World Series Thoughts ; Big Upsets Throughout World Series History

Evan & Tiki

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🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Evan and Tiki talk about the Dodgers-Blue Jays World Series along with other major upsets in World Series history.

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0:00.0	I was curious, and I did some research, and I have some answers.
0:03.7	And that is, how big of a favorite are the L.A. Dodgers? So I went to a gambling website, of course. Gambling is the topic of the week, isn't it? Just to get a perspective. So I'm going to give you the numbers, and I'm going to give you context. The Toronto Blue Jays to win the World Series are plus 184. They are significant underdogs against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
0:22.7	Okay.
0:23.2	Which is kind of odd when you the World Series are plus 184. They are significant underdogs against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
0:23.0	Which is kind of odd
0:24.7	when you think about it from this perspective.
0:26.7	The Blue Jays had a better record
0:28.6	over 162 games
0:30.4	and have home field advantage.
0:32.8	Yeah, but the Dodgers are playing
0:34.7	ridiculous baseball right now.
0:36.8	Understand. I can't argue that, and I kind of agree with the sentiment.
0:40.5	You ask me today, we all probably think the Dodgers are going to win.
0:43.4	I just wanted to put that out there.
0:45.1	Like the Blue Chase had a better record.
0:47.8	They did.
0:48.8	They have home field advantage.
0:50.6	Doesn't matter.
0:51.3	Okay.
0:51.7	Dodgers in five.
0:53.4	I looked into the history, and this goes only back to
0:55.7	1985, which is a pretty big sample size, but not the entire history of the World Series. If the Blue Jays
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