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The headline for this SF Giants fan should be that it’s finally next season. But even watching a dreaded matchup between the Dodgers and Yankees provided a much-needed respite from election related stress. So I’m sorry to see the World Series end. But not as sorry as Yankees fans who saw their team on the verge of sending the series back to Chavez Ravine until a disastrous three mistake five run fifth inning in which they blew a 5-0 lead. Is there a silver lining to a Dodgers championship? Well, maybe. It’s worth noting that the last time the Dodgers clinched a World Series was during the pandemic. Trump lost the election a week later. This gives new meaning to a blue wave.

+ “By overcoming a five-run deficit against one of the best pitchers on the planet. By using seven relievers — one of them Buehler, a starter making his first relief appearance in six years — to record 23 outs. By scratching and clawing and using every aspect of the roster to solidify a title that seemed inevitable in January and felt impossible at the start of October. ‘Crazy,’ Mookie Betts said after the 7-6 come-from-behind victory over the New York Yankees in Game 5. ‘That’s the definition of the 2024 Dodgers.'” (Not the word I’d use, but ok…) Dodgers defeat Yankees in World Series after Game 5 comeback.

+ “‘It felt like nothing. I was just floating,’ he said when asked to describe the sensation of hitting the first walk-off grand slam the World Series had ever seen.” And he still hasn’t come down. After setting a home-run record, the Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman named World Series MVP.

+ This probably shouldn’t come as a surprise given the meteoric rise of the WNBA and other women’s sports. New women’s professional baseball league set to launch in 2026.

+ And what’s the point of a victory if it’s not accompanied by a some looting and a burning bus. Pitchers and catchers report in February.