Newhall Born Dodger Tyler Glasnow Plays in World Series 2025!

1. Friday, Oct. 24 in Toronto, Canada
2. Saturday Oct. 25th in Toronto, Canada
3. Monday, Oct. 27th in Los Angeles, USA
4. Tuesday, Oct. 28th in Los Angeles, USA
5. Wednesday, Oct. 29th in Los Angeles, USA
6. Friday, Oct. 31st in Toronto, Canada
7. Saturday, Nov 1st in Toronto, Canada

Firsts:

1925 - Emil Yde, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, became the first pitcher in the history of the World Series to surrender back-to-back home runs. During the third inning of Game 4, Goose Goslin and Joe Harris, of the Washington Senators, hit consecutive home runs. (The Washington D.C. based Senators were one of the seven original 1901 franchise teams of the American League. They moved and became the Minnesota Twins in 1961.)

1992 - The first time a team outside the USA won the world series.  The Toronto Blue Jays won 4:2 against the Atlanta Braves. Unlike 2025, the first two games were played in Atlanta.

1992 - First time an arena with a moveable, retractable, roof was the site of a World Series game

1993 - The second time a team outside the USA won the world series. The Toronto Blue Jays won 4:2 against the Philadelphia Phillies

1994 - First time the game was cancelled, due to a players' strike

The Los Angeles Dodgers (established in Los Angeles in 1932) have won the world series eight times but never back-to-back, unless they win in 2025.

There have been 10 instances where teams  won back-to-back games but the Oakland Athletics won three games in a row (1972-1974).  However, a more stunning record has been attained by the New York Yankees (American League). They have won three, four, and five games in a row! (1936-1939 and 1949 - 1953 and 1998-199).  

1. 1907/1908 - Chicago Cubs (NL)
2. 1910/1911 - Philadelphia Athletes (AL)
3. 1915/1916 - Boston Red Sox (AL)
4. 1921/1922 - New York Giants (NL) (playing against the New York Yankees both times)
5. 1927/1928 - New York Yankees (AL)
6. 1929/1930- - Philadelphia Athletes (AL)
7. 1936 thru 1939 - New York Yankees  (AL) (playing against the New York Giants twice 1936-1937)
8. 1949 thru 1953 - New York Yankees (AL)
9. 1961/1962 - New York Yankees (AL)
10. 1972 thru 1974 - Oakland Athletics (AL)
11. 1975/1976 - Cincinnati Reds (NL)
12. 1977/1978 - New York Yankees (AL)
13. 1992/1993 - Toronto Blue Jays (AL)
14. 1998 thru 2000 - New York Yankees (AL)

NL = National League   AL = American League

The Los Angeles Dodgers (established in Los Angeles in ̷1̷9̷3̷2̷ 1957 ) have won the world series eight times but never back-to-back, unless they win in 2025.  

One Blue Jay team member was born in Canada.

The "fun fact" about the Blue Jays is only one player is a citizen of Canada; Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was born in Canada. He is a first-generation Canadian with parents from the Dominican Republic, although his father played for the Montreal Expos!

Twenty-Two Blue Jay team members were born in America

• Chris Bassitt - Toledo, Ohio
• Addison Barger - Bellevue, Washington
• Bo Bichette - Orlando, Florida
• Shane Bieber - Orange, California (!) (not related to Justin)
• Ernie Clement - Rochester, New York
• Ty France - Downey, California
• Braydon Fisher - League City, Texas
• Mason Fluharty - Lewes, Delaware
• Kevin Gausman - Centennial,Colorado
• Tyler Heineman - Pacific Palisades, California (yes, his family home was destroyed in the fires)
• Jeff Hoffman - Cohoes, New York
• Isiah Kiner-Falefa - Honolulu, Hawaii
• Eric Lauer - Elyria, Ohio
• Brendon Little - Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
• Nathan Lukes - Antelope, California (not Antelope Valley)
• Max Scherzer - Chesterfield, Missouri
• Davis Schneider - New Jersey
• George Springer - New Britain, Connecticut
• Myles Straw - Garden Grove, California
• Louis Varland - St. Paul, Minnesota
• Daulton Varsho - Marshfield, Wisconsin
• Trey Yesavage - Pottstown, Pennsylvania

Three Blue Jay team members are from around the world:

• Seranthony Ambioris Domínguez Taveras - Dominican Republic
• Alejandro Kirk - Tijuana, Mexico
• Andres Giminez - Barquisimeto, Venezuela

Eighteen Dodger team members are from the United States

• Anthony Banda - Corpus Christi, Texas
• Mookie Betts - Brentwood, Tennessee
• Alex Call - Burnsville, Minnesota
• Ben Casparius - Westport, Connecticut
• Justin Dean - Mauldin, South Carolina
• Jack Dreyer - Salt Lake City, Utah
• Tommy Edman - Pontiac, Michigan
• Freddie Freeman - Fountain Valley, California
• Tyler Glasnow - Newhall, California
• Clayton Kershaw - Dallas, Texas
• Max Muncy - Midland, Texas
• Andy Pages - Mantua, Cuba
• Ben Rortvedt - Madison, Wisconsin
• Emmet Sheehan - New York, New York
• Will Smith - Louisville, Kentucky
• Blake Treinen - Wichita, Kansas
• Alex Vesia - Alphine, California
• Justin Wrobleski - Hoffman Estates, Illinois 

The "fun fact" about the Dodgers is one player is a citizen of Canada, Freddie Freeman was born in the U.S. but his parents are Canadians from Ontario, California.

Eight Dodger team members are from around the world:

• Kiké Hernández - Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
• Teoscar Hernández - Cotui, Dominican Republic
• Hyeseong Kim - Goyang, South Korea
• Shohei Ohtani - Mizusawa, Iwate Japan
• Andy Pages - Mantua, Cuba
• Miguel Rojas - Los Teques, Miranda, Venezuela
• Roki Sasaki - Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan
• Yoshinobu Yamamoto - Bizen Okayama, Japan

Edit: correction of date Dodgers were established, not 1932 but rather 1957.

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