became the first Japanese-born player to pitch in the major leagues in 30 years when he made his debut in 1995, a couple of months before Shohei Ohtani celebrated his first birthday.

Nomo, who became the first Japanese-born player to permanently relocate to the majors, went on to enjoy a 12-year career in MLB, earning National League rookie-of-the-year honours with the Dodgers in 1995, and going 123-109 in 318 starts.

Remarkably, he almost overlapped with Monday’s Blue Jays starter Max Scherzer, who threw his first pitch on April 29, 2008, 11 days after Nomo had thrown his last for the Kansas City Royals.

10/27/25 18:59

Ohtani loves Toronto’s ‘We don’t need you!’ chant – but doesn’t want to hear it at home

– The Associated Press

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Shohei Ohtani said there’s one place he doesn’t want to hear the “We don’t need you!” chant — at home with his family.

The two-way L.A. superstar smiled and laughed about the derisive chant directed at him late in Toronto’s opening win Friday. Blue Jays fans remain stung he signed with the Dodgers in December 2023 rather than their team.

“It was a really great chant, and my wife really appreciated it,” he said Sunday through a translator following the Dodgers’ workout.

Ohtani is hitting .224 in 12 postseason games with six homers, 11 RBIs and one stolen base and is 2 for 8 with a two-run homer and a single in the series. He is 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA in his pair of mound starts, striking out 19 and walking four in 12 innings.

10/27/25 18:45

How does Max Scherzer match up against the Dodgers?

– Jamie Ross

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No one in the Dodgers lineup has hit Scherzer particularly hard in the past. He has the most history with L.A. No. 3 hitter Freddie Freeman, who has 11 hits (three home runs) in 55 career at-bats in their matchup, for a batting average of .200.

Tommy Edman has had the most success against Scherzer, going 6-for-16 for his career.

Lifetime against the Dodgers, Scherzer is 6-7 with a 2.43 ERA in 20 starts.

Over 18 starts at Dodger Stadium, he is 7-5 with a 2.45 ERA.

10/27/25 18:29

Ontario artist uses baseball bats and balls to paint the Blue Jays

- The Canadian Press

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As the Toronto Blue Jays swing their bats for the World Series title, an Ontario artist is using baseball equipment in a unique way to show her support.

Samantha Woj, a longtime sports fan and disabled artist born with two fingers on each hand, has swapped out paintbrushes for bats and balls to honour the athletes.

She says she hoped to attend the World Series between the Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers, but wasn’t able to get tickets. Instead, she is cheering for the team from home by taking her scuffed baseball, well-worn bat and catcher’s glove to the canvas.

Woj describes her work as “sports art.” She starts by dipping her sports tools into paint. Then, she carefully traces them on a canvas to portray iconic moments from the ballpark.

“I literally don’t remember a time not being a fan of the Blue Jays,” she said.

10/27/25 18:13

Dodgers manager says ‘I love Canada,’ regrets comment on delays leaving Toronto

– Jamie Ross

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Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, having already walked back his bizarre suggestion that Canadian authorities had something to do with his team being delayed leaving Toronto after Game 2, re-iterated his regret for his choice of words in a pre-game press conference Monday.

“I love Canada. I made the mistake of saying ‘intent,’” Roberts said. “My apologies, sincerely.”

10/27/25 18:05

How Dodgers starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow stacks up against the Jays

– Paul Attfield, Jamie Ross

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Blue Jays hitters will have their hands full with Tyler Glasnow, who has been lights out to this stage in the playoffs. The No. 3 starter in L.A.’s rotation has allowed one run over two starts (three appearances).

“He’s got an elite fastball,” said Blue Jays infielder Andrés Giménez.

Glasnow will need little introduction to Blue Jays fans, having made 11 starts against Toronto since his MLB debut in 2016.

Most irritatingly of all though, will be the memory of the right-hander helping to end the Jays’ season in 2020 in the playoffs’ wild-card round. Glasnow struck out eight over six innings to propel the Tampa Bay Rays to a 2-0 series sweep.

That post-season outing aside though, the 32-year-old hasn’t been all that convincing against the American League champions, having posted a 1-4 record with a 5.82 earned-run average in the regular season. And he got a no decision in his one start against the Jays this year, when Ernie Clement’s home run capped a come-from-behind victory at Dodger Stadium in August.

He’s picked up his game this post-season, with a 0.68 earned-run average over two starts and three appearances, though he’s yet to register a victory.

Leadoff hitter George Springer has dominated Glasnow at the plate over the years, owning a .462 average across 13 at-bats against him, with one home run and a pair of RBIs, while Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has gone a respectable 6-of-17 against him, going deep once with 3 RBI.

10/27/25 18:00

Starting lineups for Blue Jays and Dodgers

- Jamie Ross

Here are the starting lineups for tonight’s game:

Toronto Blue Jays

1. George Springer (R) DH
2. Nathan Lukes (L) LF
3. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (R) 1B
4. Bo Bichette (R) 2B
5. Daulton Varsho (L) CF
6. Alejandro Kirk (R) C
7. Addison Barger (L) RF
8. Ernie Clement (R) 3B
9. Andrés Giménez (L) SS

L.A. Dodgers

1. Shohei Ohtani (L) DH
2. Mookie Betts (R) SS
3. Freddie Freeman (L) 1B
4. Will Smith (R) C
5. Max Muncy (L) 3B
6. Teoscar Hernández (R) RF
7. Tommy Edman (S) 2B
8. Enrique Hernández (R) LF
9. Andy Pages (R) CF

10/27/25 16:10

Opinion: If the Dodgers had trouble getting out of Pearson, that makes them like the rest of us

- Cathal Kelly

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Apparently, the Dodgers had trouble getting out of Pearson Airport after Game 2. That makes them like every other person trying to escape Pearson, and the rest of us don’t have our own little private Customs and security set-up.

“I just arrived about 30 minutes ago,” L.A. manager Dave Roberts told a news conference on Sunday. “So there was some delays. I don’t know if there was intent or not. But, man, the international stuff was a bear. But we made it.”

The word “intent” set people off. Does Dave Roberts really think Canada controls Pearson Airport? And what does Roberts mean by “international stuff?” Does he mean having a passport? Does carrying I.D. and being asked to present it qualify as “a bear” in Dave Roberts’s life? If so, I’d like to live with him, as long as he will pick me up and drive me there.

Roberts walked back his comments later to The Athletic.

“It was just a long day,” he said.

There is no frustration short of the pain of a loved one like travel frustration. It will turn responsible people into the temporarily insane. L.A. and Toronto aren’t places you live. They are tests. Only the strongest among us can survive the GO Train.

Read the full column here.

10/27/25 16:10

Hazel Mae is thrilled to be working at home in October

- Marty Klinkenberg

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Sportsnet’s on-field Blue Jays reporter relishes her role as part of the network’s broadcast team. Over the past 10 years, she has become its most valuable player, a blur as she goes about her duties – dashing between dugouts to interview coaches, managers and players, writing her own scripts and providing dispatches from the field during games.

Hazel Mae’s father learned to speak English watching Maple Leafs games on television. Hockey helped him chat with co-workers around the water cooler and brought him a sense of belonging.

Her father and mother wanted her to become a doctor or a lawyer, but she decided to pursue a career in broadcasting instead. Her father thought she was making a preposterous decision.

“He didn’t think me having something to do with sports would work,” Ms. Mae said.

It did.

Read the full article here.

10/27/25 15:00

Opinion: This isn’t a full-marks World Series without Ohtani at his best

- Cathal Kelly

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What’s clear after the first two games is that the Jays and Dodgers are closer in finishing ability than any critic guessed. A couple of little moments involving a starting pitcher left to hang around too long decided both games. Each team has shown ruthlessness when required.

So what’s going to be the difference? Ohtani, still.

Since everything must constantly be unprecedented, though nothing short of an alien invasion is, a lot of people want to crown Ohtani the greatest player of all time. He isn’t.

He’s the greatest talent ever, but best ‘player’ suggests that you have mastered the game. Joe DiMaggio won nine World Series. Sandy Koufax was the MVP of the World Series twice. Those are the benchmarks for all-time’itude.

Ohtani’s got a ways to go. In the last World Series, he was a very tall garden feature (2-for-19, and didn’t pitch). He’s on roughly the same track this time.

Read the full column here.

10/27/25 14:00

Blue Jays hope that ‘Mad Max’ Scherzer’s fire can lead them to a Game 3 win

- Jamie Ross

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Max Scherzer, at 41, has thrown 2,963 career regular season innings and will make his fourth career World Series start in Game 3 in Los Angeles on Monday. It will be his 32nd playoff appearance on the mound dating all the way back to 2011. This time it’ll be against his former team.

Scherzer, a two-time World Series champion and a three-time Cy Young Award winner, is famous for his intense preparation and comportment, earning the nickname Mad Max. That persona was on display during his crucial start in the ALCS in Game 4 against the Mariners, his first game of the postseason after being left off the Jays’ ALDS roster.

He pitched 5 2/3 innings that night, allowing three hits and two earned runs on the way to an 8-2 Jays victory. That performance helped Toronto bring the series back to an even 2-2 split, and they went on to win it in seven games.

It also included a made-for-TV moment when Blue Jays manager John Schneider came out for a mound visit in the fifth. Getting ahead of the prospect of being lifted from the game, a visibly amped up Scherzer screamed at Schneider that he was still good to go. Schneider retreated to the dugout and Scherzer stayed in the game.

Read the full story here.

10/27/25 13:30

The full World Series schedule and game start times

- Globe staff

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Set your alarms, baseball fans! The World Series could make late nights for several of your evenings t. Here’s a look at the rest of the schedule as the Blue Jays and Dodgers continue to battle it out:

• Game 3 – Monday, Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. ET in Los Angeles
• Game 4 – Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 8 p.m. ET in Los Angeles
• Game 5 – Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 8 p.m. ET in Los Angeles
• Game 6 – Friday, Oct. 31 at 8 p.m. ET in Toronto (if necessary)
• Game 7 – Saturday, Nov. 1 at 8 p.m. ET in Toronto (if necessary)

10/24/25 13:08

The Dodgers’ official World Series roster

- Globe staff

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Los Angeles announced its full 26-man lineup for the World Series on Friday. Here’s a full list of the players that made the cut.

Pitchers:

• Anthony Banda
• Jack Dreyer
• Tyler Glasnow
• Edgardo Henriquez
• Clayton Kershaw
• Will Klein
• Roki Sasaki
• Emmet Sheehan
• Blake Snell (starting game 1)
• Blake Treinen
• Justin Wrobleski
• Yoshinobu Yamamoto
• Shohei Ohtani (also a designated hitter)

Infielders:

• Mookie Betts
• Freddie Freeman
• Max Muney
• Miguel Rojas

Outfielders:

• Alex Call
• Justin Dean
• Teoscar Hernández
• Andy Pages

In and outfielders:

• Tommy Edman
• Kiké Hernández
• Hyeseong Kim

Catchers:

• Ben Rortvedt
• Will Smith

10/24/25 13:35

The Blue Jays’ official World Series roster

- Globe Staff

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Toronto announced its 26-player lineup for the World Series against the L.A. Dodgers on Friday. Here are all the players who made it.

Pitchers:

• Chris Bassit
• Shane Bieber
• Seranthony Domínguez
• Braydon Fisher
• Mason Fluharty
• Kevin Gausman
• Jeff Hoffman
• Eric Lauer
• Brendon Little
• Max Scherzer
• Louis Varland
• Trey Yesavage (starting Game 1)

Infielders:

• Addison Barger
• Bo Bichette
• Ernie Clement
• Ty France
• Andrés Giminéz
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
• Isiah Kiner-Falefah

Outfielders:

• Nathan Lukes
• Davis Schneider
• George Springer
• Myles Straw
• Daulton Varsho

Catchers:

• Tyler Heineman
• Alejandro Kirk