Dodgers, World Series and Yoshinobu Yamamoto
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Yamamoto became the first pitcher since Curt Schilling in 2001 to throw a complete game in back-to-back postseason starts.
Yamamoto, after pitching a four-hit complete game and retiring the last 20 batters he faced in the Dodgers’ 5-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays to even the World Series at one-game apiece, may have just changed the future of baseball. He just brought back a golden age of pitching.
The highest-paid pitcher in MLB history worked with catcher Will Smith and the Dodgers’ coaching staff to create a masterpiece.
Yamamoto has thrown two straight complete games in the postseason, after a regular season in which the entire league produced only 29. His second CG — a four-hit, 105-pitch masterpiece in the Dodgers’ 5-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday night, tying the World Series at one game each — was arguably more breathtaking than the first.
Dave Dombrowski’s comments regarding Bryce Harper’s 2025 season resulted in a rush of trade discussion. All of this has made its way back to Harper leaving him feeling “confused and upset.” Dombrowski has since clarified his comments, bluntly stating the team has no intention of trading Harper.
After another complete game victory in Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday night, is the Japanese right-hander approaching – or has he already reached – ace status?
The wife of the Dodgers Game 1 starter was super impressed with the World Series Game 2 winner for Los Angeles.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a four-hitter for his second consecutive complete game, the first in the World Series since 2015, and the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 on Saturday night to tie their best-of-seven matchup at one game apiece.