Dodgers vs Blue Jays World Series begins Friday

Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays begin a stellar World Series on Friday.

The Dodgers hope to become the first team since New York Yankees, which won three straight World Series championships from 1998 to 2000 and was crowned champion again while the Blue Jays last won in 1993.

The Blue Jays' 1993 World Series title was their second in a row.

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The two teams had different paths to the World Series. The Dodgers rolled back and Blue Jays fought tooth and nail to make it to the Fall Classic.

The Dodgers did have to play in the Wild Card Series as they defeated the Cincinnati Reds in two games to advance to the NLDS.

In the NLDS, the Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies in four games with support from Phillies pitcher Orion Kerkerings unbearable mistake to advance to NLCS.

The Dodgers then made short work of Milwaukee Brewers, how they swept them. Shohei Ohtani put on one of the most incredible postseason performances of all time in Game 4 to close out the series.

The Dodgers' pitching, especially their starting pitching, was sensational, allowing just 28 runs in 10 postseason games. The team's elite rotation of Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow and Ohtani has carried the load so far.

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The Blue Jays narrowly avoided the Wild Card round. The Yankees struck back and finished the season with the same record, but the Blue Jays held the tiebreaker to win the American League East and avoided the best-of-seven series.

The Blue Jays routed the Yankees in four games after an incredible 34-run attack in the ALDS.

After defeating their rival in the American League East, the Blue Jays took over Seattle Mariners in the ALCS and won in seven exciting games.

The Mariners won the first two games of the ALCS in Toronto, and the Blue Jays responded by winning games three and four in Seattle. The Mariners won Game 5 in dramatic fashion behind third baseman Eugenio Suarez's eighth-inning grand slam.

The Blue Jays won Game 6 and forced a deciding Game 7, which they won 4–3 after George Springer an epic three-run homer in the seventh inning.

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Blue Jays star first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has been otherworldly this postseason, hitting .442 with six home runs and 12 RBIs in 51 appearances in 11 games.

The Blue Jays could have reinforcements arriving as star shortstop Bo Bichette said he would be ready to return from a sprained left knee that has sidelined him since early September, according to MLB.com.

Before the injury, Bichette had a .311 batting average and 18 home runs in 139 games this season. If he is added to the roster, it remains unclear how Toronto will utilize him.

The Dodgers-Blue Jays matchup marks the fifth World Series in history in which one team beat its opponent in the LCS round and the other won in a seven-game series.

A team that has played a seven-game series in the LCS has won the World Series on all four previous occasions.

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All World Series games will be broadcast on FOX. Here are the times and dates for this year's Fall Classic:

• Game 1, Friday, October 24, 8:00 pm ET in Toronto.
• Game 2, Saturday, October 25, 8:00 pm ET in Toronto.
• Game 3, Monday, October 27, 8:00 pm ET in Los Angeles.
• Game 4, Tuesday, October 28, 8:00 pm ET in Los Angeles.
• Game 5, Wednesday, October 29, 8:00 pm ET in Los Angeles*
• Game 6, Friday, October 31, 8:00 pm ET in Toronto*
• Game 7, Saturday, November 1, 8:00 pm ET, Toronto*

(*If necessary)

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