Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani, and the Los Angeles Dodgers are back-to-back World Series champions in the MLB. Following the nail-biting 5-4 triumph in extra innings over the Toronto Blue Jays, the former fifth-round selection dropped a blunt confession.
The Dodgers and Blue Jays treated fans all across the globe to an instant classic during Game 7 of the 2025 World Series. In a game that could’ve gone either way, Betts, Ohtani, and company snatched the hearts out of the sold-out crowd at Rogers Centre.
Securing the franchise’s second championship in as many seasons— and third in six years— Betts and the Dodgers are cementing the cornerstones to the newest dynasty in MLB history. The game-winning, series-clinching moment came down to Betts, who pulled off the double-play to crush the Blue Jays’ hopes. After the game, Betts voiced an honest confession as he capped off his fourth World Series championship.
“When I saw the ball coming my way, I kind of got excited. I’ve never been in that situation. I just wanted to be the guy with the ball, and I was,” Betts admitted on making the final out of the World Series, via NBC Los Angeles.
Winning from East to West
Betts conquered his first World Series ring with the Boston Red Sox in 2018, when he became the first player in AL history to hoist the World Series, a Gold Glove award, a Silver Slugger award and the AL MVP in the same season.
Betts switched addresses to the West Coast ahead of the 2020 MLB season. Ever since, Betts has been nothing but a natural winner for the franchise in Elysian Park. However, it wasn’t until Ohtani arrived fresh off the neighboring Angels in December 2023, that the new connection in the City of Angels took over the MLB.
With back-to-back World Series, the Dodgers have now put the MLB on dynasty watch. Los Angeles is the first franchise to win in consecutive seasons since the New York Yankees did so in 1998, 1999, and 2000. With their eyes fixed on the upcoming campaign, the Dodgers will be looking to complete the league’s first three-peat in 25 years. It hasn’t happened since the organization in The Bronx accomplished it in the start of the century.