Dodgers‘ victory over the New York Yankees in the World Series of Baseball, Wednesday, October 30, 2024.” sizes=”(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw” width=”664″ height=”443″/> Fireworks are set off in the streets of Los Angeles after the Dodgers’ victory over the New York Yankees in the World Series of Baseball, Wednesday, October 30, 2024. ETHAN SWOPE / AP
Fireworks in the night, horns, sirens and shouts in the streets. The city of Los Angeles was quick to celebrate, Wednesday, October 30, the victory of its baseball team, the Dodgers, which overcame, 4,500 kilometers further east, the New York Yankees to win his eighth world series, the final of the North American championship (MLB).
After winning the first three games of this prestigious final, the Dodgers, titled in 2020, won 7 to 6, to finally dominate the series 4 victories to 1.
MLB’s two most iconic franchises faced each other for the twelfth time in a World Series, a first in forty-three years, reviving a historic rivalry.
The Dodgers celebrate their victory in the final of the American baseball championship, October 30, 2024, at Yankee stadium in New York. VINCENT CARCHIETTA / USA TODAY SPORTS VIA REUTERS CON
Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani, who joined the Dodgers at the end of 2023 with a historic contract ($700 million over ten years), won his first MLB title at age 30, while he has been playing diminished by an injury since the second match.
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“So much love in the locker room”
The Yankees, and their record 27 titles, however got off to an excellent start on Wednesday, leading 5-0, in line with their convincing success the day before (11-4) which had given a breath of hope to the supporters New Yorker.
But a series of errors and the combativeness of the Dodgers turned the game upside down. The Californians scored five runs in the fifth inning to tie the game. The Yankees may have regained the advantage in the sixth inning (6-5), but they collapsed a little later by conceding two runs (6-7). Unable to catch up, they left the Dodgers with a title that had eluded them since 2009.
“We’re obviously resilient, and there’s so much love in the locker room that it helped us win this game today.”said Dodgers player Mookie Betts.
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