New York Yankees starting pitcher Gerrit Cole and Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts played key roles for their respective teams on the world’s biggest stage in baseball, but only one left with a ring.
Roberts, who graduated from UCLA in 1995, holds the all-time steals record for the Bruins in his time and is now a three-time Major League Baseball champion. Leading the Dodgers to their eighth title as a franchise, Roberts has two rings with Los Angeles and one with the Boston Red Sox.
On Wednesday, in a post on X, the UCLA Bruins baseball team tipped their cap to the former Bruin. Roberts not only boasts a fruitful playing career but has established himself as one of the best skippers in all of baseball.
For the UCLA baseball team, Roberts is yet another decorated program alumni and someone the Bruins could use this season. After a tough season in 2024, UCLA should consider inviting Roberts to Westwood to inspire the underperforming program.
Patrick Mahomes continued his war of words with ex-#Chiefs WR Gehrig Dieter when the #Yankees lost to the #Dodgers in the World Series.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has always been an avid baseball fan and took his affinity for the game to a new level by buying a minority share of the Royals in 2020.
Earlier this month, the star quarterback went viral for giving former Chiefs wide receiver Gehrig Dieter, a lifelong New York Yankees fan, a hard time during the Royals’ ALDS run.
Though New York would ultimately take the series and defeat the Royals before punching their ticket to the World Series, Mahomes and Dieter continued sparring about the Yankees on Twitter throughout the MLB playoffs.
When the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated New York in the World Series last night, Mahomes took one last jab at his former teammate:
This was a real Hollywood ending for the Dodgers, and the ad captured that.
If you have ever attended a Los Angeles Dodgers victory, one thing is always the same: You’re going to hear Randy Newman at the end of the game.
After the Dodgers won the 2024 MLB World Series, even though the clinching game was in New York and not Los Angeles, that much remained true thanks to an assist from Nike.
The brand made a perfect Hollywood-themed commercial for the Dodgers, including Newman’s “I Love L.A.” as its soundtrack. It was a perfect needle drop that fans of the team would recognize from just its first few notes.
Nike leaned into the Los Angeles vibes even more, though, by giving it an end credit sequence theme.
All of the players got their names rolling down the screen like a movie was ending, including some very cool photos and memories of the postseason as well.
This was a real Hollywood ending for the Dodgers, and the ad captured that.
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The New York Yankees lost Game 5 of the 2024 World Series on Wednesday night as they dropped their series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-1.
However, some controversy bubbled up as Jomboy shared Yankees Stadium still played Frank Sinatra’s classic song “New York, New York” after the Dodgers’ win.
That got baseball fans in a frenzy, but it’s the song that Yankees Stadium plays after every game whether New York wins or loses.
It might sting a good bit after the team lost a championship to hear Sinatra’s legendary song, but it’s just business as usual at Yankees Stadium to play the song.
Yankee stadium is blasting New York New York by Frank Sinatra. What do we have to do to stop this? How could you possibly play THE YANKEES WIN SONG as the Dodgers celebrate eliminating the Yankees on the field?
When The Captain calls out the Yankees, you know it’s bad.
It takes quite a bit for Derek Jeter to speak ill of the New York Yankees. He is The Captain, after all. Yet not even two of the most famous ballplayers to don the pinstripes could spin what happened in the Bronx on Wednesday night.
After the Yankees completely melted down in the fifth inning of Game 5 — blowing a 5-0 lead by giving up five unearned runs to the Dodgers — Jeter and former teammate Alex Rodriguez struggled to comprehend how the Yankees could make such mistakes on the Fox postgame show.
If you’re going to be on a national baseball show, you’ve got to speak the truth about what you saw, but you know that had to feel super uncomfortable for the former New York legends.
For the eighth time in franchise history, the Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions, defeating the New York Yankees 4-1 in 5 games — including an absolutely bonkers Game 5 in the Bronx on Wednesday night.
After the Yankees took a 5-0 lead, the Dodgers miraculously scored five unearned runs in the top of the fifth inning, only for the two teams to trade leads over the second half of the game before Mookie Betts’ sacrifice fly in the eighth inning gave Los Angeles the lead for good.
Freddie Freeman’s streak of six consecutive World Series games came to an end in the final game of the Fall Classic as he locked up MVP with ease.
As Will Smith caught the final out at Yankee Stadium, the Dodgers poured out onto the field and kicked off what’s bound to be a months-long party in Los Angeles.
These are just some of the unforgettable images captured as the the Dodgers celebrate their second title in five years.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 30: Walker Buehler #21 and Will Smith #16 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate as the the Dodgers defeat the New York Yankees 7-6 in game 5 to win the 2024 World Series at Yankee Stadium on October 30, 2024 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 30: The Los Angeles Dodgers react as they defeat the New York Yankees 7-6 to win game 5 and the 2024 World Series against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on October 30, 2024 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 30: Walker Buehler #21 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates after Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 7-6 in game 5 to win the 2024 World Series at Yankee Stadium on October 30, 2024 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 30: The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate as the they defeat the New York Yankees 7-6 in game 5 to win the 2024 World Series at Yankee Stadium on October 30, 2024 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 30: Walker Buehler #21, Will Smith #16, Max Muncy #13 and Teoscar Hernández #37 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate as the Dodgers defeat the New York Yankees 7-6 in game 5 to win the 2024 World Series at Yankee Stadium on October 30, 2024 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 30: Walker Buehler #21 and Will Smith #16 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate as the Dodgers defeat the New York Yankees 7-6 in game 5 to win the 2024 World Series at Yankee Stadium on October 30, 2024 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 30: Freddie Freeman #5 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates as the the Dodgers defeat the New York Yankees 7-6 in game 5 to win the 2024 World Series at Yankee Stadium on October 30, 2024 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images)NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 30: Clayton Kershaw #22 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates after the Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 7-6 in game 5 to win the 2024 World Series at Yankee Stadium on October 30, 2024 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 30: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates with Will Smith #16 as the Dodgers defeat the New York Yankees 7-6 in game 5 to win the 2024 World Series at Yankee Stadium on October 30, 2024 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 30: Freddie Freeman #5 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates with the MVP trophy after the Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 7-6 in game 5 to win the 2024 World Series at Yankee Stadium on October 30, 2024 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 30: Mookie Betts #50 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates with the trophy after the Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 7-6 in game 5 to win the 2024 World Series at Yankee Stadium on October 30, 2024 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 30: Magic Johnson celebrates with Mookie Betts #50 and the Los Angeles Dodgers after the Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 7-6 in game 5 to win the 2024 World Series at Yankee Stadium on October 30, 2024 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
He wasn’t the Dodgers’ best arm (because Walker Buehler exists, among other things), but he was solid enough to earn manager Dave Roberts’ trust in October with 10 strikeouts over nine innings with a 3.00 ERA and 1.33 WHIP.
Kopech, however, accomplished something much more astounding. Something he can hold over every one of his Dodgers teammates. He will now be credited with being a member of the worst MLB team of all time the same year he won the World Series.
Up until late July, Kopech was a part of the 121-loss Chicago White Sox. He was ultimately dealt to Los Angeles at the trade deadline as part of a three-team swap that sent Kopech, Tommy Edman and Oliver Gonzalez to the Dodgers while the St. Louis Cardinals received Erick Fedde and Tommy Pham. Chicago received Miguel Vargas, Alexander Albertus and Jeral Pérez.
That trade proved crucial for Los Angeles as Edman earned National League Championship Series MVP against the New York Mets.
Vargas, the centerpiece of the return from the Dodgers, slashed .104/.217/.170 for the White Sox over 42 games after the trade.
Congrats, once again, to Michael Kopech for escaping baseball hell and reaching immortality only a few months later. Anything is truly possible.
On July 7, Michael Kopech stood at his locker and answered all questions after Jake Burger’s walkoff blast ended a 9h-inning rally against the White Sox closer. A standup moment through a rough day.
On Oct. 30, Kopech is a World Series champion. Solid individual, great story
Where was the Yankees’ manager during this meltdown?
Is Aaron Boone awake? Or did the Yankees manager decide to pack it in for the day after watching Giancarlo Stanton’s mammoth home run in Game 5 of the World Series on Wednesday night?
That’s going to be a serious question asked all winter long across baseball if the Dodgers clinch the championship after the disastrous fifth inning at Yankee Stadium.
With New York up 5-0 and Gerrit Cole absolutely cruising on the mound, the Yankees unraveled. First slowly, then all at once as the Dodgers put up five unearned runs in one frame thanks to three mistakes most little leaguers would be able to avoid.
First it was Aaron Judge dropping a shallow fly off the bat of Tommy Edman.
This was Aaron Judge’s first and only error all year (regular and postseason). pic.twitter.com/TDoebaCt7U
But it seemed like the Yankees were about to escape after more masterful pitching from Cole induced a weak grounder from Mookie Betts to first baseman Anthony Rizzo. With Rizzo playing back, Cole was expected to cover the bag and secure the put-out. For reasons passing understanding, the Yankees’ ace stopped running after a few steps and watched helplessly as Betts not only reached safely, but brought in Edman from third.
The play was scored a hit for Betts, but there’s no escaping Cole’s mistake.
You can absolutely guess what happened next. The Dodgers smelled blood and pounced. Back-to-back doubles from Freddie Freeman and Teoscar Hernandez knotted things up at 5 before the Yankees were able to get off the field.
You may also have noticed that at no point during these mental mistakes from New York did manager Aaron Boone leave the dugout to settle down his team.
It was wild to watch play out in real time. Baseball fans were stunned Boone didn’t go out and buy some time for his players to catch their breath and break the tension.
Does Aaron Boone think he’s watching this game from home?
Hey, did you notice that familiar-looking gentleman sitting behind home plate at Game 5 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday night?
He kinda, sorta looked like former Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak. Wait a second…that is Sajak!
The now-retired game show personality has been a fixture at the 2024 World Series, watching his Los Angeles Dodgers on both coasts. Sajak was spotted behind home plate at Dodger Stadium earlier in the series before popping into frame on Wednesday.
Clearly Sajak knew the answer to the prize puzzle to score those seats…or he just used any of the millions he earned over his illustrious television career to purchase them himself. We can probably solve this puzzle ourselves.
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