Baseball is often a young man's game. But don't count out the old guys, even on the sport's biggest stage. Every once in a while, a starting pitcher in his late 30s -- perhaps even in his early 40s -- starts and wins a World Series game.

Among all active players, Shohei Ohtani is the biggest name with exactly two World Series rings. Ohtani won it in his first two seasons with the Dodgers, in 2024 and 2025. He was the NL MVP in 2024 and is the favorite to bag it again in 2025.

Justin Verlander wants to keep pitching at 43. Will Detroit bring him back next to Tarik Skubal for a World Series push — or as a replacement?

Only two players who came out of the Mets’ system play for World Series teams, Conforto and Giménez, the latter of which was sent to Cleveland as part of the Francisco Lindor trade. The Mets would still make that trade again. The shortstop is a bonafide star and a key leader for the Mets on and off the field.

But Zito and the Giants roared all the way back, and the lefty beat Justin Verlander in Game 1 of the World Series, when Pablo Sandoval – Pablo Sandoval! – crushed three homers off the future Hall of Famer. Not your average 93-win wild card ...

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The Dodgers were down to their final two outs before Miguel Rojas delivered a stunning game-tying home run with Los Angeles ultimately going on take the lead on Will Smith's homer