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And today will be better than yesterday. I'm Buster Olney working from my hotel room in Toronto early on Sunday morning. It's about 1.30 in the morning at this point. Taylor Schwenk is working from the Schwenk Studios back in his home. Connecticut and Manteller. You'll hear in the clown car coming up, Edward and I, we were out of breath and we were just sort of
trying to process everything that we saw in this Game 7, in this World Series, because it's going to go down in history as one of the greats. I mean, to have a player Come off the field and ask Wardow, and you'll hear this story. Come off the field and ask Wardow if this was the greatest game ever. Does that tell you something or what?
I mean, that's how everyone's talking. I'm watching Fox and their postgame, and all the guys on the desk are saying, greatest World Series I've ever seen, one of the greatest games I've ever seen. I mean, it was certainly... Quite the watch. I'm looking at my notes over here, Buster, and they are a mile long. I know you guys jaunted through the whole thing in the clown car. We'll continue to discuss it in the days to come, I'm sure. But a historic night in baseball.
and just a whole lot of fun, a whole lot of fun. Unless you're a Blue Jays fan, and then it's a historic nightmare of a day for you. And I've got strong thoughts about that coming up. You'll hear those on the clown car. Yeah.
What a night. And early on, with the Dodgers and the Blue Jays playing, you had Max Scherzer on the mound for the Blue Jays. You had Shohei Otani on the mound for the Dodgers. And he was struggling with command. I'll give you a little backstory, Taylor, a little peek behind the curtain. We got done the second inning. It was 0-0. And Boog took off his headset. He turned to us and he said, they should get him out of the game right now.
Like Otani, he said, we got to get him out. And Edward and I both said, no, we think he's getting into his rhythm. We think he's just starting out like he had his command issues early. And, you know, he'll find it here as we go along. Well. You know what? Bottom of the third inning, couple guys get on base, Bo Bichette at the plate against Shohei Ohtani. Ohtani fired. Swing it up! To the left of that 400 foot marker. Wow.
That, of course, Boog Chambiani, ESPN Radio. Tip of the cap to Boog for that call. Like, I mean, that home run call and also the off-the-air call saying they got to get Otani out of the game. Yeah, at that point, I texted Sarah Langs and asked her, I said, okay, what... What's the record of teams that have at least a three-run homer or a grand slam in a World Series game? They'd won like 85% of the games.
So you're thinking the Blue Jays are in a great spot right here. The Dodgers did punch back in the top of the fourth inning. Dragging from third and coming in to score is Will Smith, and the Dodgers are on the board. What a grab by Dalton Marshall, diving in towards the infield to steal a hit from Teoscar Hernandez.
I've been so impressed with Dalton Varshow in this postseason. Makes an incredible catch there. And I can't even imagine what that would have looked like if the ball had gotten past him. Now, in the bottom of the fourth inning, Justin Robleski was in the game because, of course, they had taken out Otani. And he threw a pick.
pitch inside to Andres Jimenez. And Jimenez lifted his hand like he was trying to get hit on purpose. Well, the very next pitch, this is what happened. Two and two now. Here's the pitch. And that one is inside. And now Robleski and Jimenez are chatting, and the bench is empty. Robleski being corralled by Max Muncy. A little bit of a skirmish in the middle of the field. The bullpens have emptied. Here we go.
Yeah, the bullpens emptied. There was a little bit of pushing and shoving in the middle of it. You could tell. And then when the bullpen guys came in, you know who was especially active in that? And I don't know who started it or what was said. Jeff Hoffman. The Toronto closer was especially active in that, but the umpires got everybody off the field. Nobody was ejected, and so they move forward. In the top of the sixth inning, the Dodgers cut the lead again.
Edmond digs in. The 1-1. Swing and a fly ball center field. Varsho coming in. Bats back to Tank. Varsho makes the grab. Throw towards the plate. Offline. Betts comes in, and it's a 3-2 game. Tommy Edmond, a sacrifice fly, and we got ourselves a one-run game. The Blue Jays answered in the bottom of the sixth. With a man at second.
Glass now fired. Swing and a liner, right center field. Can Oscar Hernandez can't get it. It'll take a bounce and hop off the wall. Clement racing towards third. Coming around, he's in. Andres Jimenez, an RBI double and it's 4-2 Jays. And at that moment, the Jays, nine outs from winning the World Series, and they had Trey Savage and Jeff Hoffman available for Leaf. They were so well set up in this moment. In the top of the seventh inning, the Dodgers had a runner on base.
And then this happened. Here's a 2-1. Swing and a bouncer towards first. Fair ball. Guerrero up with it. On to second for one. Back to first two! It's a double play! 6-3 and started by Guerrero and turned gorgeously. Guerrero to Jimenez, back to Guerrero, and they get out of the inning. Taylor, that was one of the best double plays I've ever seen by a first baseman. And I'm not exaggerating. Like, you got to think.
When that ball was hit to Guerrero, right, he couldn't have been more than a foot and a half off the bag. And the reflex of so many first basemen in that spot would be. you know what, I'm going to play a conservative, I'm going to step on first, and then we'll throw to second, and maybe I get the runner going there. But he didn't do that. He felt like, you know what, if I make an aggressive throw to second, then I get the 3-6-3 double play back here.
It was impressive. And I talked to, I was texting with baseball people with other teams. We were like, oh my God, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has just emerged in this postseason. So it was four to two going to the top of the eighth inning. Savage was on the mound. Max Muncy at the plate. A 1-1. Swing and a high fly ball. Right field. Out its way. And that one is gone. A no doubter off the bat of Max Muncy.
And the Dodgers are within one as Muncie goes deep down the right field line. It's 4-3 Blue Jays. And that was significant because the Dodgers at that point were just one swing away from tying the game. Now, Yusavich came out. Jeff Hoffman came into the game for the Blue Jays. He got through the eighth inning with a 4-3 lead.
In the top of the ninth inning with one out, Miguel Rojas, you remember he was inserted into the Dodgers lineup in game six because Dave Roberts said, I need my guy, Miggy Rowe, in a game. Like, I need to go with my guy. He comes up with one out in the top of the ninth inning, and this is what happened. They all pitch to Rojas. Swing and a high fly ball. Left field. It's back. It's on its way. And we are tied! Miguel Rojas! A solo homer to left, and the veteran has evened this one up. It is 4-4.
The unlikeliest of heroes as Rojas touches the plate. Slaps five with Otani. 4-4 in the ninth. Dave Roberts in the Dodger dugout was near tears. Like the way the Dodgers were jumping around excited from Gal Rojas, 37 years old. I talked to him the other day. He talked about how next year will be his last year. This, as he explained in a post-game interview, the first home run all season against a right-handed pitcher. And with that, he joins the likes of...
Aaron Boone and Bucky Dent and David Fries. So many of these October heroes remembered for one swing and Miguel Rojas will be remembered for that pivotal swing the rest of his. Now, in the bottom of the ninth inning, it looked like for a second the Blue Jays still might win because they loaded the bases, and Andy Pajes, who had gone in for defense, was out in center field.
With the bases loaded, Barger's at third. He's the winning run. Yamamoto deals. Swing and a high fly ball left field. That's well struck. That's back there. And that one is caught by Paz. Martinez catches it as he collides with Kike Hernandez in left center field, and this game continues. How about Bukchambi's calls in this game? Taylor. They don't call him the legend for nothing, Buster. I mean, he's the voice of the show for a dang reason. Whoa. He's not done yet.
Really impressive. Yeah, we go into extra innings. I'm getting texts from friends saying, oh, we're going to play 18 innings again. There was traffic on the bases. Both teams are working through the rallies of the opposing teams in the top of the 11th inning. With Shane Bieber on the mound, the third former Cy Young Award winner to pitch this game because we had seen Scherzer and Snell along with Otani and all the other stars. Shane Bieber's on the mound for the Blue Jays. Will Smith.
At the plate, two outs. A towering homer to left for Will Smith, and here in the 11th, the Dodgers have a 5-4 advantage. And Smith slaps five with Dino Evil in third, comes across, steps on the plate. And high fives Freddie Freeman. The Dodgers have the lead. Yoshinobu Yamamoto had come on, of course. He pitches the 9th. He works for the 10th. He comes out for the bottom of the 11th to try to protect that 5-4 lead that Will Smith gave them.
And of course, the Blue Jays rally. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads off with a double. They have runners at first and third and one out. Alejandro Kirk at the plate. Swing and a broken bat roller out to short. Bats up with it. Steps out second. On to first. And it's a double play. And the Dodgers have won it. Here at 11, the Dodgers turn the double play.
and finish off the Jays 5-4 in the final. And they celebrate to the left of the pitcher's mound, jumping up and down. The Dodgers, repeat champions for the first time in baseball. In 25 years, the Dodgers are World Series champs. And right after that, after the Dodgers are going nuts, I talked with Will Smith about the incredible Game 7.
Will Smith, describe that incredible Game 7. That was awesome. That was the epitome of this series. Just two really good teams. That's a really good Blue Jays team. That's a really good offense. They pitched really well. It was going to be a fight. We knew that.
And then, yeah, seven games, 18-inning game in game three, extra innings this game. That was just a fight, and couldn't be more proud of this group of guys. What did you see in Miguel Rojas tying the game with a home run? Yeah, that was huge. Obviously down a run. Yeah, that was incredible. We were so fired up. We needed a little spark there, obviously. He got it done, and that was great. That was awesome. He's battling. All right, you came to the plate against Bieber. What was your thought?
Yeah, I'm just trying to get a pitch to hit. Buckley snuck over the wall there and put us up a run. I was fired up after that. That was awesome. Everyone was pitching in. Yamamoto today, the day after he pitches in game six. What did you see in him? He's the MVP of this series. That was special what he did. The two starts, complete game. Pitching yesterday, six innings, coming out today. I told him yesterday he needed one for us to win today. He gave us three.
That's just pure fight out of him, pure grit. That's who he is. He's just a fighter. He's one of the best pitchers on the planet, and he showed it. Last one, you're the first team in 25 years to go back-to-back. What does that mean? It's incredible. It's a lot of hard work the last two years. Last year's team was special. That run to win it was amazing. We came in with the goal this year to repeat, and we did it. We finally achieved that goal. Well, thanks.
I talked with Miguel Rojas, who was weeping as we spoke. Miguel Rojas, what are you feeling right now? A lot of emotions. To be honest with you, it's really hard to put it into words. I just feel like... My wife told me that something big was going to happen for me in this series. It's amazing. The moment was big and I used to never come up in that situation and get a big hit like that. I've been talking to my...
to my hitting coach the last couple years. How come I never get the big hit? Tonight happened in the biggest stage of my life, and I'm so happy to be part of this organization. I wish I could retire here in a couple years, and LA is for you guys.
Miguel, you got tears as you're talking. Walk us through that at bat and what the feeling was when the ball left the bat. I just feel like I want to hit the ball up the middle. I want to be on base for Shohei. That was the only thing that I was thinking about, hitting the fastball up the middle.
and good things happen when you stay like simple and and think about the middle he hit me a slider uh this is my first home run against a right-handed pitcher in the whole year and he came in the best situation possible for these guys and And for my family, for everybody in LA, I hope you guys enjoy. And I can't wait to see you guys in a couple days. What was in your heart when Will Smith's ball went over the wall? I mean, I'm on the bench because I have to be soft because my rip last night.
in one of the last plays and the celebration of the middle when we made the last out. I was kind of like hurting today. I'm on a lot of pills and a lot of injections and stuff and I was just playing with a little bit of... a rib cage problem and in that last swing it was tough but i mean we all put us ahead and and then Yamamoto performance man he deserves everything he's the MVP of of the series in the series before this and this series
I'm so happy for that guy. Thank you. Congrats. I spoke with Dave Roberts, the Dodgers manager. Dave Roberts, back-to-back championships for the Dodgers. my god this is crazy I mean we started out in Tokyo and we ended up in Toronto and I just couldn't be more proud of these guys this organization the fight that we had our backs against the wall no one panicked no one wavered
My message has always been, you guys got to keep believing in each other. And if they believe in each other, I'll believe in them. And guys like Miggy, Yamamoto, Will Smith, all the way down the line, Mookie coming up big months. Just Glass, you know, the young kids, Robo, Chi, and all these guys did it. So it's a huge group effort.
We're two-time champions. Back-to-back champions. Emotional moment for you when Rojas hits the home run, it looked like. You know what, Buster? I always tell our guys, the game honors you. And the way he takes it every single day, a great teammate. plays the right way, says the right things. The game honored him at that moment. Congrats, Doc. Thank you, guys. Here's Blue Jays manager John Schneider. I thought we had chances to sweep them.
I thought that we played our game, and our game is as good as anybody in baseball. Is it two heavyweights going back and forth? You know, going back to the beginning of this series when people were calling it David versus Goliath, it's not even close. So they're good. I put this group of guys against any other 26. players in the entire planet yeah we had our chances we had our chances to to beat them soundly you know and we did and that's baseball taylor
I don't think you got anything else, man. This is it, man. We're all out. Whatever we got, nothing left. Go home, everybody.
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Oh my God. That was just incredible. Like I'm losing my voice. We're taping this. I mean, this is how late it is. We're about ready to hit daylight savings and gain an hour. Oh my God. I didn't even realize. Yeah. I'm so locked into the baseball, but you're, you're, you're acutely aware because you're, you got to travel back to Montana. So I do. I got an Uber in two hours. Oh boy. All right. Oh my gosh. It was something.
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This is the Clown Car edition of the Baseball Tonight podcast after Game 7 of the World Series. Hey, Warder, you got to broadcast one of the greatest games of all time. Unbelievable, Buster. We're speechless. You have to be. I mean... If you look at the back-and-forth, the three-run homer from Bo Bichette, they take the lead 3-0. They have everything aligned, and little by little,
You have the Dodgers just pecking away with solo shots. And I think that's one of the most incredible things. Little by little, they're just a solo shot team. They slugged with no one on. And Muncie. Makes it a one-run game after them being behind 4-2. And everyone's looking on deck with two outs left in the game. It's like you forgot about Miguel Rojas, who was 4-5 lifetime.
against Hoffman and he goes deep first I mean there's no other way of saying it he goes deep on a 3-2 slider when he was looking fastball and oh by the way he even said it to you He's like, it's the first home run I've hit of a right-hander this year. You can't make this up. I mean, that's why this game is so wonderful. The nine-hole hitter. came through. If you look at it yesterday, it was Miggy Rojas with his defense being the star of the game. And tonight, he gave the Dodgers life.
Speechless. Take this. Well, speechless. And I think what is also at that point, I think, that when we have the play by Andy Pies, he comes in the game to play defense, and he makes it. And I'll be honest with you, I didn't see it. Because I'm down in that runway, and I'm behind. I've got all these cops who are standing in front of me. And all I'm seeing is the back of the wall. And you hear, like, this reaction from the crowd, like, what, what, what? And he winds up catching the ball.
At that point, once we go into extra innings, we've entered the conversation for one of the greatest games we've ever played, and yet traffic all over the place in extra innings. The cool thing is this. Blake Trinan on the field. I went on the field to do a SportsCenter hit. He's like, Ed, pulls me aside. I'm like, what's going on? And he goes, is this the best game ever? Is this the best World Series? Yeah. He goes, is this the best?
world series ever that i mean and i'm like i'll tell you this i've been very biased of the 1975 world series red sox i wonder why right i mean i It was my first high-stress baseball moment ever. And this has it. As a broadcaster, being present, this by far. We had an 18-0 game. We had a game yesterday where Yamamoto was gutsy through six. And then today he was gutsy with three unbelievable innings. You had Blake Snell coming in.
inheriting runners on base glass now inheriting runners on base you're asking pitchers to be uncomfortable and just be them and they did it uh it's look and Hats off to the Toronto Blue Jays and the entire country of Canada. They put on a show. They made us all believe that it was possible. And yet, the Dodgers, without Alex Bessie in the bullpen,
without a Mookie Betts that did not hit much, without a Freddie Freeman that did not hit much. They made it happen. And that's the last out of the game. It was Mookie Betts, the ball hit to him. Who thought that he was going to start the season at short and he was going to end it at short with an unassisted double play? You know, I'm noticing here, Eduardo, we're walking through the streets of Toronto.
And you have lowered your voice like you're at a funeral. Here's the thing. I mean, the Blue Jays had an unbelievable year. Whoa. This car almost backed into me. Blue Jays had an unbelievable year. They're in a great position going forward, but you talk about a devastating loss. You're whispering, too. Yeah, you talk about a devastating loss.
Talking with David Vesey on the steps as we're waiting to go on the field in the 10th inning, and I said, whoever loses this game, this is going to be crushing. because of how I feel the Blue Jays, within two outs of winning the World Series for the first time in 32 years, if the Dodgers had lost, their opportunity to go back-to-back lost.
and we wind up in the situation that we did. Man, what an incredible game. So I want to get your perspective. It occurred to me when Miguel Rojas came up, I kind of wondered. if there was any thought that they might pinch hit for him. No, not with the numbers. Because of the numbers against Hoffman. Yeah, because of the numbers against Hoffman, you don't. And oh, by the way, who are you going to pinch hit for him? They really didn't have a deep bench.
They had a defensive bench, Pahez defense, and they brought him in because of his arm. If you wanted range out there in the outfield, you wouldn't have brought him. You would have brought Dean in the game, right? But you wanted... Pahez because of his arm out there at the time. And that's why he, because, and we talked about it. Dave Fleming in the meeting, he was broadcasting the international game on baseball on TV. And, you know, I want you to rate the guys defensively.
And Dave Roberts said, you're looking at a 75 arm in a scouting grade, 80 being the top. This is what you got from Pai. So he put the best arm out there. Great move. It paid off for him. You had... Role players. He knew his team better than anyone. I'll tell you this, though. John Schneider, he managed great today. He left in Bichette, where sometimes you take him out earlier to give him an extra at-bat, and he did get that extra at-bat.
and he got a base hit, and that's when you pinch hit for him. Then kind of Falefa comes up again and gives a beautiful butt. Buster, everybody did what they were supposed to do. And I'm not even going to say the best team won. I'm just going to say they put on a show for Major League Baseball. And I just want to leave it at this. You know, a lot of people say, well, the Dodgers, when it comes down to the collective bargaining agreement.
They were tested today, Buster. They were tested today. And I think they were tested throughout the entire, you know, you look at it, it's the Toronto Blue Jays have nothing. to hang their heads on. It was just a wonderful, wonderful series that the fans of baseball really, really took advantage of and watched. A couple more quick ones for you. One, because of your vantage point up in the press box. We're in a club now.
We kind of are, right? Because of your vantage point up in the press box, did you think off the bat that Will Smith's ball was going to go? Yes, I did. Because I've seen already a lot of what Will Smith has done. and how his ball travels, and it was just a spinner away, and you could see the back spin on it. As soon as he hit it, I was like, okay, they just took the lead. But Vladimir Guerrero made me think that we were going to be here for quite some time.
And when I saw Clayton Kershaw warming up in the pen, I'm like, can you write this up any better? Really, can you write? I looked up and I was like, thank you, God, for letting me sit here and watch this and being blessed. It was really cool. All right, and your dad played on that 75-76 Reds team, was the last nationally team before tonight to win back-to-back titles. The Yankees, of course, 98-2000, three straight championships, four championships in five years.
has this Dodger team with three championships in six years now entered the conversation, maybe one of the greatest teams ever? Yes, and Doc Roberts just probably made his way to Cooperstown here too. A lot of people are talking about, is this the best team that money can buy? You still have to manage it. You've got to manage personalities. You have to manage people. And that's the one thing that Doc Roberts does really well.
¶ Sarah Langs
I just want to throw this out. I want to throw this out there. You look at the teams coming into this series. How many have won at home? And since 2014, Giants won the Royals. Royals won at the Mets in 2015. 2016, it was the Cubs that won in Cleveland. It was 2017, Astros won in L.A. 2018, it was the Red Sox won in the Dodgers. 2019, the Nationals won in Houston. 2020, we all know.
know what happened there. 2021, it was the Braves who won in Houston. Then finally in 2022, Houston won at home. Then after that, 23, Rangers win the D-backs. 24, it was the Dodgers at New York. And tonight... The Dodgers on the road again. Where's the home field advantage in the World Series when it comes to being able to seal the deal at home? It hasn't happened just once. It's happened only once.
¶ Bleacher Tweets
since 2014. Eight days ago, I had a conversation with Joe Torrey, the manager of that Yankee team, and he said, in the postseason, in the World Series, it's easier to play on the road. for players, and he feels like players get more relaxed in the road, and they certainly, based on the numbers you just read, the lines you just read, certainly they've had more success. Eduardo, thanks for doing this. I so greatly appreciate it.
We've got to say thanks to Rob Kelly, who's hanging out here. He's our producer. Rob, thank you. You're welcome. This was an amazing series. Absolutely amazing. Well, and Rob's a huge Yankee fan, okay? Do you consider this Dodger team to be in the same conversation as those Yankee teams? Oh, absolutely. They're probably more talented than the Yankee teams back in the day, but, oh, for sure, for sure. I just want to say what a gutsy performance.
by Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Oh, Yamamoto was unbelievable. You started to bring that up yesterday, by the way. You went back. I was impressed. You were 2001, Randy Johnson, 105 pitches, game six, coming back and pitching eighth and ninth inning, game seven. And that was it right there. I mean, tell me, Buster, when we asked him today, I saw you write it down. I'm like, whoa, here we go. Here we go. Oh, you knew it was going to happen. If they needed him, he was going to give it.
And to hear Will Smith and hear Miguel Rojas both volunteer, he's the MVP. They were so impressed by him. Absolutely, and what a privilege to be working alongside of you all. through this whole time and we will continue this absolutely we will continue this clown car edition from god knows where we'll be we will be doing this
This is The Numbers Game with Sarah Langs. The great Sarah Langs, a reporter and producer for MLB.com, helps us out playing the numbers game after each of these World Series games. Here's Sarah again. Will Smith with the first extra inning home run in a winner-take-all game in World Series history. He caught 73 innings this series, the most by any catcher in a single World Series.
The Dodgers are the first team to repeat as champions since the 1998-2000 Yankees, snapping the longest drought without a repeat champ in MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL history. Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the ninth pitcher to pitch in a postseason game the day after pitching six or more innings. His two and two-thirds innings are the most of those nine in that second game.
Bleacher Tweets. All righty, Buster. Bleacher Tweets for a Game 7. Your Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions, and our guy Avi is checking in one final time. Avi from Beverly Hills. History! Let's go! What a game. Taylor, tonight I dedicate to you. I'm breaking the record. You know what I'm talking about. Go Dodgers. Thanks for a great season.
Uh-oh. What record is he talking about, Taylor? Are we talking about numbers of beverages? It might be. It might be obvi if there was ever a time to do it, my man. After a championship is definitely a notable reason for celebration. Oh, my gosh. Well, we need to check in. Congratulations, Dobby. Yeah. All right, Noah Castro writes, that was the best World Series of my lifetime, let alone the best game seven of the fall classic. Unbelievable.
Buster, I'm not going to ask you to be like, was that the greatest game ever? But, you know, it's certainly like first glance, you've been living this for 30 plus years going to these World Series. It's up there, right? Oh, without a doubt. Yeah, Ed Warden and I touched on that. And Ed Warden's dad, of course, played on the Dynasty Cincinnati Reds, 1975-1976. The 1975 World Series, considered to be one of the all-time classics. 2011, the way that...
That ended Cubs, Guardians or Cubs and Indians back in 2016. You know, the Yankees and Diamondbacks is a unique series back in 2001. I think from start to finish, this was the best World Series. Every single game was thoroughly entertaining. Nuts. We didn't know what was going to happen. And we had star power from, I mean, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. emerging, right? Addison Barger, Trey Savage on their side. On the other side, Yoshinobu Yamamoto. It just...
giving us reason to understand why he's the highest paid pitcher in the history of baseball. Will Smith coming through big time, you know, catching 18 innings and then finishing up the World Series. I mean, it was just bonkers. Such great baseball. Amazing. Absolutely amazing. Stuart Alcorn writes, how ironic the Dodgers starters.
won the series in relief. I mean, what a remarkable situation how everything shook out. I was having some friends text me like, Yamamoto, he's coming back in. Don't they have anyone else? I was like, no, they don't actually. This is it. Well, they do, but... Let's face it, in this situation, and Dave Roberts told us this at the beginning of the year, your goal going, I mean, beginning of the World Series, the goal is to get your best pitchers getting as many outs. And man, they did that.
And the good thing is for Yamamoto, he doesn't have to pick up the ball for a few months because I'm sure he's going to be tired. Just totally unrelated here. Throwing my own bleacher tweet in. Shout out Ernie Clement. I mean, 30 hits in a postseason. Jeez. Oh, that's crazy, Buster. That's insane. And he almost had the game winning, the World Series winning hit, if not for Andy Pies. Oh, my God.
If Andy Pais, that ball isn't caught, can you imagine that finish? And that's what I said to Eduardo. I don't know if you agree with me. Well, David Basset, I was standing with him in 10th inning, and I turned and I said, whoever loses this, it's going to be utterly crushing. Like just crushing. And John Snyder, I thought, did a great job after the game. He's trying to spin it forward and he's trying to be positive.
But this one is one that you just are not going to be able to get away from the rest of your life if you're on that team because you were so close. I feel like I'm going to gag. It hurts my stomach because I know how that feels and I know how that can stick with you. Oh, man. Woof. Shout out David Vassay. Someone get him a dry t-shirt or something. I'm sure he's champagne drenched right now. Right. I saw that actually out on the field. He got a world championship t-shirt. Ah, perfect.
uh moist job writes wow what a series thank you and buster uh for a great ride this season uh favorite part of game seven this year is that it is november already and it's one month closer to mid-february when spring training begins i'm going to have to make it through the next couple months without baseball it's going to be really hard. Love Yamamoto for World Series MVP.
Question for Buster. Was Miguel Rojas' home run the biggest energy in life sucked out of a stadium so quickly you've seen in recent memory? I feel like we saw one in this series, another one. Yeah. I mean, that's a, that's a, I mean, it absolutely was like to, to feel, I mean, you had an entire country, 40 million people getting ready to celebrate. Right. And then Rojas hits that home run.
That was bonkers. And, you know, you mentioned, again, Yamamoto. Kevin Pillar is working for Canadian television. And as this is playing out and Yamamoto comes out for his third inning, Pillar looks at me and he goes, that guy's my favorite player. He was just in awe that this guy was pitching that much the day after he made a start and pitched six innings.
Really, really cool to watch. Greatness, for sure. Last one here, Kirk in Australia. He's going to have the final word. He sends it a picture. He writes, does not... Get much better than this. Listen to Game 7 of the World Series on ESPN Radio and watching live baseball here in Sydney, Australia. It's 11 a.m. Sydney time. Watching the Balcom Hills Kookaburras play the MacArthur Orioles in the New South Wales Baseball State League.
HEMBO would be jealous with his punishing schedule of World Series games at 11 a.m. Perfect. There you go, Kirk. Thanks for listening on the ESPN app and on ESPN Radio. Absolutely. We're going to have to break Hembo down because, you know, Hembo's schedule. He's got to get up like two o'clock in the morning. He's a dad. He's got a bunch of little kids. So he has to be disciplined. My guess is he probably didn't watch the game live.
And he's going to wake up and see what happened and go, oh, my God. Yeah, you know what? That's a great call. So much fun. You know, and I mean, Hembo will have so much fun. He probably is turning on the game here in the next 15 minutes. You know, just, man, that's absolutely insane.
You know, we were going to play Greenfields of the Mind today, but it just doesn't feel like I just want to put that off until we do their next podcast. And Taylor, I think we're going to do one sometime in the middle of the week coming up. We will have a roundtable with some of our. Our friends will be looking ahead to the offseason. We'll play Greenfields of the Mind. And we are hopeful.
to have Tony Vitello at some point, the new Giants manager, on the podcast in the week ahead. But we're going to take a few days, Taylor. You and I have been working up late at night, and we've got to recover from this absolutely bonkers World Series. What's like the first thing you're going to do when you get home buster? Sleep! Oh my God, I'm going to sleep like an hour tonight. Is there something you want to watch? Is there an errand you have to run? I'm going to sleep!
I'm going to go back and sleep like Quinny. I'm going to say, Quinny, let's go. We're climbing into bed. Yeah, and she'll lie across my feet and I'll be snoring for a while. Oh boy. Well, I can't wait for your head to hit the pillow buster. Safe travels home. It's been a great World Series. Thanks for listening, everyone. I'm so glad that we did all these shows after all the games. It really, I think, took...
the show itself up a notch. And, uh, so I thank you Buster for your, your dedication. You're telling me you're going to bed at four o'clock in the morning and you, you know, you're a dad and there's all that stuff. And it's just crazy. So thank you for your effort as well. You got it, man. All right. Well, that's it for today. My thanks to Eduardo Perez, to Sarah Langs, to Taylor and the Dodgers and the Blue Jays. I must say that.
Pretty much, generally speaking, across the board, the players are so great to deal with. Mookie Betts, Miguel Rojas, Ernie Clement, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., all the access that we had with the managers. John Schneider, Dave Roberts. They were just absolutely fantastic. So thanks to them. And thanks to the listeners. Stay safe. And remember, hate and inequality based on skin color is something we need to fight against every single day.