Without a doubt, the 2025 World Series absolutely lived up to its Fall Classic moniker, with the emphasis on Classic. As was the case with the Dodgers sixth World Championship back in 1988, the script for this Series came straight from Hollywood,

The wife and daughter of Dodgers coach Ben Hines tell the story behind Kirk Gibson's famous walk-off home run during the 1988 World Series. CBS LA visited the pair at the Hillcrest retirement community to share their story.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Game 2 threw a complete game. It was the first in the World Series since Johnny Cueto in 2015. He became the first pitcher in more than 20 years to throw back-to-back complete games in the playoffs. He had the only two complete games in the 2025 postseason.

I’m not sure I’m ready to go that far and call that the best game ever. I’ve covered 11 World Series — with an asterisk, I guess, because I wrote remotely (thanks to Zoom), as did many of us, during the 2020 Dodgers-Tampa Bay series in the COVID bubble in Arlington, Texas — and watched many, many others.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto authors one of the greatest pitching performances in Fall Classic history, including 2⅔ scoreless innings in the 11-inning clincher Saturday night, the day after throwing 96

Since the first World Series in 1903, the Dodgers have carved their name in history, claiming eight titles in their franchise history. The Dodgers' title wins came in 1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988, 2000 and 2024.

The Dodgers have hit four World Series walk-off homers over the years, Kirk Gibson in 1988, Max Muncy in 2018 and Freddie Freeman in 2024 and 2025

By the time the Los Angeles Dodgers got the final out of the 2025 World Series, Yoshinobu Yamamoto was the clear World Series MVP.