Dodgers Win Game 7 Thriller in World Series Showdown

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00:00But let's get back to Saturday night, Joe.

00:02You know me.

00:03I like to go to bed early, but I said, if you can just give me this one thing,

00:06give me a game seven on a Saturday, on a day where Daylight Savings kicks in the next day.

00:10I don't have to wake up early.

00:11I promise you I'll watch it all the way through.

00:14And not even in my wildest dreams that I think I would get that much entertainment

00:17out of the series where the Dodgers were pounding and mowing everybody down,

00:21let alone get a game seven that would end in 11 innings in a 5-4 victory for the Dodgers

00:26when they were down 3-0 and 4-2.

00:28Home runs in the eighth inning.

00:30Home run in the ninth inning, which was unbelievable to watch that play out.

00:33And then extra innings getting another home run.

00:36Yamamoto comes in.

00:37He was spectacular in this playoff run.

00:40Major League Baseball gave us everything we could ask for and more.

00:43What a wonderful World Series, Joe, that went to the Dodgers in seven games.

00:48And Donnie had had everything.

00:50I mean, the game six, ninth inning with the ball sticking underneath the wall,

00:57out-knee outfields.

00:59And then, of course, the double play, the way it ends there, the effort by both teams, really.

01:06I mean, just it had everything.

01:08It truly was.

01:10And maybe we'll go down as one of the greatest of all time.

01:13But as far as I can remember, this has just been one of the greatest World Series ever,

01:20given the fact that the narratives between these two teams, you know, the haves and maybe the have a little here,

01:27because the stars of this series, while there were some big names that played a part,

01:32it ultimately came down to Dodger role players that were ended up making the big plays at the big moments to get it done.

01:41And whatever they paid for Yamamoto, worth every penny, Donnie, every penny.

01:48Rojas, with a home run in the top of the ninth inning with one out.

01:52A guy that doesn't hit for any power.

01:54And you just saw those fan base was ready to explode at that point.

01:57And that ball was hit.

01:58And it was dead silence as you watched that ball sail into the stands.

02:01And you knew at that point, like, oh, my goodness, what's going to take place next?

02:05Now, let's hear from Jeff Hoffman, who was on the mound here, a Philadelphia Philly in the past.

02:09He led up that home run.

02:11He's going to remember this.

02:12And for the wrong reasons the rest of his life.

02:14What are you feeling?

02:14Can you try to verbalize what it is that's actually happening for you?

02:18I mean, we're all preparing for the celebrations.

02:20Um, yeah, I mean, I cost everybody in here a World Series ring, so it's pretty sh**.

02:33Um, I just got to execute better in that spot.

02:40And, um, yeah, I'll let that happen.

02:45He was really good for the Jays this year.

02:47You just needed two more outs and to be a closer.

02:50Like, that's what you live for is a closer, right?

02:52Give me up in a game number seven to close out a championship here.

02:56One, two, three, and away you go.

02:57He wasn't able to get it done and lit that fire under the Dodgers.

03:00We were able to come back with that victory five to four.

03:02So many instances during this game, Joe played out right in front of our eyes.

03:06And let's not forget in the bottom of the 11th inning, a leadoff double by Vladimir Guerrero

03:11Jr.

03:11Who was everything for Toronto and a game ending double play with them standing on third base.

03:16It's unbelievable theatrics here.

03:19Yeah, it had everything.

03:21And by the way, he did not lose it.

03:22I mean, the guy didn't give up a home run all series long.

03:25I think all postseason long.

03:27And that was his problem during a regular season is that he tended to give up the long

03:31ball and he gives up one home run.

03:33And it happens to be in that particular spot there.

03:36So it was unfortunate.

03:38But, you know, he's not the reason they lost this series or this game for that matter.

03:44But, you know, give credit.

03:46You got to execute, right?

03:48And one guy did and one guy didn't.

03:51And it always seems like every year there's some dude, Will Smith, on a team that ends

03:55up winning the World Series, Donnie.

03:56I don't know what it is, but there always seems to be here.

03:59And kudos.

04:01But Hoffman was not the reason they lost.

04:03No, unbelievable.

04:05I mean, so many big plays in this series.

04:06So many game-changing affairs.

04:08And even like, you know, you get that ball hit to the wall for the Dodgers.

04:11Piaz collides with Kike Hernandez.

04:13He makes the catch.

04:14This game had everything here.

04:15And even the bases loaded, ground ball to second base, which Rojas sort of double pumps, throws

04:19to the plate.

04:20And by an inch, a fraction of an inch, Will Smith is able to get that spike down on the

04:25plate before they slide home.

04:27It would have been a victory in the World Series right there.

04:29Unbelievable stuff.

04:30And as the Dodgers go, that's a superstar team.

04:32Have a Blake and Glass now.

04:34Can't beat them.

04:35Join them.

04:36That's the way it is.

04:36We're in this organization.

04:37What does it say?

04:37It's unbelievable.

04:38But we chased this in 2020.

04:40We lost it.

04:41Oh, yeah.

04:42And now we on this team.

04:43I know.

04:43It's incredible.

04:44You can't beat them.

04:46Join them, baby.

04:48They got the cash out there in L.A. to keep paying for and understand this people, right?

04:55Like, if you think, like, and I'm a Phillies fan, so I actually don't want a salary

04:58cap because my team pays a lot of money for superstars, and I don't want to see that messed

05:01up.

05:01Maybe doing Miami or Pittsburgh or Kansas City.

05:04But understand this.

05:05The Dodgers just won the World Series with a record payroll.

05:08You know what the Dodgers organization goes?

05:10How can we improve this team with even better players next year, and money won't be a thing?

05:15Get ready for the hot stove, which everybody's going to be looking for the Dodgers.

05:18Yeah, those two guys were Tampa Bay Rays starting pitchers, came up with that organization.

05:24Like, it's just unbelievable.

05:26And they land with the Dodgers because the Dodgers are about winning.

05:29And it's not just about spending money.

05:31It's about spending money in the right way here and putting together a team.

05:36Because ultimately, again, $400 million doesn't guarantee you championships.

05:42You know, 24 years, Donnie, only three teams have won a World Series that had the highest

05:46payroll.

05:47You know, how is it that we went 25 years without a repeat champion if money buys you championships?

05:53It's a farce.

05:54It doesn't happen.

05:55What they did have is a whole lot of great role players and guys that stepped up and showed

06:00up.

06:00That's what makes baseball so great, is that, yeah, you can have all the Otanis in the

06:04world.

06:05It's still, you know, how's Soto and the Mets doing?

06:07You just spent $700 trillion for a guy you didn't even sniff the playoff.

06:11So, again, it's about guys.

06:14It's more than just the big-name guys in Major League Baseball, which is what makes it so

06:19much fun to be a part of.

06:22Yamamoto, World Series MVP.

06:24Nothing short of phenomenal all the way through.

06:27It's like, you know what, Coach or Skip?

06:29I got a couple more innings left in me if you need me to go out there.

06:31And he does go out there.

06:32Two and two-thirds innings pitch, one hit, no earned runs, picks up the victory, and the

06:37MVP of the World Series.

06:40Donnie, it's crazy, too.

06:41When you think about how all of this unfolded, right?

06:44Basically, Dave Roberts said, sorry, bullpen.

06:47I'm going with my entire rotation of starters here.

06:50And that's what's going to happen.

06:52Because I don't trust any of you down there, which is fine.

06:55But I think it's amazing in the day and age in Major League Baseball, Donnie, where they

06:59pamper these starting pitchers to the point where, oh, no more than five innings at tops.

07:05Let's get them out.

07:06Can't throw 100 pitches.

07:07So what we just witnessed here is absolutely amazing.

07:11By the way, we're looking at the new evolution of the pitcher in Major League Baseball, Joe.

07:15We're like, Tampa Bay is like, hey, we're going to have openers here.

07:17How about in baseball, you just have 12 starters on your team and throw them whenever you want

07:21for how many innings you want at this point?

07:23Because apparently it works out.

07:24Hey, Yamamoto, we need you for three innings on Wednesday.

07:26How about another two on Sunday here?

07:28And Monday, if we need you for one inning, we can bring you in.

07:31Maybe the Dodgers are paving the way for the new look of these bullpens here.

07:34But the Dodgers paving the way his favorites, Joe.

07:37Plus 350 to win the World Series in 2026.

07:40Yeah, well, like I said, I'm not running to the window to tie up plus 350.

07:46Look at those Phillies.

07:46I'm just saying.

07:47Come on.

07:47Ten to one.

07:48You know.

07:48Get on board, Joe.

07:49Ten to one.

07:50Phillies.

07:51That's your only decision.

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