It may hurt for Blue Jays fans but the 2025 World Series was one of the best ever

The Toronto Blue Jays' magical 2025 season came to an end in the most heartbreaking possible fashion. After being up 4-3 with one out in the ninth inning of Game 7, the Blue Jays fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 in the eleventh inning. Being so close, the loss will sting for a long time. Still, the Blue Jays were a part of one of the greatest World Series in history.

The seven-game epic between the Blue Jays and the Dodgers captivated the baseball world and set multiple records. Although the Blue Jays lost, fans were treated to some incredible baseball.

The series had everything: record-breaking batting, exceptional pitching, an 18-inning thriller, a ball getting lodged in the wall, and the benches clearing in Game 7, which also went to extra innings. Any one of these would be the defining moment in most World Series. This year had them all.

Game 1 (11-4 Blue Jays win): A Grand Entrance

Bo Bichette returned to the Blue Jays lineup for the first time since September 6 in Game 1, picking up a single in his first at-bat. He also made his major league debut at second base, becoming the fourth player ever to debut in a new fielding spot during the postseason.

Bichette also walked to start what would become a very productive sixth inning for the Blue Jays. Alejandro Kirk hit a single. Daulton Varsho was hit by a pitch, ending Blake Snell's night. He was replaced by Emmet Sheehan, who then gave up an RBI single to Ernie Clement, giving the Blue Jays a 3-2 lead. Nathan Lukes drew a walk to make it 4-2, before Andrés Giménez hit an RBI single to make it 5-2.

Addison Barger came to the plate as a pinch hitter. The Dodgers replaced Sheehan with Anthony Banda. Barger, fresh off a night spent on Davis Schneider's pull-out couch, hit the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history. The Blue Jays led 9-2

If that wasn't enough, Kirk added a two-run homer that same inning to make it 11-2. The nine runs were the most by a team in one inning since the Detroit Tigers scored 10 in 1968 against the St. Louis Cardinals.