"The Toronto Blue Jays sent 57 batsmen to the plate in the 25 hours between Yoshinobu Yamamoto's last pitch of Game 6 of the World Series and his first pitch of Game 7, so it isn't like they didn't have plenty of chances to avert the doom that was ultimately theirs."
"Somehow, though, the longest and least hinged World Series since the Black Sox invented gambling found its equilibrium in the last place a rational baseball knower would have expected to look, and at the last possible moment-with Yamamoto providing the one bit of comprehensible order this ziggurat of chaos could permit."
"It was by any reasonable measure the most brilliantly mad championship in any sport in years, and the only real disappointment came in the 11th inning last night when Alejandro Kirk's series-ending double play meant that there would be no 12th inning, or 13th, or seemingly without end into the depths of the night."
The World Series unfolded as an extraordinarily long, chaotic championship featuring more innings than any series since 1912. Nearly every player on both teams had a moment in the spotlight, with marquee figures like Shohei Ohtani and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. alternately enthralling and infuriating viewers. The Toronto Blue Jays generated numerous scoring opportunities but failed to convert, sending 57 batters to the plate between Yamamoto's Game 6 and Game 7 appearances. Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivered the decisive composure that settled the contest in the final moments. Alejandro Kirk's 11th-inning double play ended the series and prevented further extra innings.
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