After seven months, it all comes down to this, the two sweetest words in sports: Game 7. And this isn't just any old Game 7; this is Game 7 of the World Series,

Fifty years ago, after the histrionic sixth game of the World Series at Fenway Park, Peter Gammons wrote perhaps the most lyrical prose ever penned about a baseball game. His lead, in the Boston Globe, included a phrase that feels fitting in the aftermath of the breathless 2025 World Series: the wearing off of the numbness.

The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in Game 7 to become the first team in 25 years to win consecutive World Series titles.