The Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers turned in an absolute classic in Game 3 of the 2025 World Series. Los Angeles outlasted Toronto in 18 innings when Freddie Freeman blasted a walk-off home run to center field.
What’s crazier: the second 18-inning Game 3 at Dodger Stadium in seven years or Freeman’s second-straight World Series with a walk-off homer?
The thriller will go down as undoubtedly one of the craziest games in World Series history, but let’s go deeper. Is this one of the five best World Series games since the start of the 21st Century?
Here’s the worthy competition of other candidates:
2001 World Series Game 7: New York Yankees @ Arizona Diamondbacks
2004 World Series Game 1: St. Louis Cardinals @ Boston Red Sox
2011 World Series Game 6: Texas Rangers @ St. Louis Cardinals
2016 World Series Game 7: Chicago Cubs @ Cleveland Guardians
2017 World Series Game 5: Los Angeles Dodgers @ Houston Astros
2018 World Series Game 3: Boston Red Sox @ Los Angeles Dodgers (18 innings)
2019 World Series Game 7: Washington Nationals @ Houston Astros
The 2011 and 2016 games are absolute locks for the lists and very well could be for the rest of the century, though there’s still 75 years to go. Both 18-inning games, including Blue Jays-Dodgers from Monday night, are more than qualified.
How would you sort the best five World Series games of the century?
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