Daulton Varsho's World Series home run for Blue Jays has the craziest link to a Phillies catcher from 1993 originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Baseball is just so darn cool.

The World Series has arrived. As the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers face off in the 2025 Fall Classic, the Arizona Diamondbacks sit at home, watching

Daulton Varsho connects with a two-run home run to center field, tying the game at 2 in the bottom of the 4th inning

Starting with Varsho's blast, Toronto's bats got to the Dodgers' southpaw, who had been untouchable all postseason.

When Daulton Varsho was traded from the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Toronto Blue Jays in 2022, many weren’t too sure about how it would pay off.

TORONTO (AP) — Addison Barger launched the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history, Alejandro Kirk added a two-run homer in a nine-run sixth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays overwhelmed the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 in the opener Friday night.

Yet two swings by Will Smith did, and that was the very narrow margin between Gausman and Los Angeles Dodgers stalwart Yoshinobu Yamamoto, as Smith’s go-ahead home run in the seventh inning broke up a fantastic pitching duel and Yamamoto pitched a four-hitter, lifting the Dodgers to an eventual 5-1 victory at Rogers Centre.

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The World Series opener between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday lived up to the expectations at Rogers Centre.