Fireworks at night, horns, sirens and shouts in the streets. The city of Los Angeles did not take long to celebrate, on Wednesday, October 30, the victory of its baseball team, the Dodgers, who defeated, 4,500 kilometers further east, the New York Yankees to win their eighth world series, the North American Cup final. championship (MLB).
After winning the first three games of this prestigious final, the Dodgers, starters in 2020, won 7 to 6, to finally dominate the series 4 wins to 1.
The two most iconic MLB franchises met for the twelfth time in a World Series, the first in forty-three years, reviving a historic rivalry.
Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani, who joined the Dodgers at the end of 2023 with a historic contract ($700 million over ten years), won his first MLB title at age 30, while playing handicapped by injury since the second game.
“So much love in the locker room”
The Yankees, with their record of 27 titles, however, had an excellent start on Wednesday, with a 5-0 lead, in line with their convincing success of the previous day (11-4), which had given a breath of hope to the New York fans. .
But a series of errors and the Dodgers’ combativeness turned the game upside down. The Californians scored five runs in the fifth inning to tie the game. The Yankees may have regained the lead in the sixth inning (6-5), but collapsed a little later by giving up two runs (6-7). Unable to catch up, they left the Dodgers with a title that had eluded them since 2009.
“We’re obviously resilient and there’s so much love in the locker room that helped us win this game today.”said Dodgers player Mookie Betts.
