The Los Angeles Dodgers had their hands full in the seven-game World Series victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Moreover, there were times that the team north of the border was clearly the better squad, considering they came into Dodger Stadium and took two of three games.
Nonetheless, while Los Angeles struggled at times offensively, Dave Roberts and his team leaned heavily on their starting pitching in Games 6 and 7, aided by timely hits. While it wasn’t a dominant performance, it was effective as it allowed the Dodgers to win back-to-back World Series titles.
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Los Angeles was constructed to be a dominant team and did show that at times in the series against the Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Brewers. However, that wasn’t the case against the Blue Jays. As a result, Caleb Joseph, a former Blue Jay and analyst for Sportsnet, didn’t hesitate to state how he truly felt about the Dodgers winning the World Series.
“It’s going to sound like sour grapes, and I don’t really give a s—, but I think the better team did not win this series,” Joseph said (h/t Blue Jays Central). “And I think the Blue Jays are the better team. And I feel like they played baseball in a certain way that was infectious, that grabbed the attention of the fans.
“And it’s disheartening to see that the better team did not win. And that’s not to take anything away from the Dodgers, but the Blue Jays, they did so many things correct. They did so many things right.”
Nonetheless, Muncy fired back at people like Joseph and others who believe that the best team didn’t win the World Series.
“It’s funny,” Muncy said during an appearance on the Tuesday edition of “Foul Territory.” “It’s back-to-back years that the best team didn’t win. That’s what people say. So, like Kike [Hernández] said, I’m really happy the best team didn’t win.”
Muncy is a symbol of the Dodgers’ probable lack of success against Toronto, but having timely hits when the team needed them the most. The veteran third baseman had a solo home run in Game 7 to cut the deficit to one run, opening the door for Miguel Rojas’ solo shot to be the game-tying run.
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Moreover, Muncy went on to state that a seven-game series is enough to determine which team is better. He noted that a three-game or five-game series can cause a team that’s on a hot streak to get a series win, but having to win four games, especially in the World Series format, is a challenging task for any team.
“A seven-game series—that’s enough games for teams to separate themselves a little bit,” Muncy added. “A three-game series, a team can get on a heater; even a five-game series, a team can get on a heater.
“But a seven-game series, throughout the course of seven games, I always felt like the team that’s going to win is going to separate themselves a little bit. Now, granted, during the season, you can go on week, two-week slumps, but I think seven games is enough to determine that.”
Regardless of what the experts might say, the Dodgers are back-to-back champions, making them the first MLB team to achieve this feat since the New York Yankees in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Furthermore, heading into the 2026 MLB season, Los Angeles will aim to become the first team since the Yankees, which won three titles in a row from 1998 to 2000, to win three titles consecutively.