:2024 World Series

{{see also|2024 Major League Baseball postseason}}

This series marked the twelfth World Series meeting between the Dodgers and Yankees and the first since 1981.{{cite news |last=Mendoza |first=Jordan |title=Yankees-Dodgers World Series history: MLB blue-bloods set for record 12th matchup |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2024/10/20/yankees-vs-dodgers-world-series-last-machups-history/75768010007/ |access-date=October 20, 2024 |work=USA Today |date=October 20, 2024}} It was also the ninth meeting between teams from New York City and Los Angeles for a major professional sports championship. This previously happened in four World Series ({{wsy|1963}}, {{wsy|1977}}, {{wsy|1978}}, 1981), three NBA Finals ({{nbafy|1970}}, {{nbafy|1972}}, and {{nbafy|1973}}) and the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals.{{YouTube|id=K4T_HmNoZNU|title=Rangers @ Kings 06/04/14 {{!}} Game 1 Stanley Cup Finals 2014}} Following the 2024 World Series, LA teams held a five to four advantage over New York City teams in terms of championship matchups between the two cities.

Additionally, this World Series was contested between the two eventual winners of the most valuable player (MVP) awards in their respective leagues: Aaron Judge of the Yankees and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers.{{cite web|title=2024 MLB MVP race, odds: Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani will likely win AL, NL MVPs |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/2024-mlb-mvp-odds |work=FOX Sports |date=October 20, 2024 |access-date=October 20, 2024}} This was the first World Series since 2012 (when Buster Posey of the San Francisco Giants faced Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers) to feature the two league MVPs from that season. Judge won the American League (AL) MVP Award in 2022, while Ohtani won two AL MVP awards unanimously with the Los Angeles Angels in 2021 and 2023. During the 2024 regular season, Judge hit 58 home runs while Ohtani hit 54 during his 50–50 season, meaning that this is the first time in Major League Baseball history that two batters who hit 50 home runs in the same regular season are playing against each other in the World Series.{{cite tweet|user=OptaSTATS |author=OptaSTATS |number=1848203707986448815 |title=For the first time in MLB history, two 50-HR hitters from the regular season will play against each other in the World Series. |date=October 20, 2024 |access-date=October 20, 2024}} Because of the renewal of the rivalry between the two storied franchises, and the World Series debuts of both Ohtani and Judge, many regarded the matchup as a "dream" World Series in the lead-up to the event.{{cite web |last=Nightengale|first=Bob |date=October 21, 2024 |title='What the people wanted': Dream World Series of Yankees vs. Dodgers is here|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2024/10/21/dodgers-yankees-world-series-shohei-ohtani-aaron-judge/75773389007/|access-date=October 21, 2024|work=USA Today}}{{cite web|last=Pleskoff|first=Bernie|date=October 20, 2024 |title=Fox Sports Gets Dream Match With Yankees V Dodgers In World Series|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/berniepleskoff/2024/10/20/fox-sports-gets-dream-match-with-yankees-v-dodgers-in-world-series/|access-date=October 21, 2024 |website=Forbes}}{{cite web |last=Bloom|first=Barry|date=October 21, 2024 |title=MLB Gets Dream Matchup: Dodgers-Yanks in World Series|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-gets-dream-matchup-dodgers-123000396.html|access-date=October 21, 2024 |work=Yahoo! Sports}}

The Dodgers won a three-game series against the Yankees in June in New York, winning the first two games before dropping the finale, though Juan Soto did not appear in the series.{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=R.J. |title=Dodgers vs. Yankees World Series: Five things to know about 2024 Fall Classic between storied franchises |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/dodgers-vs-yankees-world-series-five-things-to-know-about-2024-fall-classic-between-storied-franchises/ |website=CBSSports.com |access-date=October 21, 2024 |date=October 21, 2024}}

This was the first World Series to feature the teams with the best record in each league since the 2020 World Series. This was just the fifth time in the Wild Card era (1995–present) where both teams with the best record in each league faced each other in the World Series.{{cite news |title=Dodgers vs. Rays a rare matchup of MLB's best regular-season teams|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2020/10/19/dodgers-vs-rays-rare-matchup-mlbs-best-regular-season-teams/5983832002/|first1=Ronald|last1=Blum|agency=Associated Press|work=The Detroit News|date=October 19, 2020}}

{{see also|2024 Los Angeles Dodgers season}}

File:Dodgers at Nationals (53677192000) (cropped).jpg became the first player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single season.]]

After back-to-back upset losses to division rivals in the postseason in 2022 and 2023, the Dodgers looked to reshape their roster. In the off-season, they signed superstar two-way player Shohei Ohtani to a record $700{{nbsp}}million, 10 year contract.{{cite web |last1=Wexler |first1=Sarah |title=$700M stunner: Ohtani to Dodgers on biggest deal in sports history |url=https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/news/shohei-ohtani-contract-with-dodgers |website=MLB.com |access-date=September 26, 2024}} Other big additions were signing outfielder Teoscar Hernández and pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (from Japan through the posting system) and trading for starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow. During the regular season, the Dodgers were not quite as dominant as previous years due to various pitching injuries, a two-month hand injury to Mookie Betts, and a three-month abdominal injury to Max Muncy, failing to win 100 games for the first time in a full season since 2018. However, they still achieved the best win-loss record in the majors that year and won the National League West. They qualified for the postseason for the 12th consecutive season, dating back to 2013, the third-longest streak in MLB history.{{cite news |last=Jacobson |first=Cole |date=September 30, 2024 |title=Astros extend impressive playoff streak |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/most-consecutive-playoff-seasons-in-mlb-history |access-date=October 21, 2024 |work=MLB.com}}

Although Ohtani could not pitch in 2024 due to elbow surgery, he was tremendously successful as a batter and baserunner. Playing at designated hitter, Ohtani became the first player in MLB history to break the 50 home runs, 50 stolen bases barrier in a single season. He also surpassed Shawn Green's Dodgers single-season home run record with 54 home runs. At the All-Star Game, the Dodgers sent six players—Ohtani, Betts, Hernández, Glasnow, Freddie Freeman, and Will Smith.{{cite web |last1=Osborne |first1=Cary |title=The Dodgers are sending a six-pack to the 2024 All-Star Game |url=https://dodgers.mlblogs.com/the-dodgers-are-sending-a-six-pack-to-the-2024-all-star-game-da3f6b63bcf1 |website=Medium |access-date=October 21, 2024 |date=July 7, 2024}} At the trade deadline, the Dodgers added starting pitcher Jack Flaherty, set-up reliever Michael Kopech, and utility player Tommy Edman;{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/sports/dodgers-make-bold-moves-at-mlb-trade-deadline/3473606/|title=Dodgers make bold moves at MLB Trade Deadline acquire SP Jack Flaherty, CF Kevin Kiermaier, and INF Amed Rosario|first=Michael|last=Duarte|date=July 30, 2024|publisher=NBC Los Angeles}} Edman won the NLCS MVP Award after recording 11 runs batted in (RBIs) in the series.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/tommy-edman-homers-in-nlcs-game-6|title=From in-season pickup to NLCS MVP, Edman on 'crazy trajectory' with LA|website=MLB.com}}

In the National League Division Series, the Dodgers faced a 2–1 deficit to their division rival San Diego Padres before rallying to take the series in five games. In the National League Championship Series, they defeated the New York Mets in six games to win their 25th pennant in franchise history and return to the World Series for the first time since their championship season in 2020, and the fourth time in eight years (2017–2018, 2020, and 2024).{{cite web |last=Toribio |first=Juan |date=October 20, 2024 |title=Dodgers win NLCS, set up marquee World Series matchup vs. Yankees |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-win-nlcs-2024 |access-date=October 20, 2024 |website=MLB.com}}{{Cite web |last=Nadkarni |first=Rohan |date=October 20, 2024 |title=Los Angeles Dodgers advance to World Series for fourth time in seven years |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/mlb/dodgers-advance-world-series-rcna176177 |access-date=October 20, 2024 |work=NBC News}} The Dodgers were just the second team in MLB history to face the two New York baseball teams in a single postseason, following the 1999 Braves. The Dodgers were looking to win their eighth World Series title.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/2024-world-series-yankees-dodgers-full-schedule/|title=Full schedule for Yankees-Dodgers 2024 MLB World Series|work=CBS|date=October 21, 2024}}

For the Dodgers, 2024 marked the World Series debuts of Ohtani, Yamamoto, T. Hernández, and Edman. Freddie Freeman and Will Smith made their second World Series appearances. Max Muncy, Mookie Betts, and Walker Buehler made their third World Series appearances. Freeman, Smith, Muncy, and Buehler were seeking their second World Series championships, with the former having won with the Braves in 2021 and the latter two having won with the Dodgers in 2020, while Betts was seeking his third World Series championship and the second with the Dodgers, having won with the Red Sox in 2018 and with the Dodgers in 2020. Dave Roberts, in his ninth year as a manager for the Dodgers, was seeking his second World Series championship as a manager, and third overall.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41925184/2024-world-series-preview-predictions-dodgers-yankees-intel-odds-more|title=2024 World Series preview: Yankees or Dodgers? Who will be MVP? Predictions, inside intel and odds|date=October 25, 2024|website=ESPN.com}}

The Dodgers also announced plans to use the World Series games at Dodger Stadium to pay tribute to former pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, who died shortly before the 2024 World Series and who was vital to the team's 1981 championship season.{{cite news|url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/sports/fernando-valenzuelas-remarkable-rookie-season-with-the-dodgers-in-1981-will-live-on-forever/3542160/|title=Fernando Valenzuela's remarkable rookie season with the Dodgers in 1981 will live on forever|first=Michael|last=Duarte|publisher=NBC Los Angeles|date=October 23, 2024|accessdate=October 23, 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/fernando-valenzuela-dies|title=Valenzuela, Mexican pitching phenom who inspired Fernandomania, dies at 63|first=Jesse|last=Sanchez|work=MLB.com|date=October 22, 2024|accessdate=October 23, 2024}}

{{see also|2024 New York Yankees season}}

File:Aaron Judge at Camden Yards 4-4-19(46816281264) (cropped).jpg led MLB in home runs for the second time in his career.]]

After missing the postseason in 2023, the New York Yankees traded for star outfielder Juan Soto to help bolster their lineup.{{Cite web |date=December 7, 2023 |title=Yankees get OF Soto in 7-player deal with Padres |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39060328/sources-yankees-acquire-juan-soto-7-player-trade-padres |access-date=October 20, 2024 |website=ESPN.com}} Soto and Aaron Judge helped the Yankees to lead the American League in runs and the MLB in home runs.{{Cite web |title=MLB Team Stat Leaders, 2024 |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/_/view/team/season/2024/seasontype/2 |access-date=October 20, 2024 |website=ESPN}} Joining Soto and Judge as All-Stars were relief pitcher Clay Holmes. The Yankees' closer role initially belonged to Holmes, but after recording an MLB-leading 11 blown saves, he lost the position. Luke Weaver took over the role in September and retained it throughout their postseason run. After not appearing in a game until June{{nbsp}}19 due a spring training injury, reigning AL Cy Young award winner Gerrit Cole headed a deep rotation of starters including Carlos Rodón, rookie Luis Gil, Nestor Cortes, Marcus Stroman, and Clarke Schmidt. At the trade deadline, the team added Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Mark Leiter Jr.{{Cite web |date=September 4, 2024 |title=Yankees going with closer by committee after Clay Holmes' latest blown save |url=https://apnews.com/article/yankees-closer-clay-holmes-882ecc1b05407f63729f73cf751655c5 |access-date=September 19, 2024 |work=AP News}}{{cite news |last=Matheson |first=Keegan |title='Way cooler in person': Weaver seals Yanks' World Series trip |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/luke-weaver-seals-yankees-trip-to-2024-world-series |access-date=October 20, 2024 |work=MLB.com |date=October 19, 2024}}

The New York Yankees qualified for the postseason as the American League East division winner and the league's first seed. In the American League Division Series, they defeated the Kansas City Royals in four games. In the American League Championship Series, they defeated the Cleveland Guardians in five games to win their 41st pennant in franchise history and return to the World Series for the first time since their championship season in 2009, putting an end to their 15-year World Series appearance drought.{{cite web |last=Hoch |first=Bryan |date=October 19, 2024 |title=Yanks oust Guardians to win 1st AL pennant since '09 |url=https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-win-alcs-2024 |access-date=October 19, 2024 |website=MLB.com}}{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Rebecca |date=October 19, 2024 |title=Yankees advance to first World Series since 2009 after defeating the Guardians in Game 5 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/mlb/yankees-advance-world-series-rcna176221 |access-date=October 19, 2024 |work=NBC News}}

Giancarlo Stanton won the ALCS MVP award with four home runs and seven RBIs. This World Series marked the debut of Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, and Gleyber Torres, while Gerrit Cole, Juan Soto, and Anthony Rizzo returned to the World Series for the second time in their careers. Rizzo and Soto were seeking second career World Series championship, having won with the Chicago Cubs and Washington Nationals, respectively, while Cole was seeking his first championship after the Houston Astros lost in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/yankees/2024/10/yankees-heads-in-right-place-after-1st-pennant-in-15-years.html|title=While partying hard, Yankees send powerful message after 1st pennant in 15 years|first=Randy|last=Miller|date=October 20, 2024|website=nj}} Aaron Boone, in his seventh season as a manager for the Yankees, was seeking his first World Series win as a manager.{{cite news |last=Axsia |first=Mike |title=Aaron Boone has the imperfect Yankees one win away from their first pennant since 2009 |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/aaron-boone-has-the-imperfect-yankees-one-win-away-from-their-first-pennant-since-2009/ |access-date=October 21, 2024 |work=CBS Sports |date=October 19, 2024}} The Yankees were looking to win their league-leading 28th World Series championship title.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/20/sport/yankees-clinch-world-series-berth-spt-intl/index.html|title=Soto, Stanton power New York Yankees past Cleveland Guardians to clinch first World Series berth since 2009|first=Homero|last=De La Fuente|date=October 20, 2024|work=CNN|access-date=October 20, 2024}}

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File:Freddie Freeman on April 23, 2024 (3).jpg hit a walk-off grand slam in Game{{nbsp}}1, the first in World Series history{{cite web | title=Freddie Freeman Hits A Walk-Off Grand Slam To Win Game 1 Of The World Series For The Dodgers! | website=YouTube | publisher=MLB (official channel) | date=October 25, 2024 | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrDacPNWBGA&ab_channel=MLB | access-date=October 26, 2024}}]]

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Game 1 featured starting pitchers Jack Flaherty for the Dodgers and Gerrit Cole for the Yankees. Country singer Brad Paisley performed "The Star-Spangled Banner".{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-ceremonial-off-field-activities-for-games-one-and-two-of-the-2024-world-series-presented-by-capital-one|title=Ceremonial & Off-field Activities for Games One and Two of the 2024 World Series Presented by Capital One|website=MLB.com}} In tribute to Fernando Valenzuela, his former Dodger teammates Orel Hershiser and Steve Yeager placed a ball on the blue {{abbr|No.|Number}}{{nbsp}}34 painted on the pitcher's mound instead of throwing out a ceremonial first pitch.{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com/articles/mlb/fernando-valenzuelas-presence-looms-large-over-dodger-stadium-before-world-series-opener|title=Fernando Valenzuela's presence looms large over Dodger Stadium before World Series opener|website=FOX Sports}}

The two starters, Flaherty and Cole, kept the game scoreless through the first four innings. After Enrique Hernández hit a triple in the bottom of the fifth inning, he scored the game's first run via a sacrifice fly by Will Smith. In the top of the sixth, Giancarlo Stanton hit a two-run home run after a Juan Soto single, giving the Yankees a 2–1 lead and knocking Flaherty out of the game. Cole was removed from the game after giving up a leadoff single to Teoscar Hernández in the seventh. In the bottom of the eighth, Shohei Ohtani hit a ball off the top of the outfield wall and reached second base, but Juan Soto's throw got away from second baseman Gleyber Torres, and Ohtani advanced to third base. The next batter, Mookie Betts, hit a sacrifice fly to score Ohtani and tie the game.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/10/25/world-series-game-1-score-live-dodgers-yankees/|title=World Series Game 1 highlights: Freddie Freeman's grand slam walks it off for Dodgers|newspaper=Washington Post|date=October 25, 2024|accessdate=October 25, 2024}}

In the top of the ninth, Michael Kopech was sent in by Roberts to close out the ninth inning. He got the first two batters he faced to ground out but then gave up a hit to Torres that was caught at the wall by a fan. Instead of a home run, he was awarded second base on a fan interference call, and the game remained tied at 2–2. After a review, the call was upheld. After intentionally walking Juan Soto, Kopech was removed from the game and replaced by Blake Treinen, who got Aaron Judge to pop out, ending the inning. Yankees closer Luke Weaver pitched a perfect inning in the bottom of the ninth, sending the game into extra innings. In the top of the tenth, Treinen gave up a one-out single to Jazz Chisholm Jr. who then stole second base. Anthony Rizzo was intentionally walked, and Chisholm Jr. stole third. The next batter, Anthony Volpe, hit an RBI force-out that was bobbled by Tommy Edman, allowing Chisholm Jr. to score the go-ahead run, giving the Yankees a 3–2 lead.

With the Yankees leading by a run, reliever Jake Cousins was sent in to pitch the last three outs. He got Smith to fly out, then walked Gavin Lux. Edman followed with an infield single to put runners on first and second with one out. Cousins was then removed from the game and replaced with Nestor Cortés Jr., who hadn't pitched since September 18. Cortés Jr. first faced Ohtani, who hit a ball into foul territory that was caught by a leaping Alex Verdugo, who toppled into the front row of the stands. Because Verdugo went out of play with the ball, the runners were awarded one base, advancing them to second and third. With the Dodgers down to their final out, the Yankees intentionally walked Betts, thus loading the bases and bringing Freddie Freeman to the plate. On the first pitch, Freeman hit a walk-off grand slam over the right field wall, winning Game 1 for Los Angeles. This was the third consecutive World Series Game 1 to be decided in extra innings, after it previously occurred in 2022 and 2023.{{cite web|last=Castrovince|first=Anthony|title='As good as it gets': Freeman wins G1 with 1st walk-off slam in WS history|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-win-world-series-game-1-2024|website=MLB.com|date=October 25, 2024|access-date=October 25, 2024}}

Freeman's homer was the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history as well as the third Series walk-off homer of any kind for a team that was trailing, following Joe Carter's World Series-winning home run for the Toronto Blue Jays in {{wsy|1993}} and Kirk Gibson's Game 1-winning home run for the Dodgers in {{wsy|1988}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball/history/freddie-freemans-walk-off-grand-slam-for-dodgers-joined-toronto-blue-jays-legend-joe-carter-in-baseball-history|title=Freddie Freeman's Walk-Off Grand Slam Joined Toronto Blue Jays Legend in Baseball History|last=Farkas|first=Brady|website=Fastball on SI|date=October 26, 2024|access-date=October 26, 2024}} In particular, Freeman's home run was widely compared to Gibson's off the Athletics' Dennis Eckersley, as both players were playing through injuries at the time and the Dodgers were down by a run and down to their last out in Game 1 of the World Series.{{cite news |first=Bill |last=Plaschke |author-link=Bill Plaschke |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2024-10-25/freddie-freeman-dodgers-yankees-world-series-kirk-gibson | title=Plaschke: In a year that's been so improbable, Freddie Freeman becomes Kirk Gibson | work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 25, 2024}} Game 1 has been widely referred to as one of the greatest World Series games of all time.{{cite AV media |title=Freddie Freeman and Kirk Gibson hit HUGE walk-off home runs for the Dodgers in the World Series! |type=Television broadcast |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liBkt-DuvSk |access-date=October 29, 2024 |date=October 26, 2024 |publisher=Major League Baseball |via=YouTube}}{{Cite web |last=Battifarano |first=Andrew |date=October 26, 2024 |title=Joe Davis honors Vin Scully with call on Freddie Freeman grand slam |url=https://nypost.com/2024/10/26/sports/joe-davis-honors-vin-scully-with-call-on-freddie-freeman-grand-slam/ |access-date=October 26, 2024 |website=New York Post |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=Turner |first=Austin |title=Freeman's World Series walk-off has wild similarities to another iconic Dodgers moment |url=https://ktla.com/sports/dodgers/freemans-world-series-walk-off-has-wild-similarities-to-another-iconic-dodgers-moment/ |publisher=KTLA |access-date=October 29, 2024 |date=October 27, 2024}}

File:Dodgers at Nationals (53676737736).jpg gave up only one hit through six innings in his World Series debut]]

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American rapper and Los Angeles native Ice Cube performed "Bow Down" and "It Was a Good Day" before Game 2.{{cite press release|url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-special-pregame-performances-from-ice-cube-and-fat-joe-set-for-la-ny-during-2024-world-series|title=Special pregame performances from Ice Cube and Fat Joe Set for LA & NY during 2024 World Series|work=MLB.com|date=October 25, 2024|accessdate=October 25, 2024}} Pearle Peterson, a 19-year-old, sang the national anthem, accompanied by organist Dieter Ruehle. Game 2 featured starting pitchers Yoshinobu Yamamoto for the Dodgers and Carlos Rodón for the Yankees.{{cite web|last=Chavez |first=Andres |title=Yankees could make a big starting rotation change in Game 2 of the World Series |url=https://empiresportsmedia.com/new-york-yankees/yankees-could-make-a-big-starting-rotation-change-in-game-2-of-the-world-series/ |work=Empire Sports Media |date=October 23, 2024 |access-date=October 24, 2024}} Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier threw out the ceremonial first pitch.{{Cite web|url=https://dodgersway.com/ceremonial-first-pitch-details-kemp-ethier-national-anthem-singer-dodgers-world-series-game-2-01jb4nk855f7|title=First pitch details, National Anthem singer for Dodgers' World Series Game 2|first=Adam|last=Weinrib|date=October 26, 2024|website=Dodgers Way}}

In the bottom of the second inning, Tommy Edman hit a solo home run off Rodón as the Dodgers took a 1–0 lead. Juan Soto hit a solo home run off Yamamoto in the top of the third inning to tie the game. In the bottom of the inning, Mookie Betts hit a single followed by a Teoscar Hernández two-run home run and a solo home run by Freddie Freeman to give the Dodgers a 4–1 lead. Yamamoto allowed only one hit in {{fraction|6|1|3}} innings in his start. In the bottom of the seventh inning with two outs, Shohei Ohtani had a left shoulder subluxation when he slid in his steal attempt at second base, as he was caught stealing to end the seventh inning; he lay at second base in pain until his trainer tended him to leave the field.{{cite web|last=Toribio |first=Juan |title=Shohei Ohtani injures left shoulder in World Series Game 2 |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/shohei-ohtani-injures-left-shoulder-in-world-series-game-2 |website=MLB.com |date=October 26, 2024 |access-date=October 27, 2024}} With the Dodgers leading by three runs, Blake Treinen was sent in to close out the game in the top of the ninth. He gave up a leadoff single to Soto, who advanced to second on a wild pitch. After Aaron Judge struck out, Giancarlo Stanton hit a ground ball that bounced off the third base bag and into the outfield, scoring Soto. The Yankees then loaded the bases with an Anthony Rizzo hit-by-pitch and Jazz Chisholm Jr. single, but Volpe struck out for the second out. After the Volpe at-bat, Treinen was replaced with Alex Vesia, who got pinch-hitter Jose Trevino to fly out on the first pitch, ending the game and giving Los Angeles a 2–0 series lead.{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-win-world-series-game-2-2024|title=Ohtani's injury makes for bittersweet Game 2 triumph, 2–0 WS lead|work=mlb.com|first=Anthony|last=Castrovince|date=October 26, 2024|accessdate=October 26, 2024}}

File:Walker_Buehler_pitching_in_bullpen_for_the_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_in_2019_(Cropped).jpg pitched five scoreless innings in Game 3.]]

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Fat Joe performed "New York" and "All the Way Up" prior to Game 3. New York native Leslie Odom Jr. sang the national anthem and Derek Jeter threw the ceremonial first pitch.{{cite press release|url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-ceremonial-off-field-activities-for-games-three-and-four-of-the-2024-world-series-presented-by-capital-one|title=Ceremonial & off-field activities for Games Three and Four of the 2024 World Series presented by Capital One|work=MLB.com|date=October 28, 2024|accessdate=October 28, 2024}} Joe's performance was mostly panned by fans on social media.{{cite web |last1=Moorman |first1=Taijuan |title=Fat Joe's performance at Yankee Stadium during World Series leads to brutal fan reactions |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/10/29/fat-joe-yankees-world-series-performance-reactions/75913577007/ |website=USA TODAY |access-date=19 November 2024}} Clarke Schmidt was the starting pitcher for the Yankees{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com.au/mlb/story/_/id/41988151/new-york-yankees-start-rodon-schmidt|title=Yankees will start Rodon, Schmidt in Games 2, 3|date=October 25, 2024|website=ESPN.com|author-last1=Rogers|author-first1=Jesse}} and Walker Buehler for the Dodgers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42018368/dodgers-name-walker-buehler-starter-world-series-game-3|title=Dodgers tab Buehler as G3 starter in New York|date=October 26, 2024|website=ESPN.com|author-last1=Gonzalez|author-first1=Alden}}

In the top of the first inning, after Shohei Ohtani's leadoff walk, Freddie Freeman hit a two-run home run, tying a record by homering in his fifth straight World Series game going back to the 2021 World Series, where he appeared as a member of the Atlanta Braves.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/freddie-freeman-continues-world-series-home-run-streak-with-fifth-straight-game-third-with-dodgers-in-2024/|title=Freddie Freeman continues World Series home run streak with fifth straight game, third with Dodgers in 2024|date=October 29, 2024|website=CBSSports.com|author-last1=Snyder|author-first1=Matt}} In the top of the third inning, Tommy Edman led off with a walk, advanced on a groundout and then scored on a single by Mookie Betts. The Dodgers threatened again in the fourth with runners at first and third and no outs, but the rally was thwarted when Gavin Lux was tagged out on a close play at home on an attempted squeeze bunt by Edman. In the bottom half of the inning, Giancarlo Stanton doubled and tried to score on Anthony Volpe's single, but he was also cut down at the plate via an accurate throw by left fielder Teoscar Hernandez to keep the Yankees off the board.

The Dodgers added another run in the sixth inning when Gavin Lux was hit by a Jake Cousins pitch, stole second base, and scored on a single by Enrique Hernández. The Yankees left five runners on base over the next three innings before Alex Verdugo followed an Anthony Rizzo single with a two-out, two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to cut the Los Angeles lead in half at 4–2. However, the next batter, Gleyber Torres, grounded out to end the game and give the Dodgers a 3–0 series lead. Buehler pitched five scoreless innings in the game for the Dodgers to receive the win.{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-win-world-series-game-3-2024|title=In blockbuster WS showdown, Dodgers on cusp of Hollywood ending|work=mlb.com|first=Anthony|last=Castrovince|date=October 28, 2024|accessdate=October 28, 2024}}

File:Anthony Volpe - 52074997486.jpg hit a grand slam and stole two bases in Game 4, the first time in World Series history the feat was accomplished.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/anthony-volpe-hits-grand-slam-in-world-series-game-4|title=Volpe's historic game 'a dream come true' for the lifelong Yankee fan|website=MLB.com|date=29 October 2024|author-last1=Hoch|author-first1=Bryan}}]]

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R&B singer and New York native Ashanti performed the national anthem before Game 4 and Paul O'Neill threw the ceremonial first pitch to A. J. Burnett.{{Cite web|url=https://thespun.com/mlb/yankees-legend-had-horrendous-first-pitch-for-game-4-of-world-series|title=Yankees Legend Had Horrendous First Pitch For Game 4 Of World Series|first=Chris|last=Rosvoglou|date=October 30, 2024|website=The Spun}} Luis Gil was the starting pitcher in Game 4 for the Yankees.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/10/26/luis-gil-will-start-game-4-of-world-series-for-yankees/|title=Luis Gil will start Game 4 of World Series for Yankees|first=Gary|last=Phillips|website=New York Daily News |date=October 26, 2024}} The Dodgers employed a bullpen game with Ben Casparius as the opener.{{Cite web |last=Doolittle |first=Bradford |date=October 29, 2024 |title=Dodgers eye World Series sweep with, yes, a bullpen game |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42064433/2024-world-series-los-angeles-dodgers-bullpen-game-4 |access-date=October 29, 2024 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}

In the top of the first inning, Freddie Freeman hit a two-run home run, breaking the record he had tied in the previous game with the sixth consecutive World Series game he had homered in.{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/news/freddie-freeman-homers-in-6th-straight-world-series-game|title=Red-hot Freeman sets record with HR in SIXTH straight World Series game|work=mlb.com|date=October 29, 2024|accessdate=October 29, 2024}} In the bottom of the first inning, Gleyber Torres flied out to right fielder Mookie Betts in foul territory for the first out of the inning. As he leapt to make the catch against the wall, Betts was accosted by two Yankees fans who attempted to strip the ball from his glove. The fans were ejected from the stadium and banned indefinitely from all MLB stadiums.{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/mlb/dodgers/news/massive-punishment-awaits-yankees-fans-who-grabbed-dodgers-mookie-betts-if-they-come-to-game-5-01jbftqd77qf |title=Massive Punishment Awaits Yankees Fans Who Grabbed Dodgers’ Mookie Betts If They Come to Game 5 |last=Angus-Coombs |first=Maren |website=Sports Illustrated |date=October 30, 2024|access-date=November 6, 2024 |language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6114204/2025/02/05/yankees-fan-world-series-banned-capobianco/ |title=How banned Yankees fan Austin Capobianco’s life has changed since his infamous World Series moment |website=The Athletic |access-date=February 7, 2025|language=en}} The Yankees scored a run in the bottom of the second inning after Anthony Volpe drew a walk, Austin Wells hit a double, and Alex Verdugo hit an RBI groundout. In the bottom of the third inning, Volpe hit a two-out grand slam off of Daniel Hudson to give the Yankees a 5–2 lead. Will Smith hit a home run for the Dodgers in the fifth inning to cut the lead to two runs. Later that inning, Tommy Edman scored when Freeman beat out a fielder's choice to first base after the Dodgers won a review challenge on what had originally been called an inning-ending double play. Wells hit a solo home run for the Yankees in the sixth inning to increase the lead to two. The Yankees scored five more runs in the bottom of the eighth inning off Dodger reliever Brent Honeywell Jr. on an RBI fielder's choice by Verdugo, a three-run home run by Gleyber Torres, and an RBI single by Aaron Judge, extending the lead to 11–4. Tim Mayza closed out Game 4{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-win-world-series-game-4-2024|title=Early slam sets tone as Yankees awaken to stave off elimination|work=mlb.com|first=Anthony|last=Castrovince|date=October 29, 2024|accessdate=October 29, 2024}} to make the Yankees the first team since the Cincinnati Reds in {{wsy|1970}} to force a fifth game and avoid being swept after having lost the first three games in a World Series.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5883757/2024/10/29/dodgers-yankees-world-series-anthony-volpe-grand-slam/|title=Anthony Volpe's grand slam lifts Yankees in Game 4, staves off Dodgers World Series sweep|last=McCulluogh|first=Andy|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 29, 2024|access-date=October 29, 2024}}

File:MG 3651 Blake Treinen.jpg (pictured with the Washington Nationals) pitched {{fraction|2|1|3}} innings of relief, the most innings he had pitched in a game since 2018.{{cite web |title=Blake Treinen on winning the World Series {{!}} 10/30/2024 |url=https://www.mlb.com/video/blake-treinen-on-winning-the-world-series |website=MLB.com |access-date=31 October 2024}}]]

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R&B singer Babyface sang the national anthem before Game 5 and Hideki Matsui threw the ceremonial first pitch to Jose Trevino.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/who-is-performing-the-national-anthem-for-world-series-game-5-yankee-stadium/5937916/|title=Who is performing the national anthem for World Series Game 5 at Yankee Stadium?|first=NBC New York|last=Staff|date=October 30, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/video/hideki-matsui-to-throw-out-first-pitch-for-ws-game-5|title=Hideki Matsui to throw out first pitch for WS Game 5 | 10/30/2024|website=MLB.com}} The game featured a pitching rematch of Game 1 between Gerrit Cole for the Yankees and Jack Flaherty for the Dodgers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42083101/2024-world-series-game-5-yankees-dodgers-gerrit-cole-hopes|title=Backs to the wall in World Series Game 5? Yankees signed Gerrit Cole for moments just like this|date=October 30, 2024|website=ESPN.com}}

After being limited by Flaherty in Game 1, the Yankees' offense started very quickly in Game 5, scoring the first runs for the first time in the series. In the bottom of the first inning, Juan Soto drew a walk, which was followed by a first-pitch two-run home run by Aaron Judge and a solo home run by Jazz Chisholm Jr. to give the Yankees an early 3–0 advantage. In the bottom of the second, Anthony Volpe hit a double and scored on an RBI single by Alex Verdugo, extending the Yankees' lead to 4–0, and chasing Flaherty from the game after just four outs. Giancarlo Stanton led off the third inning with a first-pitch solo home run off Ryan Brasier, pushing the Yankees' lead to 5–0. Through four innings, Cole held the Dodgers hitless and allowed just two walks.

In the fifth, the Yankees committed a series of errors and defensive mistakes that allowed the Dodgers to tie the score. After a leadoff single by Kiké Hernandez, Judge committed his first error of the season, dropping a routine fly ball off the bat of Tommy Edman that put runners on first and second. Anthony Volpe then committed a throwing error while trying to throw out Hernandez at third on Will Smith's ground ball, which loaded the bases with no outs. Cole responded by striking out Gavin Lux and Shohei Ohtani, but a slow ground ball from Mookie Betts resulted in an RBI infield single when first baseman Anthony Rizzo did not charge the bag after fielding the ball and Cole did not cover first base; had this play been made, the inning would have ended with no runs scored. With the Dodgers' deficit now 5–1 and the bases still loaded, Freddie Freeman then hit a two-run single and Teoscar Hernández a two-run double, tying the game at 5–all, with all five runs unearned.

The Yankees continued to put traffic on, forcing the Dodgers to burn through relievers. In the bottom of the fifth, Alex Vesia escaped a two-out bases-loaded jam to keep the game tied at 5–5. In the bottom of the sixth, Brusdar Graterol allowed the first two Yankees to reach on walks, with the lead runner Soto scoring two batters later on a Stanton sacrifice fly to give the Yankees the lead again at 6–5. Blake Treinen, the Dodgers' closer, entered to record the final out of the sixth and retire the side in the seventh. On the other side, Cole remained in for the Yankees for another {{fraction|1|2|3}} innings to help the Yankees reach the eighth inning with the lead.

In the top of the eighth, the Yankees sent in reliever Tommy Kahnle, who had not allowed an earned run in eight postseason games. Hernandez once again led off with a single, Edman followed with a broken-bat infield single, and Will Smith followed with a four-pitch walk. With the bases loaded, Kahnle was relieved by Luke Weaver, pitching in his third straight game. Weaver allowed a Gavin Lux sacrifice fly that scored Hernández, tying the game at 6–6, which moved Edman to third. Shohei Ohtani next reached on a catcher's interference, once again loading the bases. On the first pitch of his at-bat, Betts hit a sacrifice fly to score Edman, giving the Dodgers a 7–6 lead.

In the bottom of the inning, Treinen allowed a one-out double to Judge and a walk, but induced a flyout to Stanton and struck out Rizzo to complete {{fraction|2|1|3}} scoreless innings of relief in his longest outing of the season. With the Dodgers still maintaining a one-run lead heading into the bottom of the ninth, and with very few remaining bullpen options available, Dave Roberts called on Game 3 starter Walker Buehler to close out the game and season. Buehler, on one day's rest, pitched a perfect ninth inning, striking out Austin Wells and Alex Verdugo for the final two outs and clinching the title for Los Angeles.{{cite news |last1=McCullough |first1=Andy |title=Dodgers Beat Yankees to Win second World Series of franchise's new 'golden era' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5886987/2024/10/30/dodgers-win-world-series-yankees/ |access-date=October 31, 2024 |work=The Atlantic |date=October 30, 2024}}

With the win, the Dodgers won their eighth World Series championship in franchise history,{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-win-world-series-2024|title=Dodgers upend Yanks with a historic comeback for 8th World Series title|work=mlb.com|first=Anthony|last=Castrovince|date=October 30, 2024|accessdate=October 30, 2024}} tying their longtime rivals the San Francisco Giants for the second-most among National League clubs and the fifth-most overall. The Dodgers joined their 2020 team, the 2018 Red Sox, the 2016 Cubs, the 2013 Red Sox, the 2009 Yankees, the 2007 Red Sox, and the 1998 Yankees as teams to win a World Series after having the best regular-season record in MLB in the wild card era.{{cite web |last1=Baer |first1=Jack |title=Dodgers vs. Yankees: Los Angeles wins 8th World Series title after New York's complete self-destruction |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/live/dodgers-vs-yankees-los-angeles-wins-8th-world-series-title-after-new-yorks-complete-self-destruction-230015789.html |website=Yahoo Sports |access-date=31 October 2024 |date=31 October 2024}} The Dodgers also set the record for most runs to come from behind from in a clinching game.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/dodgers-overcome-five-run-deficit-to-win-world-series-over-new-york-yankees-in-five-games/|title=Dodgers' historic World Series comeback against the Yankees brings title back to Los Angeles – CBS Los Angeles|first1=Dean|last1=Fioresi|first2=Matthew|last2=Rodriguez|date=October 30, 2024|website=www.cbsnews.com}} The World Series MVP Award went to Freeman, the first player to homer in the first four games and hit a walk-off grand slam in the World Series. His 12 RBIs tied the World Series record set in {{wsy|1960}} by Bobby Richardson.{{cite web |last1=Fitzpatrick |first1=Mike |title=World Series: Freddie Freeman ties record with 12 RBIs for Dodgers vs Yankees |url=https://apnews.com/article/world-series-freddie-freeman-dodgers-yankees-69c512cf5db1053d10f39e9012068293 |website=apnews.com |access-date=October 31, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42104135/los-angeles-dodgers-freddie-freeman-named-world-series-mvp|title=Dodgers' Freddie Freeman (4 HRs, 12 RBIs) named World Series MVP|first=Bradford|last= Doolittle|work=ESPN}} Freeman became the 12th player to win regular season MVP and World Series MVP in a career, having previously won a regular season MVP in 2020.{{cite web |last1=Langs |first1=Sarah |title=players to win MVP & WS MVP in career: Freddie Freeman Johnny Bench Roberto Clemente Rollie Fingers Bob Gibson Reggie Jackson Sandy Koufax Brooks Robinson Frank Robinson Pete Rose Mike Schmidt Willie Stargell |url=https://x.com/SlangsOnSports/status/1851847633637142770?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet |website=X |access-date=31 October 2024}}

2024 World Series (4–1): Los Angeles Dodgers beat New York Yankees.

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For the 25th consecutive year, the World Series was televised in the United States by Fox. Play-by-play announcer Joe Davis (who was the Dodgers' lead television announcer on Spectrum SportsNet LA during the regular season) called the games, along with Baseball Hall of Famer John Smoltz as color analyst and Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci as field reporters. Kevin Burkhardt hosted the pregame and postgame shows, joined by analysts Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, and David Ortiz. Fox Deportes aired the Spanish-language telecasts, with play-by-play announcer Adrian Garcia Marquez, analyst Edgar Gonzalez, and reporters Carlos Alvarez and Jaime Motta.{{cite web|title=FOX Sports Sets Postseason Lineup Led by Hall of Famers, World Champions and Lauded Broadcasters|url=https://www.foxsports.com/presspass/blog/2023/10/26/fox-sports-steps-up-to-the-plate-for-2023-world-series-presented-by-capital-one/|publisher=Fox Sports Press Pass|date=October 4, 2024|access-date=October 13, 2024}}

MLB International provided television coverage outside of the United States, using feeds remotely produced by MLB Network. Dave Flemming (play-by-play) and Ryan Spilborghs (color commentator) were the English-language commentators. Univision aired Game 1 in Spanish for its first World Series telecast, after its sister network UniMás carried both the ALDS and ALCS in their entirety.{{Cite web|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/schedules/2024-world-series-broadcast-schedule-announcing-primer.html|title=Your 2024 World Series broadcast schedule and announcing primer|first=Andrew|last=Bucholtz|date=October 25, 2024}}

For Freddie Freeman's Game 1 walk-off grand slam, Fox broadcaster Joe Davis' call of "...she is gone!" echoed that of legendary Dodgers and then-NBC broadcaster Vin Scully for Kirk Gibson's Game 1 walk-off home run in the 1988 World Series; and Davis also added, "Gibby, meet Freddie!"{{cite web |last1=Capurso |first1=Tim |title=Joe Davis's Call of Freddie Freeman's Walk-Off Was Perfect Tribute to Vin Scully |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/joe-davis-dodgers-freddie-freeman-walk-off-tribute-vin-scully |website=SI |access-date=11 November 2024 |date=26 October 2024}}

Davis called the final out of the World Series with: "Start the party, Los Angeles! Your Dodgers have won the World Series!"{{YouTube|id=5dGZffKDYr4|title=FINAL OUT: The Dodgers win the 2024 World Series!}}

{{further|World Series television ratings}}

Fox announced that the World Series delivered a combined average domestic viewership (on Fox, Fox Deportes, and streaming) of 15.8 million, a 67% increase from the previous year. The figures included a 53 share in Los Angeles, a 41 share in New York, and a 41 share in San Diego. The 2024 World Series was the most watched World Series since 2017.{{Cite web |last=Associated Press |date=2024-11-02 |title=Ohtani, Yamamoto help WS ratings soar in Japan |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42149417/world-series-ratings-soar-japan-ohtani-yamamoto-playing |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}

Through the first two games, Japan averaged about 15 million viewers per game, exceeding the United States.{{cite news|first1=Hisako|last1=Ueno|first2=John|last2=Yoon|title=The World Series Was Big in Japan. The TV Ratings Prove It.|date=October 31, 2024|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/world/asia/japan-dodgers-ohtani-world-series.html|access-date=October 31, 2024}} Interest was driven by Ohtani, who won his first World Series in his first MLB playoff appearance after six playoff-less seasons with the Los Angeles Angels.{{cite news|first=Akiko|last=Okamoto|title='Sho-time' as Japan celebrates Ohtani's World Series triumph|date=November 1, 2024|publisher=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/baseball/sho-time-japan-celebrates-ohtanis-world-series-triumph-2024-10-31/|access-date=November 1, 2024}} Japanese ratings fell during Games 3-5, but the World Series still drew an average of 12.9 million Japanese viewers.

The U.S. viewership numbers in the game-by-game table below do not include Fox Deportes.

For the 27th consecutive year, ESPN Radio broadcast the series in the United States. Jon Sciambi did play-by-play, while Jessica Mendoza (who was part of the Dodgers' television crew on Spectrum SportsNet LA during the regular season) and Eduardo Pérez provided color commentary and Buster Olney reported from the field.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-broadcast-schedule-announced-for-the-entire-2024-league-championship-series|title=Broadcast Schedule Announced For The Entire 2024 League Championship Series Presented By loanDepot|website=MLB.com}} TUDN Radio broadcast the series in Spanish.{{Cite web|url=https://corporate.televisaunivision.com/press/2024/08/15/televisaunivision-and-major-league-baseball-announce-new-multi-year-partnership/|title=TelevisaUnivision and Major League Baseball Announce New Multi-Year Partnership|date=August 15, 2024}}

The flagship radio stations for both teams also produced local broadcasts of each game. In Los Angeles, KLAC and KTNQ broadcast in English and Spanish respectively, while in New York, WFAN (in English) and WADO (in Spanish) aired the games. The series marked the last broadcasts for longtime Yankees radio play-by-play announcer John Sterling of WFAN, as he had announced his retirement in April 2024.{{Cite web|date=2024-10-25|title=Your 2024 World Series broadcast schedule and announcing primer|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/schedules/2024-world-series-broadcast-schedule-announcing-primer.html|work=Awful Announcing}}{{cite web |last1=Hoch |first1=Bryan |title=John Sterling to return to Yanks radio booth for postseason |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/john-sterling-to-broadcast-yankees-postseason-on-radio |website=mlb.com |publisher=MLB Advanced Media, LP. |access-date=5 September 2024}}

The 2024 World Series was sponsored by Capital One, as part of a five-year, reported $125 million deal that included advertising in the stadium and commercials during Fox's telecasts of the games.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/28/mlb-reaches-125-million-sponsorship-deal-with-capital-one.html|title=MLB reaches a $125 million sponsorship deal with Capital One|first=Jabari|last=Young|website=CNBC.com|date=March 28, 2022|access-date=October 20, 2024}}

Instead of issuing its customary World Series video recap on Blu-Ray and DVD, MLB commissioned a three-part streaming docuseries from Apple TV,{{cite web |last1=Otterson |first1=Joe |title=Apple TV+ Sets Docuseries on 2024 World Series (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/apple-tv-plus-docuseries-2024-world-series-1236181467/ |website=Variety |access-date=24 December 2024 |date=17 October 2024}} which was produced by Derek Jeter's Cap 2 Productions, Ron Howard's and Brian Grazer's Imagine Documentaries, and R.J. Cutler's This Machine Filmworks.{{cite web |last1=Mazzeo |first1=Mike |title=Ron Howard’s World Series doc for Apple takes cinematic approach |url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/11/04/ron-howard-world-series-documentary |website=www.sportsbusinessjournal.com |access-date=24 December 2024 |language=en |date=4 November 2024}}{{cite web |title=Apple TV+ announces Major League Baseball documentary event on the 2024 World Series |url=https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2024/10/apple-tv-announces-new-major-league-baseball-documentary-event-offering-fans-an-immersive-all-access-view-on-the-2024-world-series/ |website=Apple TV+ Press |access-date=1 January 2025}} Fight For Glory: 2024 World Series was released on Apple TV+ in March, around the start of the 2025 season.{{cite web |title=“Friday Night Baseball” returns to Apple TV+ on March 28 |url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/03/friday-night-baseball-returns-to-apple-tv-plus-on-march-28/ |website=Apple Newsroom |access-date=10 March 2025}}

One month later, another Los Angeles area team defeated a New York City area team for a league championship: the LA Galaxy over the New York Red Bulls in the MLS Cup 2024, 2–1.{{cite web |last1=Baxter |first1=Kevin |title=The Galaxy are back after beating the Red Bulls for the franchise's sixth MLS Cup |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/galaxy/story/2024-12-07/galaxy-vs-new-york-red-bulls-mls-cup-final-recap |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=8 December 2024 |date=7 December 2024}}

On January 10, 2025, MLB announced that the punishment for the two Yankees fans ejected for their Game 4 interference—Austin Capobianco and John "Peter" Hansen—had been increased to a permanent ban from every Major League Baseball facility and stadium.{{cite web |last1=Casella|first1=Paul|title=Fans who interfered with Betts in WS Game 4 banned from all parks indefinitely|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/fans-who-interfered-with-mookie-betts-in-world-series-game-4-banned|website=MLB |access-date=10 January 2025 |date=10 January 2025}}

File:The White House - 54437612258.jpg shaking hands with President Donald Trump at the White House with the 2024 Dodgers championship team.]]

With the win, the Dodgers broke a tie with the Cardinals (1926, 1942) to become the only visiting franchise to clinch three World Series championships (1955, 1981, 2024) on the Yankees' home field. They also joined the Houston Astros in beating the Yankees in four postseasons.{{cite web |title=Yankees Postseason Results {{!}} New York Yankees |url=https://www.mlb.com/yankees/history/postseason-results |website=MLB.com |access-date=18 December 2024 |language=en}} As they also defeated the New York Mets in the NLCS, the Dodgers became the first team in history to eliminate two teams from the same city in one postseason.

In the hours after the Game 5 win, there were isolated incidents in Los Angeles, such as fans spray-painting graffiti on an occupied Metro bus and then lighting it on fire, and others looting a Nike store in Downtown Los Angeles.{{Cite web |last1=Cadiz Klemack |first1=John |last2=Lloyd |first2=Jonathan |date=2024-10-31 |title=Shoe store looted, bus vandalized in downtown LA World Series celebration |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/downtown-la-dodgers-world-series-celebration/3548852/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=NBC Los Angeles |language=en-US}} Los Angeles Police called a tactical alert.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-31 |title=Several arrests made after violence, looting breaks out following Dodgers' win |url=https://abc7.com/post/several-arrests-made-after-violence-looting-breaks-los-angeles-following-dodgers-world-series-win/15492082/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=ABC7 Los Angeles |language=en}} A fan sustained a serious injury to his hand lighting a firework.{{Cite web |last=Hiramoto |first=K. J. |date=2024-10-31 |title=Dodgers fan blows up hand with firework in downtown LA |url=https://www.foxla.com/news/dodgers-fan-blows-up-hand-firework-downtown-la |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=FOX 11 |language=en-US}}

On November 1, 2024, the Dodgers held a parade from Los Angeles City Hall to L.A. Central Public Library along Grand Avenue, then a celebration at Dodger Stadium. The celebrations also included fan tributes to former Dodgers star pitcher Fernando Valenzuela,{{cite news|url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/sports/dodgers-parade-fernando-valenzuela/3550003/|title=Dodgers and fans honor Fernando Valenzuela on day of World Series celebrations|first=Jonathan|last=Lloyd|publisher=NBC Los Angeles|date=November 1, 2024|accessdate=November 1, 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.si.com/mlb/dodgers-world-series-parade-perfectly-timed-tribute-fernando-valenzuela|title=Dodgers' World Series Parade Is Perfectly-Timed Tribute to Fernando Valenzuela|first=Tim|last=Capurso|publisher=Sports Illustrated|date=October 31, 2024|accessdate=November 1, 2024}} who was born on November 1.{{cite news|url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/sports/the-top-five-best-moments-from-the-dodgers-2024-world-series-parade-and-celebration-at-dodger-stadium/3550451/|title=The top five best moments from the Dodgers 2024 World Series parade and celebration at Dodger Stadium|first=Michael|last=Duarte|publisher=NBC Los Angeles|date=November 1, 2024|accessdate=November 1, 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/dodgers-parade-day-is-here-and-fans-are-ready-to-celebrate/|title=LA Dodgers' World Series parade lights up downtown as fans celebrate championship win|first1=Julie|last1=Sharp|first2=Marissa|last2=Wenzke|publisher=KCAL|date=November 1, 2024|accessdate=November 1, 2024}}

In December 2024, Freeman’s walk-off grand slam ball would sell for $1.56 million, the third-highest price of any baseball at the time of the sale, behind only Shohei Ohtani’s 50-50 home run ball from September and Mark McGwire’s 70th home run ball from 1998.{{Cite web |last=Stephen |first=Eric |date=2024-12-17 |title=Dodgers notes: Freddie Freeman grand slam ball sells for $1.56 million |url=https://www.truebluela.com/2024/12/17/24322578/freddie-freeman-world-series-grand-slam-baseball-auction-dodgers-shohei-ohtani-sam-carlson#comments |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=True Blue LA |language=en}}

{{Quote box|width=25em|bgcolor=|align=right|quote="I think falling short in the World Series will stick with me until I die"{{cite web |last1=Maciborski |first1=Nathan |title=Yankees Mag: Defend the Flag, Capture the Crown |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-magazine-2025-season-preview |website=MLB.com |access-date=26 March 2025 |language=en}}|source= - Yankees star Aaron Judge, in spring training the following season}}

Despite losing in five games, the Yankees had more hits, more home runs, more stolen bases, and more walks over the course of the series. On the pitching side, they allowed far fewer base runners and held a lower ERA than the Dodgers. New York even outscored Los Angeles through nine innings throughout the five games. This mainly due to the fact that game 4 was a lopsided win for the Yankees as Dodgers decided to go with a bullpen game, effectively conceding the game.{{cite web |last1=Brisbee |first1=Grant |date=2024-10-31|title=What we learned from the 2024 World Series |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5887290/2024/10/31/world-series-lessons-dodgers-yankees/?source=user_shared_article |website=The New York Times |access-date=2 November 2024}} The Yankees, however, also played poor defense throughout the series compared to the Dodgers, which was highlighted by the five-run fifth inning in Game 5 that saw New York not convert three routine plays into outs.{{cite web |last1=(@Jomboy_) |first1=Jomboy|title=Yankees have the worst inning in World Series history, a breakdown |url=https://x.com/Jomboy_/status/1852513509717811642?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet |website=X |access-date=2 November 2024}} Longtime New York baseball sportswriter Bill Madden would call the Yankees 2024 World Series loss one of the worst in franchise history, while fellow New York sportswriter Joel Sherman referred to the series as a dark cloud over the Aaron Boone and Aaron Judge era, who fell to 1-7 to non-AL Central teams in the postseason since 2017.{{cite web |last1=Madden |first1=Bill |date=2024-11-02|title=Bill Madden: Yankees' fatal flaws exposed in World Series loss to Dodgers |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/11/02/yankees-flaws-defense-fundamentals-dodgers-world-series/ |website=New York Daily News |access-date=2 November 2024 }}{{cite web |last1=Sherman |first1=Joel |date=2024-10-31|title=World Series debacle shows everything wrong with Aaron Judge-era Yankees |url=https://nypost.com/2024/10/31/sports/world-series-debacle-shows-everything-wrong-with-aaron-judge-era-yankees/ |website=NY Post |access-date=2 November 2024 }} In the lead-up to the series, Dodgers' scouts told their players to put the ball in play and make the Yankees execute (this in reference to New York's sloppy defense throughout the season).{{cite web |last1=Sherman |first1=Joel |title=The Dodgers knew the Yankees’ fatal weakness — and brutally exposed it |url=https://nypost.com/2024/10/31/sports/yankees-world-series-failure-started-with-fundamental-issues/ |website=NYPost |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=31 October 2024}} Summarizing it, Jeff Passan of ESPN noted that although the Dodgers "scored 25 runs to the Yankees' 24 ... the Dodgers won the World Series in convincing fashion, over five games, because they were better in close contests and more fundamentally sound."

Game 5 turned out to be Yankees' ace Gerrit Cole's last start for at least a year and a half, as he underwent Tommy John Surgery in spring training the following season.{{cite web |last1=Morgenstern |first1=Leo |title=Gerrit Cole To Have Tommy John Surgery |url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/03/gerrit-cole-to-have-tommy-john-surgery.html |website=MLB Trade Rumors |access-date=10 March 2025 |date=10 March 2025}}

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