Dodgers force Game 7 in World Series with win over Blue Jays
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A quarter-century of greatness. Ranking the 25 World Series-winning squads since the beginning of the 21st century.
TORONTO (KTTV) - The Los Angeles Dodgers are once again World Series champions. The Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in extra innings in Game 7, becoming the first team since 2000 to win consecutive World Series titles. The New York Yankees won three championships in a row from 1998 to 2000.
With the second quarter of the 21st century ready to crown another baseball king, USA TODAY Sports ranks the 25 World Series champions from least-accomplished to the very best:
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Once down to their last two outs of the series, the Los Angeles Dodgers rode a game-tying home run in the ninth inning from Miguel Rojas and a game-winning home run from Smith in the 11th to become MLB's first back-to-back champions since the New York Yankees in 2000.
Kennedy could not lose this series. He was one of two players to appear in games with both the Dodgers (seven) and Blue Jays (two), ensuring he would walk away from this series wi