Mexico City / 30.10.2024 21:56:00
From east to west, the doubts, ghosts and asterisks that had surrounded them in recent years have disappeared for the franchise that as of today can be boasted as the best in all of Major League Baseball (MLB). Leaving the “City that never sleeps” in silence, Los Angeles Dodgers capped memorable comebackcrowned a dream season and became the new champions of the World Series by defeating the New York Yankees 7-6 this Wednesday at Yankee Stadium.
The Dodgers won the eighth title for their showcases in the history of Major League Baseball and the second in the last 5 years after having won the Fall Classic in 2020, a championship highly noted for being that of an atypical shortened season of 60 games.
Back to normal, the ghosts of great seasons and absolute disappointments in later years reappeared. In 2021 they lost the Championship Series, A year later they stayed in the Division Series and in 2023 they were swept in the same instance.
Since his arrival at Dodger Stadium in 1962the Los Angeles team has only been crowned once at home: against the Yankees a year after the inauguration of the park in the stadium located on the hills of Chávez Ravine.
The Dodgers’ large investments paid off, mainly after giving Shohei Ohtani the contract that made him the most expensive athlete in the history of professional sports, an agreement for 700 million dollars signed last December.
Two sacrifice flies in the eighth inning They ended up being decisive for the Dodgers’ return against the Yankees.
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