John Schneider was unknown when he was promoted from the coaching staff to manager by the Blue Jays in 2022 but he has led Toronto to its first World Series since 1993.

The 2025 World Series gets underway on Friday night as the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays battle it out for MLB supremacy.

Mariners first baseman Josh Naylor went for an unexpected move early in Monday night's Game 7 of the ALCS against the Blue Jays.

TORONTO — Julio Rodriguez took ball four, tossed his bat away, clapped twice and exhorted his teammates in the Seattle Mariners dugout. Sure, they were in a two-run hole in the third inning of Game 6 in this American League Championship Series, but Cal Raleigh, the likely AL MVP, was coming to the plate and the bases were loaded.

Despite losing the first two games of the ALCS and trailing the Seattle Mariners 3-1 late into the do-or-die Game 7 on Monday night, George Springer, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays completed the multi-layered comeback to punch their first ticket to the World Series in more than three decades.

The World Series provided fodder to look back at the whirlwind final week of Shohei Ohtani’s free agency tour in December 2023.