Inside a raucous Rogers Centre, backed by the AL’s best home record in 2025, the Blue Jays rode the stellar start of rookie Trey Yesavage — who induced three inning-ending double plays — and homers by Vlad Guerrero Jr. and Addison Barger to extend their season.
Elite ballplayers often have a routine from which they rarely deviate. They’re creatures of habit who prefer familiar schedules and surroundings. Stuck in a rut at the plate in the NLCS, Shohei Ohtani decided to mix things up, so he went outside.
Before Roki Sasaki shows off his electric fastball and dancing splitter, it’s his entrance song — “Bailalo Rocky” — that gets the crowd and the Dodgers moving, a track that matches his new attitude as L.A.’s unlikely postseason closer.
Tonight will be the first Game 7 (in any round) in two years. So let’s look back at the previous 21 that have come in the League Championship Series with a pennant on the line.