Dodgers win back-to-back World Series titles! From Yamamoto to Rojas to Smith! Discussing the IKF lead! (Episode 1374 Hour 1)

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David Samson

Baseball, Sports, Business

4.5 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Today’s word of the day is ‘slap’ as in Will Smith as in Miguel Rojas as in Yoshinobu Yamamoto as in the Dodgers are back-to-back World Series champions. What a series. The Toronto Blue Jays were two outs away from being champions and then it all went wrong in Game 7. Let’s break it all down. (11:30) Yoshinobu Yamamoto did one of the rarest things ever. He picked up three wins in the World Series. Game 2 winner. Game 6 winner. Game 7 winner on no rest! (19:00) We had benches clearing in the World Series! We had heroics from players you’d never think of! Was the IKF lead large enough in the bottom of the 9th? How about the Will Smith home run? (38:15) Baseball is in such a great place after that World Series. Viewership up. Fans up. Attendance up. (42:30) What do the Blue Jays do now? What is going to happen to the league? (49:30) Wait to see updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm I'm Slap! That's the nothing personal word of the day for Monday, November 3rd, 2025.
0:46.2	Slap. As in Will Smith slapped an 11th inning home run as the Dodgers went on to hold them in the bottom of the 11th
0:59.2	and win back-to-back World Series in an epic game seven that happened Saturday night.
1:05.5	Could not convince anyone, including myself, to sit down yesterday and do a full show with you because I've been
1:13.1	bursting at the seams to talk about this World Series. So often the World Series is a dud.
1:21.2	You get excited for it. You get some moments. Not this year. This year, other than the fact that we called it before
1:32.4	the series started, Dodgers over Blue Jays and seven. Not taking a victory lap for that.
1:38.4	Explain to you that to win in seven games, you're going to lose three and you're going to feel
1:42.5	like you're right at the edge of losing.
1:44.9	You're going to have to read things about your own team that says we're not good enough.
1:49.2	We don't have the right bullpen. Our starters are tired. No production out of the bottom. Stop
1:55.4	playing Paez. Call. The one call guy who we brought in during the deadline still not good enough here's an idea
2:04.1	let's play miguel rojas that won't matter he's not good enough he's a glue guy blue guys
2:10.9	aren't meant to play blue guys are there on the bench blue guys are there in the clubhouse
2:18.6	information coming out left and right after game six.
2:23.0	No break before a game seven.
2:24.9	Friday night.
2:26.4	Game six.
2:27.6	Dodgers win.
2:28.7	We'll talk about it.
2:29.7	But it means you're getting a game seven.
2:31.9	So what happens?
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