The Toronto Blue Jays are back in the World Series for the first time since 1993 and the Los Angeles Dodgers will try to to become the first repeat winner in a quarter century.

Hoffman is the third Section 2 alumnus to make it to the World Series in recent years. Shenendehowa graduate Ian Anderson won a World Series in 2021 with the Atlanta Braves, while Tommy Kahnle — like Hoffman, a Shaker graduate — pitched in last year’s World Series with the New York Yankees.

In the regular season, no team's batters had a lower strikeout rate than the Blue Jays, and no team's pitchers struck out more batters than the Dodgers. Sometimes, the World Series narratives write themselves: Can the Blue Jays make enough contact against a pitching staff specifically designed to eliminate contact?

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Jahmyr Gibbs leads Lions to win over Buccaneers. Gibbs went wild on Monday night, picking up 218 scrimmage yards, the most by a Lions player since Calvin Johnson's 329 in 2013. The Lions cruised to a comfortable 24-9 victory. Unfortunately for Tampa Bay, the team also lost wideout Mike Evans to a broken collarbone.

And then there were two. The 2025 World Series matchup is set, bringing together the defending champion Dodgers and a Blue Jays club making its first Fall Classic appearance since 1993. It’s a showdown few could have seen coming at the start of the season.

The Toronto Blue Jays are headed to the World Series, and Bo Bichette just dropped an update on his availability and role.

The Blue Jays will need Bichette to return at a high level in order to defeat the Dodgers in the World Series. While Los Angeles turned in a solid regular season, the team battled injuries and failed to win enough games to receive a bye in the first round of the playoffs.