It gets no better than this. Game 7 of the World Series. Enjoy with your friends here at CtPG.
World Series Game 7 Gamethread
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Legend
5 hours ago
It is shocking to me that Vlad Jr. is after all these years and all this time STILL speaking Spanish in interviews and using an interpreter! He has been in the Major Leagues for 6 seasons, travelling to and from English speaking cities throughout the United States, while also living in the English speaking city of Toronto…
All this and also the fact that he grew up in Anaheim being exposed to the language for YEARS. How can he not know how to speak English fluently at this point ??? This is a key point and a huge difference between he and Shohei for instance… Shohei did not grow up in an English speking country, which is a huge deal.
His interview is in the middle of the clip below …
Clement, Springer and Guerrero Jr. react to World Series loss
Last edited 5 hours ago by JackFrost
Legend
5 hours ago
It’s good the season is over. Watching the Dodgers re-load during the winter will be difficult, but their prowess and our ineptitude has become an annual occurrence.
I can take solice that Betts’ decline is beginning to mirror MNT’s. It’ll be interesting to see if Friedman has an answer….
Legend
3 hours ago
The Dodgers get one more gluttonous bite of the deferral apple this offseason, before the new CBA is negotiated. My guess that loophole will be closed or greatly curtailed.
Legend
5 hours ago
This was a GREAT WS. I would have much more preferred the Jays to win but this was baseball in all its glory on display.
Legend
8 hours ago
This Dodgers deferred team is going to be one of the reasons there will be a strike / lock out in 2027. Other teams owners are going to call bullshit on The Dodgers and their loophole, because their teams fans are going to grow disinterested if The Dodgers are just going to buy an All Star team every year.
Legend
5 hours ago
Agree. And it is no smaIl detail that Yamamoto, who was the Dodgers $325 million dollar man/mercenary was the one who won the World Serie’s MVP, and whom without the Dodgers surely lose the series, probably in 5 games… Don’t tell me the Dodgers didn’t buy the Championship !
And for Ohtani, the undisputed GOAT; I am actually happy. He deserves all the praise that is heaped on him, and while he was with us he was a warrior, the perfect teammate, and never failed to give everything he had. I have nothing bad to say about him …. but Arte’s foolishness is highlighted and underlined by this back to back feat. He allowed the Dodgers to do this by delivering Shohei on a Silver Platter (Arte’s failure was the Billion Dollar Blue Boys’ golden opportunity) when Ohtani and his camp were open to a long extension earlier in his stay in Anaheim.
Suck it Arte — you are a fool.
Last edited 5 hours ago by JackFrost
Super Member
4 hours ago
Ohtani being open to a long term extension with the angels is just as believable as him not being a degenerate gambler.
Legend
4 hours ago
I am mainly talking about earlier in his time with us. Arte could have gotten Shohei for an amazing bargain if he had had the foresight to do so in 2019 or 2020… But no, stingy Arte didn’t want to pay more than he had to, again pennywise but pound foolish…
I will also add that even at the end of 2023 Ohtani and his agent definitely reached out to Arte about signing him …. it was Arte who balked and cut off the talks, not Ohtani. Arte told Shohei’s camp, “He’s not worth $500 million dollars.” Really, Arte, is that so ???
I know this because I know someone who knows his agent Nez Balelo.
Last edited 4 hours ago by JackFrost
Trusted Member
2 hours ago
Great unknown info. Even with those contract talks, most know Ohtani was not going to resign. He already wanted to go Dodger and knew they had the revenue to fuel his recruitment plan for the best Japan players. All conversations or offers he had with Angels were all about image, not looking like a bad guy hopping over to the crosstown rival. Sounds like Arte was truly a fool, as if he was thinking Ohtani would be loyal to his home team like a Vlad, Witt, or Judge and just resign.
Legend
3 hours ago
The people who liked your post are wrong.
Super Member
2 hours ago
lmfao what a weird thing to say about the three lucid geniuses who liked my comment.
Legend
3 minutes ago
Copy that. Shohei is always “betting” on himself and his abilities. In no way was he going to sign a long term extension in his early years with the Angels before his FA date.
Legend
3 hours ago
Arte could have at least traded Ohtani to an east coast team and loaded up the major league and minor league depth. Instead we are left with a quickly evaporating puddle of meh.
Legend
1 hour ago
Yes, this is yet another angle of how Arte failed miserably. If he knew he had no plans to pay Shohei what he was worth he could have at least made it impossible for his chief geographical rival for fan dollars/revenues to snatch him up.
All of this makes Arte look very, very bad.
Legend
13 hours ago
Yamamoto MVP
Legend
13 hours ago
How close, Dodgers out scored by one.
Legend
13 hours ago
What an edge of your sir World Series. Congratulations to the Dodgers and Blue Jays for a great series. SoCal gets to hold the trophy 2 years in a row since ’65 & ’66. 😍
Trusted Member
15 hours ago
So upset can’t eat or sleep, only drink. Jays played tough and had chances, in the end it wasn’t enough to against the best $$ team. Man, Varsho is sht at hitting, glad he at least has a gold glove. Jays went against 4 aces tonight and a hitting lineup where everyone has power (except Rojas), can’t pitch around everyone, hence 3 bombs. I was hoping this series would be the hiccup to Dodgers Ohtani/Defer/$$ dynasty but not so. Dodgers will keep stacking rings and be here next WS, who in the NL can beat them in a playoff series.
Trusted Member
13 hours ago
Any playoff team can beat the Dodgers in a playoff series.
It took a lot of talent, and a fair amount of luck, to beat the Blue Jays (Rojas hitting a HR; Pages making that incredible catch; 18 innings; etc.).
You just need pitchers and hitters to get hot at the moment. No team has been able to do that in 2024 and 2025. But 2026 could be different.
And, you never know what injuries could befall Dodgers pitchers. Pitching all these extra innings in the playoffs takes its toll on an arm.
Trusted Member
5 hours ago
True, any team can get hot, like the Angels did against them this year. Dodgers pitching can have injuries, but wasn’t that the case the year before and they still won it with bullpen arms starting against Padres and Yanks. Then they added Snell. Conforto a bust, so deep they didn’t need him, and most likely replace him paying Tucker, or even Schwarber if he’s willing to defer. Because of Ohtani, they get first dibs on top import Murakami. Dodger fans spend offseason flexing and saying “It keeps getting better!” For Angels fans we get a big question mark; are we going to spend money, does any good free agent even want to come here, can any of the young prospects turn MLB ready.?
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Legend
15 hours ago
Incredible Series.
Hats off to the Dodgers. They were the better team.
The threw out at home by Rojas was so critical.
Trusted Member
16 hours ago
Jays deserve to lose. So many wasted opportunities.
Congrats to Ohtani but FUCK the Dodgers!
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Super Member
16 hours ago
Best world series I’ve watched – either team could have won a dozen times. So many uncanny and close plays, so many unlikely heroes.
Had no emotional investment in either club, but as a baseball fan, that was incredible ball.
Super Member
6 hours ago
I felt the same thing. The tension and energy just never let up. Even in the blow outs. Just so exciting. It was crazy. The 18 inning game was the best game I’ve ever watched. The Series was a classic.
Super Member
2 hours ago
One of the better ones, but in my book, 2001 and 1975 were better. Those two WS also had 7 games, a bunch of HOF players and extra innning games.
so my ranks is 2001, 2002, 1975, 1968, 2025.
Legend
2 hours ago
Interesting order. Being an Angels fan, I have to go with a list similar, 2002, 2025, 1975, 1967 (I pulled for Boston, a last to first thing and 2 CY and 2 MVP and Gibson dominance), 1968, 1988 (Gibson vs Eck), 1991, 1992, 1993. 1963 (Koufax vs Mantle), 1981 (Steinbrenner elevator thing.) But it is fun looking back, thanx for making me remember your choices.
Trusted Member
16 hours ago
Hands down the best players.
Super Member
16 hours ago
They defeated the Jays in 7 games and won game 7 by one run in extra innings. They were behind the entire game until the 8th inning and were actually very fortunate to win. The Jays actually looked like the better team to me. The Jays are not spending quite as much as the Dodgers but they are still spending a considerable amount behind only the Mets, Dodgers, Phillies, and Yankees. The Dodgers are still spending considerably more than anyone else. The Jays are spending about 50-60M more than the Angels. It says a lot about who we’re paying.
Trusted Member
16 hours ago
How can you celebrate winning when you have the best team far and above everyone else.
Legend
14 hours ago
Hmm, loud! 🏆 💍 Very close World Series maybe ever.
Super Member
6 hours ago
isnt that the point?
Trusted Member
16 hours ago
Why even play just see who can buy the best players
Trusted Member
16 hours ago
Money talks bullshit walks
Trusted Member
16 hours ago
I predict 7 deaths tonight. 1 for each game of the Worst Series
Legend
16 hours ago
ANGELS WENT 6-0 against these clowns!
Super Member
16 hours ago
Very sorry for those of you that don’t like the Dodgers. Let the IIWPM columns begin. This is the beginning of 2026.
Legend
16 hours ago
only about 99% of us.
Legend
16 hours ago
twas a great series, though. Great one.
Legend
16 hours ago
Screw you billion dollar blue boys.
Legend
16 hours ago
Ugggggh
