The $500 million Los Angeles Dodgers‘ thrilling World Series win over the Toronto Blue Jays attracted record international attention for Major League Baseball, affirmed LA’s status as the sport’s best team and drew more attention to baseball’s payroll disparity heading into what is likely to be contentious labor negotiations.

The Major League Baseball season concluded over the weekend with a thrilling Game 7 and it was surrounded by plenty of football action in college and the NFL

With the Toronto Blue Jays just two outs away from clinching their first World Series championship since 1993, Rojas hammered a Jeff Hoffman pitch 387 feet out to left field, tying the winner-take-all battle 4-4 heading to the bottom of the ninth.

Ernie Clement, third baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays, made Brighton, New York, residents proud by setting an all-time Major League Baseball record for postseason hits during his team's heartbreaking Game 7 extra-innings 5-4 World Series loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday and early Sunday.

The Dodgers had the resources and talent to win back-to-back World Series. But it took something else to help them conquer the mental and physical test of beating the Toronto Blue Jays.

For Game 7 of the World Series, there will be two singers for the national anthems. Pia Toscano will perform the U.S. national anthem, while Noah Reid will sing the Canadian national anthem, baseball reporter Jessica Kleinschmidt. Game 7 of the 2025 World Series is set to begin on Saturday, November 1 at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts will consider using Shohei Ohtani as an opener or even as an outfielder in Game 7 if Los Angeles forces the World Series against Toronto to the limit. The two-way star threw 93 pitches in Wednesday's 6-2 loss in Game 4 and could be available as a reliever this weekend in Toronto.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/bluejays/onsi as Max Scherzer Delivers One Line About His Future in Major League Baseball.

Shohei Ohtani is the Dodgers' starting pitcher in the decisive Game 7 on Saturday in Toronto, while 41-year-old Max Scherzer takes the mound for the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.

More than 25 million viewers tuned in to watch the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays, the biggest audience for a World Series game in nearly a decade.