@@88BW-e4o I'm a Red Sox fan, and that team is a prime example of what you said. John Henry looks at a team like last year's Diamondbacks who made the World Series with only a few more wins than the Red Sox, and he says, 'We don't need expensive superstars to get in the dance, we just need a couple more wins.' But where are the D-backs now? Sustained excellence like the Dodgers, the Braves, the Phillies, and yes, even those goddam Yankees, costs money.
@sdt01o1 yup. You can have career years from guys and stars can align to get you 'a' WS ring or 'a' division title, but sustained success takes effort and brains and a willingness to spend what other teams won't and take chances that other teams won't.
@@sdt01o1 Look. I get it. You can't just throw money at one or two superstars and expect your team to win the WS the following year. You're not gonna sign Juan Soto to the Pirates and expect them to hoist the Commissioners Trophy in 2025. But these owners like Nutting, Dolan and Fisher aren't (let's just be honest here) interested in actually winning the WS. They're happy with spending as little as possible and making as much as possible, which in itself is fine as a business. But honestly, if all you're looking to do is make money, don't do it with a business like baseball in which us fans literally spend dollars, years, and tears waiting for our teams to win. Luckily, I'm a Dodgers fan and I am grateful to have such an owners group with win-at-all-cost attitude. And as for John Henry, I think he's doing a decent job with the Red Sox (although I do question some of that management group's decisions in recent years). Bottom line, if your main goal, as the owner of a sports team, isn't to actually win it all every year, get out and manage the damn Gap stores or something and leave baseball alone.
@@sdt01o1john henry comes up with full throttle lies just to get u guys to renew ur season tix and then does a 180 afterward. really the sox are just a thing in his portfolio now along with liverpool. he got his rings and now he’s just waiting for profits.
@@sdt01o1 John Henry so best at being cheap..This year his FSG didn't spend sh it on Liverpool team (⚽) while others spent hundreds million dollar..Yeah they are successful right now but long run they will suffer..Can you imagine John Henry was so rich yet take a lot of profit without spending sh it on the team ..Maybe it's time for Saudi or foreign investor come in MLB rather than cheapskate billionaires
Blake deserves a contract. I don’t care if we pay him 10 million and his arm falls off. He held the line with nothing in the tank. Just will power! Fucking stud. Thank you Blake!!
The injured Dodgers pitchers could make up an entire starting rotation for another team and be considered one of the best lineups in baseball. The Dodgers still won the WS
10:46 Love that you highlight Treinen. The way Dave goes up to the mound to ask him if he's good and Treinen telling him he wants to stay in. That's such a Hollywood moment
EVERY owner in baseball could afford Ohtani, Soto and any other major free agents. The fact that they pretend to be broke to pocket more of their money is pathetic. Don't be mad at LA, be mad at the owner who doesn't give a damn about putting a winning product on the field.
@@billyrodgers4611 Man, being bankrupt and already being in the bidding for Soto must suck right.... They've made a TON of their money back on Shohei in the first season alone. Your comment makes zero sense.
2020: Shortened season, not a real championship. 2023: These teams are so underwhelming, I’m not watching. 2024: That’s not fair, no matter who won, they BOUGHT that championship. There’s just no pleasing you baseball fans is there?
@@americasteam2112yeah they really didn’t they signed those guys a season before and it didn’t help that first year. then they got some little additions here and there and they won and shocked everyone
I don't understand how people are calling 2020 fake when all the teams were on the literal same playing field and everyone was healthy. Nobody had an advantage or disadvantage and the rosters were stacked with talent due to nobody being injured because the season was so short. All 30 teams had the same opportunity at full strength.
You're absolutely right! The playing field was even, and everyone had the same opportunity to win-the same thing in the case of the Lakers, who already have 17 titles. If the complainer's teams won a shortened season title, they would be bragging about it.
Everyone calling it fake but teams literally fought their assess to win it. When Dodgers won it, they're quick to call out it's value all of a sudden. lol
They say that because their team didn’t win. Same reason they hate on the 2020 Lakers and 2020 Lightning. If their team, these people would count the it.
I dont understand why people say bought a title. I mean, if a player is great, you pay them great. All clubs try to buy a championship. Some just are willing to pay more.
Not every owner can afford to destroy the luxury tax every year. Not to mention there’s more money in it for larger market teams. Fans pay more, owners make more.
there's a difference between the Marlins in 1997 just luring a bunch of free agents there with big contracts and getting really lucky and the Dodgers who actually build a good team from the ground up and then add FA talent at the end. Not a Dodger fan but I respect them.
@@Iridescence93 this is true, but it doesn’t change the fact that the playing field is far from level in MLB. And that’s sad for the fans of smaller market teams. It’s not based purely on merit. It’s mostly about money and the fans get robbed because of it. The Dodgers built a good organization, but they also bought superstars that most other teams couldn’t afford. And there’s nothing those other teams can do about it. The result is that it’s not really special when the Dodgers win the WS. It’s expected, and if they don’t they’re a massive failure. And they fail more often than not only because of the natural gravitational balance of the sport itself. This is why most of the Yankees championships are illegitimate. They had no real competition.
@@matt_h_27 I know this as a Rays fan. Friedman came from the Rays. He learned how to build a good team on the cheap and now has a big wallet besides. It is kind of a scary thing. But yeah, while there are ways for smaller market teams to sort of compete if they're smart about it they are at a disadvantage. It's never been a fair system. Baseball would be way better off if they'd got the salary cap in '94 but we all know how that turned out.
Arte Moreno, the Angels owner, is worth 5 BILLION. This dude could have done exactly what the Dodgers did, but he chose not to. Shohei made the right choice - in his case, the grass was absolutely greener on the other side.
No, he couldn't. Arte would have to use analytics to find and build a proper team. Man AA just proved yet again that Atre rides the short bus with taking Soler. He isn't capable critical thinking.
As a dodger fan I was happy to win the 2020 championship and never felt it was fake, it makes it sweeter that everyone else calls it fake, now we got another one so kiss our fucking rings!!!
Even after 2024 you don’t see the 2020 championship as illegitimate? The dodgers showed in 2024 just how fake it was. Enduring the injuries, season & postseason exhaustion is all baked into it. Credit to the 2024 dodgers for winning a World Series. Credit them in 2020 for winning a *World Series
Soto judge Stanton vs Ohtani Betts freeman. Pretty even on all levels really. Now pitching still pretty close. Difference was defense and base running.
@@asiseeit2041exactly. Yanks were top down a WS team but watching them make stupid mistakes againt Cleveland made me think they were not capable of beating Dodgers, turns out they made the same mistakes in WS in the most embarrassing way
Yankees fan here. Hey, no bitching here. LA completely deserved to win. Yankees completely deserved to lose. Yanks should've won games 1 and 5, but that just proves the Dodgers deserved it more because they came back. I'd love to be swapping those 2 teams' names around, but it didn't turn out that way. So congratulations. Hopefully, there will be a rematch. This time with the Yankees actually playing defense
I like that clip of treinen hustling to the bag to get that out at first. Compared to Cole not even attempting to cover first. Dodgers were going all out for the World Series.
Anyone who saw that 2020 post season; would see what a grind and challenging of a tournament it was. Take a bit of tine and go watch that post season highlights. The Braves gave us a hell of a Series and the Rays put up a fight forcing a game 6. EVERY single team had the same chances to make it to the playoffs. Also anyone talking about the dodgers buying a championship; Shut your mouths and worry about your own teams ownership actually investing into your team. Dodgers 2024 Champs baby and we did it without trash cans! -PEACE
@@CoasterKraziedude it sucks nobody respects those 2017-2020 dodger teams. Those teams were very well rounded before they even started spending big bucks in FA…. People just love to hate the winners though.
I always find it funny when fans hate on the dodgers, Mets, Yankees or any team that spends money like every owner isn’t a BILLIONAIRE that can spend money if they wanted too
I am bleed blue and orange METS fan(no other team exists for me),and I have no problem with what the Dodgers are doing. Not only because we can do the same and are,but because it’s the right thing to do for your fans and the legacy of ownership.
@ I 100% agree, if an owner cares about the organization, city, and most importantly the fan, they’ll do whatever they can to make their team great and that means spending money! I will never hate on any team in any sport that goes out there and spends money cus it means they wanna win
Those who think the Dodgers simply bought their championship simply don't know what they are talking about. Tommy Edman wasn't bought. Michael Kopech wasn't bought. Alex Vesia wasn't bought. Walker Buehler wasn't bought. Will Smith wasn't bought. Brusdar Graterol wasn't bought. That's the difference between the Dodgers and the Yankees.
Muncy was a nobody when they got him Phillips was the same Teo is a 1 year deal we could go on and on and on yeah they soent money but people dont realize they still have a top farm in the league
I don’t say that the Dodgers were “bought” but your logic makes no sense man. You bring up players from trades, so that would make players like Stanton and Soto the same (not bought). Then you bring up farm system players, which most of the Yankees are 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️ so really Cole and Rodon are the only “bought” players using your logic. The Dodgers are literally more “bought” from free agency then the Yankees 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
@@davidkelty7688 Stanton & Soto were traded in salary dumps. They might as well have been bought, because rich teams would not have traded them and poor teams would not have acquired them. If you are going to exclude them, then you have to exclude Mookie Betts, Tyler Glasnow & Jack Flaherty, who were acquired in similar trades of disproportionate leverage.
Several billionaires own teams, yet they prefer to put inferior product on the field in order to pocket as much money as they can. They don't give an F about the fans or about winning. Yet it is the ones who actually try to win that get criticized.
Shohei is MVP of the season. Without him, the Dodgers would not have won their Division and would not have been in the World Series. He carried the Dodgers for much of the year. He was also instrumental in bringing Yamamoto to the Dodgers.
I just feel for Justin Turner, Corey Seager, Belli, Kenley Jansen, and of Course he's still on the team but it would have been great if Kershaw wouldve pitched I think these guys who went to war for the Dodgers deserve some recognition salute to u guys
@jaypalo 2017 Hurts because Kershaw pitched so well in Game 1 and yeah Game 5 but it just felt like the Astros knew exactly what was coming. And Then Game 7 Kershaw came out of the Bullpen and pitched well to keep the game close but I hope 2024 championship doesn't feel like a oh yeah Kershaw was on the team because he really deserves it
@@fernandofuerte6661 naw I don’t think it feels like that at all, there’s a lot of things he did off the field for our guys. 2018 hurts the most for me because we just got ran over
@@jaypalothat Red Sox team was flat out better in the same way the dodgers team this year was better than the Yankees. Some years there’s just that big of gap.
Those arguments about postseason failures do not make any sense regarding 2020. The same postseason bracket was played. Anything it would make all teams involved in those rounds evenly match because there was no traveling and there was no other little inconveniences that you get during a regularpostseason run 2020 was a legitimate win. Anybody that says otherwise was just on the losing end.
Think the Dodgers won during a shortened season in 1981 and if you look it up they didn't have the best record due to a crazy split season ruling and maybe shouldn't have been in the post season. But NO ONE in the 43 years since ever tried to put stink on it. Hell they don't even put stink on the cheating 2017 Astros which by extension should mean this is the Dodgers THIRD championship in last 8 years.
it’s not even excuses it’s facts you can’t admit it. jst between shohei and yoshi it was over a billion alone then glasnow and teo make it even more. not saying they didn’t deserve to win but they bought to a whole new level to finally win a full season chip. not saying 2020 was fake jst saying 2020 sucked cs of all the given circumstances
The Dodgers have one advantage when it comes to the Big Name free agents. They know the Dodgers are serious about winning and are trying to do the fundamentals without compromise. Doesn't always work - that's baseball. But, if you want the money AND the ring, what team gives you a better shot?
14:40 Mookie tried to fight two harmless and respectful young fans in the crowd the other night.. no for real congrats to the Dodgers I may not like the team but you can't not be happy for those dudes especially Freddie
"Less fulfilling" doesn't mean "fake." With 60 games, every game counts, more than the 162 game season when you can rest some top guys and let a few games go.
Every other team would have loved to win in 2020 if another team won that wasn't Houston nyy or LAD they would be praised for winning the most difficult world series in MLB history
The fact that Casparius, Knack, Honeywell and Hudson sacrificed themselves in game 4 to give Flaherty and bullpen some time to rest for game five was so clutch by Dave Roberts to do that (by the way we let Honeywell and the rest know how much we appreciated them for that during the parade celebration) I’m still in awe by what the Dodgers were able to do in this postseason under these conditions.
As a Yankee fan, I’ve never understood a fan of another team complaining about us spending the most money every year on our team… I’ve always appreciated that the most from the Yankee organization. Why would a fan not want their team to spend more to win?? You want the billionaire owner to save a few million while us fans fill their pockets? Shout out to the Dodgers organization for paying for the right pieces, I wish the Yankees spent their money as smart as the dodgers do and hope to see you guys again in the World Series many time over Judge & Ohtani’s contracts
Dodger fan here - you nailed it, man! I know we're easy to be everyone's villain organization, I get it, but after that season and postseason... There's no way you're going to convince me that they didn't earn or deserve every last scrap of what they achieved this year. I look forward to 2025!
padre fan here yeah the dodgers earned this championship he have a roster full of HofF. it seemed that when Teoscar hit that grandslam in game 3 against SD everything fell into place for LA and became a game winning machine but hey next season let's give MLB the same "must watch" games as the last few seasons. Padres gave LA a scare this post season i think bigger than in 22. ;}
The 1987 superbowl champs, 1999 nba champs & 2020 world series champs. They all count the same. The 2024 world series title only solidified the 2020 trophy. Just win BABY!!!
Critics often think the Dodgers simply buy their players, but many teams offered similar deals during trades. The Dodgers, however, invest wisely-creating a welcoming environment, developing talent through drafts, trades, the farm system, and fostering a positive team culture. These factors make players favor the Dodgers. Shohei Ohtani’s deferred payment option was available to all teams, yet he chose the Dodgers, adding a clause to opt out if President Andrew Friedman leaves. This shows Ohtani’s trust in the Dodgers to make good use of his deferred payments.
happy to see blake get recognition. he's been such a great pitcher for the team all year and one of the most consistent guys we have. i'm always more relaxed when blake has the ball
All Dodgers fans cherish and love the 2020 championship. Never felt fake. Since 2011 this has been a ride, and we (us grateful fans) have this team for many more years:) Teams wish their owners would pay for players but also DEVELOP and practice FUNDAMENTALS. ( Yankees lol)
but ONLY dodger fans love it. I promise you that even if my team had one, I would not put it on the same pedestal as a full season. It is a mickey mouse ring like no other.
It hilarious that the rangers had a complete bought team in 23, and instead of people hating, they were congratulated for winning their first ring. The Dodgers, on the other hand, are loaded with homegrown talent yet still hated on. When you're on top, there will be lots of haters. Keep crying haters. 😂 2024 champs 🏆 💪🏼 💙
Homegrown my ass you had to go get mookie from boston after they beat yall in 2018 and freddie from Atlanta after 2021 then you let your best homegrown shortstop 2020 wsmvp walk because you didn’t wanna pay him but yall will pay ohtani because all his money is deferred thats the kinda team you guys are
"Trust in your guy'S MOMENT, nothing to do with ANALYTICS or the numbers or the matchups" THIS IS WHAT WON THE WORLD SERIES. Cashman, Boone and the entire yankees upper management don't seem to get that through their thick skulls....
As a semi invested dodger fan (used to be more invested but as I’ve grown older I haven’t kept up with it as much) it’s really funny to hear all the dodger fans praise Roberts now all of a sudden 😂. I remember yall used to hate that man don’t lie.
Instead of a salary cap the MLB should stop stop profit sharing the ticket sales between all the teams. That’ll get owners to start putting a winning product on the field again now that big market teams won’t be having to keep making money for owners that don’t care.
There’s nothing to indicate that the owners would all of a sudden invest more if you strip away those rules. It didn’t happen before and it won’t all of a sudden happen now
In every season since 2020 the Dodgers had serious holes in their roster by the time they reached the postseason. I was not at all surprised when they failed to advance very far, and this season seemed like it might be no different. Somehow they managed to gut it out. A lot of the credit should go to Dave Roberts, who is seriously underrated as a manager.
5:55 If there hasn't been one already, there needs to be an investigation into why so many Dodgers pitching arms went down this year. (Maybe I'm off) but that seems almost unreal
2020 was the team that was built from the ground up, a lot of regulars went onto become MLB regulars. Bellinger, Pederson, Seager, Jansen, Kershaw, Buehler were all Dodger prospects and battled through those previous 2 WS teams. 2024 version was a mix of both, built and bought.
The narrative for all the haters now is “you guys buy championships.” Well tell you cheap owner to spend money then. They’re certainly capable of doing that but they dont give a crap about your poverty franchise. Go Dodgers!
@@gelo_b95 Actually, I’m not into baseball really because of the large salary disparities the MLB allows. The main sport I follow is soccer right now and my team, Inter Miami, is doing quite fine because guess what? We spent the most money this year compared to any other team and bought the best players in the world like Messi. And guess what too, turns out that after we spent more money we went from a last place team to perhaps the best team the MLS has ever seen before. And yes, I still "cry" and complain about the advantage we have over other clubs. It’s called having values and principles even when it goes against yourself… you should try it sometime.
@@gelo_b95 Actually, I’m not into baseball really because of the large salary disparities the MLB allows. The main sport I follow is soccer right now and my team, Inter Miami, is doing quite fine because guess what? We spent the most money this year compared to any other team and bought the best players in the world like Messi. And guess what too, turns out that after we spent more money we went from a last place team to perhaps the best team the MLS has ever seen before. And yes, I still "cry" and complain about the advantage we have over other clubs. It’s called having values and principles even when it goes against yourself… you should try it sometime.
@@gelo_b95 Actually, I’m not into baseball really because of the large salary disparities the MLB allows. The main sport I follow is soccer right now and my team, Inter Miami, is doing quite fine because guess what? We spent the most money this year compared to any other team and bought the best players in the world like Messi. And guess what too, turns out that after we spent more money we went from a last place team to perhaps the best team the MLS has ever seen before. And yes, I still "cry" and complain about the advantage we have over other clubs. It’s called having values and principles even when it goes against yourself… you should try it sometime.
The greedy rickets family been riding the cubs 2016 ship for 8 years and nothing else to show for it but some bars and restaurants around wrigleyville. Shameful.
Folks that say it was payroll that won the championship forget that much of that payroll wasn’t available during the year. The pitching staff was a shambles all year and all the way to the World Series.
I personally didn't expect the Dodgers to win it all this season. I saw many flaws including injuries and their pitching. I expected them to be the huge monster next year to take it all but I was pleasantly surprised to see them on top this season.
In 2020 the Lakers and Dodgers were both at the top of their respective leagues with the best record and that continued throughout. Also that same year both leagues were actually very healthy injury wise and everyone were on the same playing field like a gladiatorial level and the best teams came out victorious.
An amazing year of baseball through and through. Thank you for your videos, your humor, your analysis. You make the game that much more fun. Dodgers fan for life here. Next year is going to be crazy. Shohei takes the mound. Kershaw comes back. Glasnow. May. And hopefully Teoscar gets re-signed. The squad is gonna ball. This is the first year of a new Dodgers golden era. What a time to be alive and into this sport. RIP VALENZUELA, you were one of my early heroes, along with Hershiser, Scioscia, Eddie Murray, and so many more. We got a legacy building here with this squad and I'm glad we'll bear witness to it. L.A. all day. Peace
So tired of these tired East Coast takes on the 2020 Championship. As a lifelong Dodgers fan that moment was as legitimate as any other I've ever experienced. It was a tremendous post season that even Dave Roberts himself said was the most difficult run that they ever made. The extenuating circumstances involved don't lessen the achievement, in fact they made that run even more challenging then typical. They beat the best teams in the league in some thrilling games. Who is any fan or would be journalist to say that the 2020 Championship is somehow invalid. Comes off as whiny and sour grapes and reeks of the bias typical of this channel.
This one is up there with my 88 team. I was in high school and played ball on a very good team. When they won 88 I was playing football and was literally one of only two guys on the team rooting. In Orange County. Everyone said the Mets. Then everyone said the As. That was sweet to watch Orel dominate and clutch hitting. This ws is my first yankee defeat so it’s awesome. I was too young to appreciate 81. As to the 2017 team, they were cheated. Had that one stolen. Bad year for baseball and the dodgers
I'm a Mets fan. I admit, I thought the Mets were a 70 win team and they shattered my expectations. I am happy where we are now and we are in position to do EXACTLY what the Dodgers did with an owner like Cohen. Hopefully next year we can play in the World Series.
The dodgers fans acting like they were underdogs is so cringe the number two market team beat the number one market team. No one was an underdog in That situation.
This is stupid. The rangers signed Seager and Semien, did they buy a championship? Phillies bought Turner, Harper, etc and the list goes on. Every team that wins is a combo of free agents, trades and homegrown talent. MLB is also full of underperforming high payroll teams.
What a dumb take. You dont get what free agency is. *The players choose where they want to sign!!!* Shohei and Yamamoto were never going to KC, Tampa, Detroit or god forbid Cleveland b/c they rather be in a place that complements their culture, especially if that team has been consistently winning. NY is more far away from Japan than LA is. Dodgers history is built on the backs of Yankees history anyway. *THATS THE PROBLEM, genius*
I think the message after watching this series is that yes money can kind of buy a world series trophy but its not guaranteed but with the way this team handled the series dealing with injuries and coming back from an elimination is what makes teams & players be remembered in the history of baseball and eventually some get inducted into the HOF if you look at some of the greatest players who played the game of baseball alot of times they did not have it easy they never gave up, they knew if they wanted to win they had to put in the work, and overall go out there and fight through the pain and seize that moment.
Credit to Walker Bulldog for coming through and closing it out. Gotta feel for the guy especially when he admitted he was probably going to get cut during his struggles earlier in the season.
“Bought” here we go with the same BS. One thing is being terrible at scouting and just buying players from other teams. The Dodgers wanted to sign Ohtani at 15, they offered him a contract and he refused because he would not play everyday(no DH in the NL) Bellinger, Verdugo, Seagar, Kershaw, May, Buehler, Jansen, Lux, and I’m sure I am forgetting more all came up in the Dodgers system. Muncy, Taylor, Turner were all third rate to their team. Didn’t the Mets have the highest payroll?
I like the dodgers and I’m a Red Sox fan. Dodgers history is fascinating like Red Sox history. Good for them. I just wish John Henry would spend money on the Red Sox.
I Clown em for getting mookie and freddie after both of them beat the dodgers in the playoffs and went on to get rings at the end of the day dodgers need to recruit to get the job done
@Gman1298 like you wouldn't want your team to get them if they were available! They're great players! Lol, seems to me like you're mad that free agency exists, trades exist and in pro sports you have the ability to go out and make your team better.
Thank you for this video, brother. The end long made me emotional. I wish our fans made it easy to like us because our team is full of such likable guys.
Why would anyone discount 2020 season when every team had the exact same opportunity to win? If anything, the 2017 WS should’ve belonged to the Dodgers as well. And deferring Shohei and Yamamoto’s salary was purely genius. Other teams are just jealous for not coming with that idea. Dodgers are playing 3D Chess while other teams are playing checkers.
Deferring salaries is not some new concept in sports bud. Plus not every team has the resources to allow for such deferment. The budgets are already so tight as it is now that to add on to that in later years such a big expense would crush them into oblivion
I am a bit surprised the Los Angeles Dodgers won. For one our starting rotation was not good. Yoshinobu Yamamoto had no time to really warm up for the post season for he arrived from the il two weeks before the Postseason. Walker Buehler was struggling all season giving out homers like candy. The only reliable starting pitcher was Jack Flaherty. Both Tommy Edman and Max Muncy arrived like two or three weeks before the Postseason. Freddy Freeman was playing on one leg and Miguel Rojas was playing with no legs. We are screwed. But no the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the healthy and most potent team the San Diego Padres wich had a very talented/disciplined starting rotation:
@@javi994 The A's won 97 games in 18 and 19, while going pretty cheap. A few years later, they spent even less and went bad intentionally. If the A's would have spent the money to keep those 97 win teams together, or something similar several times since 2000, then they might have a championship by now.
Good video. I've been saying this all along: you can't have it both ways. People may "hate" the Dodgers, but these are good guys. I was so happy in 2020 but it feels so good to have a full season championship!
"You wanna win? You wanna consistently win?"
2/3 of MLB owners: "No thank you"
@@88BW-e4o I'm a Red Sox fan, and that team is a prime example of what you said. John Henry looks at a team like last year's Diamondbacks who made the World Series with only a few more wins than the Red Sox, and he says, 'We don't need expensive superstars to get in the dance, we just need a couple more wins.' But where are the D-backs now? Sustained excellence like the Dodgers, the Braves, the Phillies, and yes, even those goddam Yankees, costs money.
@sdt01o1 yup. You can have career years from guys and stars can align to get you 'a' WS ring or 'a' division title, but sustained success takes effort and brains and a willingness to spend what other teams won't and take chances that other teams won't.
@@sdt01o1 Look. I get it. You can't just throw money at one or two superstars and expect your team to win the WS the following year. You're not gonna sign Juan Soto to the Pirates and expect them to hoist the Commissioners Trophy in 2025. But these owners like Nutting, Dolan and Fisher aren't (let's just be honest here) interested in actually winning the WS. They're happy with spending as little as possible and making as much as possible, which in itself is fine as a business. But honestly, if all you're looking to do is make money, don't do it with a business like baseball in which us fans literally spend dollars, years, and tears waiting for our teams to win. Luckily, I'm a Dodgers fan and I am grateful to have such an owners group with win-at-all-cost attitude. And as for John Henry, I think he's doing a decent job with the Red Sox (although I do question some of that management group's decisions in recent years). Bottom line, if your main goal, as the owner of a sports team, isn't to actually win it all every year, get out and manage the damn Gap stores or something and leave baseball alone.
@@sdt01o1john henry comes up with full throttle lies just to get u guys to renew ur season tix and then does a 180 afterward. really the sox are just a thing in his portfolio now along with liverpool. he got his rings and now he’s just waiting for profits.
@@sdt01o1 John Henry so best at being cheap..This year his FSG didn't spend sh it on Liverpool team (⚽) while others spent hundreds million dollar..Yeah they are successful right now but long run they will suffer..Can you imagine John Henry was so rich yet take a lot of profit without spending sh it on the team ..Maybe it's time for Saudi or foreign investor come in MLB rather than cheapskate billionaires
Blake deserves a contract. I don’t care if we pay him 10 million and his arm falls off. He held the line with nothing in the tank. Just will power! Fucking stud. Thank you Blake!!
Well said and I totally agree with you!
He's gonna get paid big time
He better get paid and stay in LA. His pitch movement is DISGUSTINGLY GOATED
They should keep Walker Buehler as well
Yes, thank you Mr. Treinen. Your time on the mound was as much pressure as any pitcher could face, and you came through for us.
The injured Dodgers pitchers could make up an entire starting rotation for another team and be considered one of the best lineups in baseball. The Dodgers still won the WS
Not just one starting rotation, but two starting rotations can be made with the Dodgers injured pitchers
What makes this win feel better is how they limped into the #1 seed by grit and luck
It’s scary how good we can be next year…we cool literally sweep through the playoffs
Stop lying to yourself. Your guys bullpen is way better as a whole than your starters. They’re the reason you guys won…….
@@WolfNeo333Other than Blake Treinen all of those guys are just above average, there’s no all star on those bullpen except Treinen.
10:46 Love that you highlight Treinen. The way Dave goes up to the mound to ask him if he's good and Treinen telling him he wants to stay in. That's such a Hollywood moment
EVERY owner in baseball could afford Ohtani, Soto and any other major free agents. The fact that they pretend to be broke to pocket more of their money is pathetic. Don't be mad at LA, be mad at the owner who doesn't give a damn about putting a winning product on the field.
@@billyrodgers4611 Man, being bankrupt and already being in the bidding for Soto must suck right.... They've made a TON of their money back on Shohei in the first season alone. Your comment makes zero sense.
$700m is the brewers owner Mark Attanasio's entire networth. and $200m more than Bruce Sherman, owner of the marlin's entire networth.
You’re kinda dumb aren’t ya?
Dame straight 🤜🤛
@@thepresidenthatesme5045 they can get a loan lmao
2020: Shortened season, not a real championship.
2023: These teams are so underwhelming, I’m not watching.
2024: That’s not fair, no matter who won, they BOUGHT that championship.
There’s just no pleasing you baseball fans is there?
Just loser fans like Yankee and Astro fans
What they mean to say is “im salty my team didn’t win this year” they’ll never admit it though
Haters can't say that this year, right?
These people were saying that the Rangers bought their championship last year. Lol
@@americasteam2112yeah they really didn’t they signed those guys a season before and it didn’t help that first year. then they got some little additions here and there and they won and shocked everyone
I don't understand how people are calling 2020 fake when all the teams were on the literal same playing field and everyone was healthy. Nobody had an advantage or disadvantage and the rosters were stacked with talent due to nobody being injured because the season was so short. All 30 teams had the same opportunity at full strength.
I always tell people to go back and watch the reactions of the teams they beat. It definitely counted to them
You're absolutely right! The playing field was even, and everyone had the same opportunity to win-the same thing in the case of the Lakers, who already have 17 titles. If the complainer's teams won a shortened season title, they would be bragging about it.
I remember the teams we beat fighting with everything they had.
Everyone calling it fake but teams literally fought their assess to win it. When Dodgers won it, they're quick to call out it's value all of a sudden. lol
They say that because their team didn’t win. Same reason they hate on the 2020 Lakers and 2020 Lightning. If their team, these people would count the it.
I dont understand why people say bought a title. I mean, if a player is great, you pay them great. All clubs try to buy a championship. Some just are willing to pay more.
Not every owner can afford to destroy the luxury tax every year. Not to mention there’s more money in it for larger market teams. Fans pay more, owners make more.
there's a difference between the Marlins in 1997 just luring a bunch of free agents there with big contracts and getting really lucky and the Dodgers who actually build a good team from the ground up and then add FA talent at the end. Not a Dodger fan but I respect them.
@@Iridescence93 this is true, but it doesn’t change the fact that the playing field is far from level in MLB. And that’s sad for the fans of smaller market teams. It’s not based purely on merit. It’s mostly about money and the fans get robbed because of it. The Dodgers built a good organization, but they also bought superstars that most other teams couldn’t afford. And there’s nothing those other teams can do about it. The result is that it’s not really special when the Dodgers win the WS. It’s expected, and if they don’t they’re a massive failure. And they fail more often than not only because of the natural gravitational balance of the sport itself. This is why most of the Yankees championships are illegitimate. They had no real competition.
@@matt_h_27 I know this as a Rays fan. Friedman came from the Rays. He learned how to build a good team on the cheap and now has a big wallet besides. It is kind of a scary thing. But yeah, while there are ways for smaller market teams to sort of compete if they're smart about it they are at a disadvantage. It's never been a fair system. Baseball would be way better off if they'd got the salary cap in '94 but we all know how that turned out.
The worst is spending money and NOT building. Prime example being the cross town team the Angels
Arte Moreno, the Angels owner, is worth 5 BILLION. This dude could have done exactly what the Dodgers did, but he chose not to. Shohei made the right choice - in his case, the grass was absolutely greener on the other side.
apparently, the angels didnt even offer shohei
No, he couldn't. Arte would have to use analytics to find and build a proper team. Man AA just proved yet again that Atre rides the short bus with taking Soler.
He isn't capable critical thinking.
After he got stung by Rendon, I don't think he will ever go big again
@@KS-tz9sg no one wants him to go big. They want him to go away ( sell the team like he said he was going to)
lol I was about to bring up Rendon they actually had potential but once certain players get that check they get injured*
AND THE PARADE IS ON FERNANDO VALENZUELA’S BIRTHDAY!!!
RIP
LETS GO DODGERS!!
As a dodger fan I was happy to win the 2020 championship and never felt it was fake, it makes it sweeter that everyone else calls it fake, now we got another one so kiss our fucking rings!!!
what I don't understand is fans of other teams whining and crying calling it a covid ring. Wonder why their team couldn't win if it was easy and fake?
Exactly how Astro fans feel even though the Dodgers are still crying about losing 2 games AT HOME in 2017.🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think that title should be 100% counted as real, because no matter who team won, they were gonna call it fake.
Better a team like you guys or the yankees win it. Imagine if 2020 was your franchise's first one?
Even after 2024 you don’t see the 2020 championship as illegitimate?
The dodgers showed in 2024 just how fake it was. Enduring the injuries, season & postseason exhaustion is all baked into it.
Credit to the 2024 dodgers for winning a World Series. Credit them in 2020 for winning a *World Series
It's funny that Yankees fans are making the "high payroll" excuse while the yankees are literally the same thing if not worse
Yankees literally used the A’s as a farm system in the 2000s 😂
Soto judge Stanton vs Ohtani Betts freeman. Pretty even on all levels really. Now pitching still pretty close. Difference was defense and base running.
@@asiseeit2041exactly. Yanks were top down a WS team but watching them make stupid mistakes againt Cleveland made me think they were not capable of beating Dodgers, turns out they made the same mistakes in WS in the most embarrassing way
Yankee fans, SMH. Give them wine with that cheese.
Yankees fan here. Hey, no bitching here. LA completely deserved to win. Yankees completely deserved to lose. Yanks should've won games 1 and 5, but that just proves the Dodgers deserved it more because they came back. I'd love to be swapping those 2 teams' names around, but it didn't turn out that way. So congratulations. Hopefully, there will be a rematch. This time with the Yankees actually playing defense
I like that clip of treinen hustling to the bag to get that out at first. Compared to Cole not even attempting to cover first. Dodgers were going all out for the World Series.
Must be because the dodgers paid Treinen so much more than Cole. Oh wait.... 😆
Every dodgers pitcher hustled, but Yankees ace Cole didn’t. I think that just shows the mindset of both teams
@@wanderlustxhours Loved especially that they were hustling in part for Freddie! None of them wanted him to run more than he had to.
$36 million a year and he can't cover first base 😂😂😂😂 What a joke and a diva Cole is 🤣🤣🤣🤣
After all these years of criticizing Roberts on moves..he put in a clinic 🫡
Out managed Boone
@BreezEvaFlowin909 big time
Hindsight is 20/20. If dodgers lose game 5 which was extremely likely, people would be highlighting how he punted game 4 by not pulling Honeywell.
Anyone who saw that 2020 post season; would see what a grind and challenging of a tournament it was.
Take a bit of tine and go watch that post season highlights.
The Braves gave us a hell of a Series and the Rays put up a fight forcing a game 6.
EVERY single team had the same chances to make it to the playoffs.
Also anyone talking about the dodgers buying a championship; Shut your mouths and worry about your own teams ownership actually investing into your team.
Dodgers 2024 Champs baby and we did it without trash cans!
-PEACE
I'd argue 2020 was harder because of the extra round of platoffs
@@DipShPit1they also played way more games in consecutive days, bullpens were taxed!
Or using Apple Watches like Boston in 2018.
@@CoasterKraziedude it sucks nobody respects those 2017-2020 dodger teams. Those teams were very well rounded before they even started spending big bucks in FA…. People just love to hate the winners though.
as a yankees fan that lives in LA watching my team lose with dodger fans, as much as i hate that we lost i have respect for the dodgers
I always find it funny when fans hate on the dodgers, Mets, Yankees or any team that spends money like every owner isn’t a BILLIONAIRE that can spend money if they wanted too
I am bleed blue and orange METS fan(no other team exists for me),and I have no problem with what the Dodgers are doing. Not only because we can do the same and are,but because it’s the right thing to do for your fans and the legacy of ownership.
@ I 100% agree, if an owner cares about the organization, city, and most importantly the fan, they’ll do whatever they can to make their team great and that means spending money! I will never hate on any team in any sport that goes out there and spends money cus it means they wanna win
My team the Marlins isn’t owned by a billionaire actually, no
Those who think the Dodgers simply bought their championship simply don't know what they are talking about.
Tommy Edman wasn't bought.
Michael Kopech wasn't bought.
Alex Vesia wasn't bought.
Walker Buehler wasn't bought.
Will Smith wasn't bought.
Brusdar Graterol wasn't bought.
That's the difference between the Dodgers and the Yankees.
Muncy was a nobody when they got him
Phillips was the same
Teo is a 1 year deal we could go on and on and on yeah they soent money but people dont realize they still have a top farm in the league
I don’t say that the Dodgers were “bought” but your logic makes no sense man. You bring up players from trades, so that would make players like Stanton and Soto the same (not bought). Then you bring up farm system players, which most of the Yankees are 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️ so really Cole and Rodon are the only “bought” players using your logic. The Dodgers are literally more “bought” from free agency then the Yankees 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
Plus so many more helped to make this happen. AJ Ellis, Joc, Belli, Turner, Gonzalez, Ethier, Yasmani, Edwin Rios, Ryu and even Verdugo:)
@@davidkelty7688 Stanton & Soto were traded in salary dumps. They might as well have been bought, because rich teams would not have traded them and poor teams would not have acquired them. If you are going to exclude them, then you have to exclude Mookie Betts, Tyler Glasnow & Jack Flaherty, who were acquired in similar trades of disproportionate leverage.
Here's the difference, other teams would have lost Walker Buehler
Several billionaires own teams, yet they prefer to put inferior product on the field in order to pocket as much money as they can. They don't give an F about the fans or about winning. Yet it is the ones who actually try to win that get criticized.
I blame the MLB for allowing such large salary disparities and making the fans totally dependent on the generosity of billionaires
Shohei is MVP of the season. Without him, the Dodgers would not have won their Division and would not have been in the World Series. He carried the Dodgers for much of the year. He was also instrumental in bringing Yamamoto to the Dodgers.
I just feel for Justin Turner, Corey Seager, Belli, Kenley Jansen, and of Course he's still on the team but it would have been great if Kershaw wouldve pitched I think these guys who went to war for the Dodgers deserve some recognition salute to u guys
They got cheated in 2017 and 2018
@jaypalo 2017 Hurts because Kershaw pitched so well in Game 1 and yeah Game 5 but it just felt like the Astros knew exactly what was coming. And Then Game 7 Kershaw came out of the Bullpen and pitched well to keep the game close but I hope 2024 championship doesn't feel like a oh yeah Kershaw was on the team because he really deserves it
@@fernandofuerte6661 naw I don’t think it feels like that at all, there’s a lot of things he did off the field for our guys. 2018 hurts the most for me because we just got ran over
@@jaypalothat Red Sox team was flat out better in the same way the dodgers team this year was better than the Yankees. Some years there’s just that big of gap.
@ that team cheated, doesn’t matter how much “talent” they had. All of that is null when you cheat.
I hate that people say the 2020 championship felt fake. All they went through and people call it fake... It is always a weird take.
What else would these idiots talk about on their RUclips channels? They need to create controversy to make money.
The only thing about 2020 that didn’t feel right was that we didn’t really get to celebrate traditionally with a parade.
Those arguments about postseason failures do not make any sense regarding 2020. The same postseason bracket was played. Anything it would make all teams involved in those rounds evenly match because there was no traveling and there was no other little inconveniences that you get during a regularpostseason run 2020 was a legitimate win. Anybody that says otherwise was just on the losing end.
Excuses excuses excuses there’s always something to say when Dodgers win so sick of these haters
Sports discourse is so terrible now. When any team wins a championship the whiners come out.
@@alexanderliu9376commment section of The Score app is literally one of the most toxic things you’ll ever see
Think the Dodgers won during a shortened season in 1981 and if you look it up they didn't have the best record due to a crazy split season ruling and maybe shouldn't have been in the post season. But NO ONE in the 43 years since ever tried to put stink on it. Hell they don't even put stink on the cheating 2017 Astros which by extension should mean this is the Dodgers THIRD championship in last 8 years.
@@alexanderliu9376sports fans have brain rot I noticed it start 10 years ago and only gotten worse since.
it’s not even excuses it’s facts you can’t admit it. jst between shohei and yoshi it was over a billion alone then glasnow and teo make it even more. not saying they didn’t deserve to win but they bought to a whole new level to finally win a full season chip. not saying 2020 was fake jst saying 2020 sucked cs of all the given circumstances
The Dodgers have one advantage when it comes to the Big Name free agents.
They know the Dodgers are serious about winning and are trying to do the fundamentals without compromise. Doesn't always work - that's baseball.
But, if you want the money AND the ring, what team gives you a better shot?
Dodgers management is basically the Rays with more money
It’s crazy
Y’all one two rings since the 80s calm down 😂
@@theoperry3236 It’s true
14:40 Mookie tried to fight two harmless and respectful young fans in the crowd the other night.. no for real congrats to the Dodgers I may not like the team but you can't not be happy for those dudes especially Freddie
"Less fulfilling" doesn't mean "fake." With 60 games, every game counts, more than the 162 game season when you can rest some top guys and let a few games go.
Every other team would have loved to win in 2020 if another team won that wasn't Houston nyy or LAD they would be praised for winning the most difficult world series in MLB history
How is it the most difficult to win…? I can't even imagine an argument supporting that claim
Thank you I love my Dodgers 💙
Give this dodgers team their flowers. They didn’t crumble they rose to the occasion.
The fact that Casparius, Knack, Honeywell and Hudson sacrificed themselves in game 4 to give Flaherty and bullpen some time to rest for game five was so clutch by Dave Roberts to do that (by the way we let Honeywell and the rest know how much we appreciated them for that during the parade celebration) I’m still in awe by what the Dodgers were able to do in this postseason under these conditions.
Keywords: IF you were a Dodger fan (0:57). You're not so take the L
😂
Hahaha got him!! Nice slam.
As a Yankee fan, I’ve never understood a fan of another team complaining about us spending the most money every year on our team… I’ve always appreciated that the most from the Yankee organization.
Why would a fan not want their team to spend more to win?? You want the billionaire owner to save a few million while us fans fill their pockets?
Shout out to the Dodgers organization for paying for the right pieces, I wish the Yankees spent their money as smart as the dodgers do and hope to see you guys again in the World Series many time over Judge & Ohtani’s contracts
I expect teams to utilize their advantages to the fullest extent. I criticize the MLB for allowing these disparities.
@@Bobo-jy5mg Agree
Dodger fan here - you nailed it, man! I know we're easy to be everyone's villain organization, I get it, but after that season and postseason... There's no way you're going to convince me that they didn't earn or deserve every last scrap of what they achieved this year. I look forward to 2025!
padre fan here yeah the dodgers earned this championship he have a roster full of HofF. it seemed that when Teoscar hit that grandslam in game 3 against SD everything fell into place for LA and became a game winning machine but hey next season let's give MLB the same "must watch" games as the last few seasons. Padres gave LA a scare this post season i think bigger than in 22. ;}
Life time Dodger fan here. I was so happy to see them win. Keep it up!
As a dodger fan since 07, thank you
2024 CHAMPIONS LET'S GOOOO #DodgerNation🏆
The 1987 superbowl champs, 1999 nba champs & 2020 world series champs. They all count the same. The 2024 world series title only solidified the 2020 trophy. Just win BABY!!!
Critics often think the Dodgers simply buy their players, but many teams offered similar deals during trades. The Dodgers, however, invest wisely-creating a welcoming environment, developing talent through drafts, trades, the farm system, and fostering a positive team culture. These factors make players favor the Dodgers. Shohei Ohtani’s deferred payment option was available to all teams, yet he chose the Dodgers, adding a clause to opt out if President Andrew Friedman leaves. This shows Ohtani’s trust in the Dodgers to make good use of his deferred payments.
I had no idea about this though
happy to see blake get recognition. he's been such a great pitcher for the team all year and one of the most consistent guys we have. i'm always more relaxed when blake has the ball
All Dodgers fans cherish and love the 2020 championship. Never felt fake. Since 2011 this has been a ride, and we (us grateful fans) have this team for many more years:) Teams wish their owners would pay for players but also DEVELOP and practice FUNDAMENTALS. ( Yankees lol)
but ONLY dodger fans love it. I promise you that even if my team had one, I would not put it on the same pedestal as a full season. It is a mickey mouse ring like no other.
@@Rufus-RWell we now have this 2024 Ring and it’s very big shiny, now kiss it, bums.
It hilarious that the rangers had a complete bought team in 23, and instead of people hating, they were congratulated for winning their first ring. The Dodgers, on the other hand, are loaded with homegrown talent yet still hated on. When you're on top, there will be lots of haters. Keep crying haters. 😂 2024 champs 🏆 💪🏼 💙
Homegrown my ass you had to go get mookie from boston after they beat yall in 2018 and freddie from Atlanta after 2021 then you let your best homegrown shortstop 2020 wsmvp walk because you didn’t wanna pay him but yall will pay ohtani because all his money is deferred thats the kinda team you guys are
The whole point of every sport team. Aquire and pay the best players.
Explain please
"Trust in your guy'S MOMENT, nothing to do with ANALYTICS or the numbers or the matchups" THIS IS WHAT WON THE WORLD SERIES. Cashman, Boone and the entire yankees upper management don't seem to get that through their thick skulls....
This is very true
And speaking of 2020. This was what Cash didn't get that year when pulling out Snell
As a semi invested dodger fan (used to be more invested but as I’ve grown older I haven’t kept up with it as much) it’s really funny to hear all the dodger fans praise Roberts now all of a sudden 😂. I remember yall used to hate that man don’t lie.
Instead of a salary cap the MLB should stop stop profit sharing the ticket sales between all the teams. That’ll get owners to start putting a winning product on the field again now that big market teams won’t be having to keep making money for owners that don’t care.
There’s nothing to indicate that the owners would all of a sudden invest more if you strip away those rules. It didn’t happen before and it won’t all of a sudden happen now
In every season since 2020 the Dodgers had serious holes in their roster by the time they reached the postseason. I was not at all surprised when they failed to advance very far, and this season seemed like it might be no different. Somehow they managed to gut it out. A lot of the credit should go to Dave Roberts, who is seriously underrated as a manager.
5:55 If there hasn't been one already, there needs to be an investigation into why so many Dodgers pitching arms went down this year. (Maybe I'm off) but that seems almost unreal
Every team tries to buy a Championship, that's the goal to win no matter what the cost!
Not every team.
- Pirate fan
@@jefferyalberter9922 Good one!
I can’t criticize the Dodgers for buying and building a championship(s) when my Mets are laconically trying to do the EXACT same thing same thing😂😂😂.
And my Yankees too, god our (the Yankees) front office is literally braindead sometimes. Same w/ our management too tbh
2020 was the team that was built from the ground up, a lot of regulars went onto become MLB regulars. Bellinger, Pederson, Seager, Jansen, Kershaw, Buehler were all Dodger prospects and battled through those previous 2 WS teams. 2024 version was a mix of both, built and bought.
The narrative for all the haters now is “you guys buy championships.” Well tell you cheap owner to spend money then. They’re certainly capable of doing that but they dont give a crap about your poverty franchise. Go Dodgers!
They did buy the championship. We’re powerless to the billionaire class. And I criticize the MLB for allowing this to happen
@ Well I’m sorry your team doesn’t like to spend money. Cry about it.
@@gelo_b95 Actually, I’m not into baseball really because of the large salary disparities the MLB allows. The main sport I follow is soccer right now and my team, Inter Miami, is doing quite fine because guess what? We spent the most money this year compared to any other team and bought the best players in the world like Messi. And guess what too, turns out that after we spent more money we went from a last place team to perhaps the best team the MLS has ever seen before. And yes, I still "cry" and complain about the advantage we have over other clubs. It’s called having values and principles even when it goes against yourself… you should try it sometime.
@@gelo_b95 Actually, I’m not into baseball really because of the large salary disparities the MLB allows. The main sport I follow is soccer right now and my team, Inter Miami, is doing quite fine because guess what? We spent the most money this year compared to any other team and bought the best players in the world like Messi. And guess what too, turns out that after we spent more money we went from a last place team to perhaps the best team the MLS has ever seen before. And yes, I still "cry" and complain about the advantage we have over other clubs. It’s called having values and principles even when it goes against yourself… you should try it sometime.
@@gelo_b95 Actually, I’m not into baseball really because of the large salary disparities the MLB allows. The main sport I follow is soccer right now and my team, Inter Miami, is doing quite fine because guess what? We spent the most money this year compared to any other team and bought the best players in the world like Messi. And guess what too, turns out that after we spent more money we went from a last place team to perhaps the best team the MLS has ever seen before. And yes, I still "cry" and complain about the advantage we have over other clubs. It’s called having values and principles even when it goes against yourself… you should try it sometime.
It's funny how cheaters World Series counts, but not 2020. Pathetic take.
@Zyron22 still shouldn't be compared since Astros had an advantage
2018 Red Sox got caught cheating as well. This guys team.
@@Imsosaditsgottenthis yup, wonder why many resigned
The greedy rickets family been riding the cubs 2016 ship for 8 years and nothing else to show for it but some bars and restaurants around wrigleyville. Shameful.
Folks that say it was payroll that won the championship forget that much of that payroll wasn’t available during the year. The pitching staff was a shambles all year and all the way to the World Series.
People who say that don’t know the game
Abd 2 of the 3 team they beat in the playoffs had a higher payroll.
14:15 LOOKING AT YOU, JOHN HENRY AND RED SOX OWNERSHIP!!
I personally didn't expect the Dodgers to win it all this season. I saw many flaws including injuries and their pitching. I expected them to be the huge monster next year to take it all but I was pleasantly surprised to see them on top this season.
In 2020 the Lakers and Dodgers were both at the top of their respective leagues with the best record and that continued throughout. Also that same year both leagues were actually very healthy injury wise and everyone were on the same playing field like a gladiatorial level and the best teams came out victorious.
An amazing year of baseball through and through. Thank you for your videos, your humor, your analysis. You make the game that much more fun. Dodgers fan for life here. Next year is going to be crazy. Shohei takes the mound. Kershaw comes back. Glasnow. May. And hopefully Teoscar gets re-signed. The squad is gonna ball. This is the first year of a new Dodgers golden era. What a time to be alive and into this sport. RIP VALENZUELA, you were one of my early heroes, along with Hershiser, Scioscia, Eddie Murray, and so many more. We got a legacy building here with this squad and I'm glad we'll bear witness to it. L.A. all day. Peace
Teams that don’t spend for players are the ones that are scamming their own fans.
“a fish rots from the head down”
It's always the owner and the front office to blame when it comes to acquiring talent
They build a dynasty. This is their era. Expect at least 5 ws championship trophies at least for the next decade.
Can you imagine if like Seattle, Baltimore, or Milwaukee won the championship in 2020? That would have sucked so bad for them
The dodgers did not spend the most money this season. They were 5th in spending. Good try hating tho!
So tired of these tired East Coast takes on the 2020 Championship. As a lifelong Dodgers fan that moment was as legitimate as any other I've ever experienced. It was a tremendous post season that even Dave Roberts himself said was the most difficult run that they ever made. The extenuating circumstances involved don't lessen the achievement, in fact they made that run even more challenging then typical. They beat the best teams in the league in some thrilling games. Who is any fan or would be journalist to say that the 2020 Championship is somehow invalid. Comes off as whiny and sour grapes and reeks of the bias typical of this channel.
That Rizzo K by Trienen was the first time I've seen such emotion from him
Well said. Best Dodgers team ever assembled!
This team just took over the 2017 team as my favorite. GO DODGERS!
BATTERED AND BRUISED BUT STILL UNBROKEN!
Such a great call by Joe Davis. I’m so glad he got to call the moment we won.
the 2017 team would have beaten the 2024 yankees in all 4 games
This one is up there with my 88 team. I was in high school and played ball on a very good team. When they won 88 I was playing football and was literally one of only two guys on the team rooting. In Orange County. Everyone said the Mets. Then everyone said the As. That was sweet to watch Orel dominate and clutch hitting. This ws is my first yankee defeat so it’s awesome. I was too young to appreciate 81. As to the 2017 team, they were cheated. Had that one stolen. Bad year for baseball and the dodgers
I go back to 1977 when Reggie Jackson broke our heart
I was telling my dad after they were up 3-1 on the Mets that this group reminded me so much of the 2017 Dodgers.
@iTalkStudios, at the beginning of the season you had the Dodgers taking it and you were right.
I'm a Mets fan. I admit, I thought the Mets were a 70 win team and they shattered my expectations.
I am happy where we are now and we are in position to do EXACTLY what the Dodgers did with an owner like Cohen. Hopefully next year we can play in the World Series.
The dodgers fans acting like they were underdogs is so cringe the number two market team beat the number one market team. No one was an underdog in That situation.
aaron judge should be at times square on new year’s eve … so he can drop the ball
That’s well played
@@sladesurfer as a yankees find i actually find this joke hilarious
This is stupid. The rangers signed Seager and Semien, did they buy a championship? Phillies bought Turner, Harper, etc and the list goes on. Every team that wins is a combo of free agents, trades and homegrown talent. MLB is also full of underperforming high payroll teams.
Why is that though…
What a dumb take. You dont get what free agency is. *The players choose where they want to sign!!!* Shohei and Yamamoto were never going to KC, Tampa, Detroit or god forbid Cleveland b/c they rather be in a place that complements their culture, especially if that team has been consistently winning. NY is more far away from Japan than LA is. Dodgers history is built on the backs of Yankees history anyway. *THATS THE PROBLEM, genius*
What??
I think the message after watching this series is that yes money can kind of buy a world series trophy but its not guaranteed but with the way this team handled the series dealing with injuries and coming back from an elimination is what makes teams & players be remembered in the history of baseball and eventually some get inducted into the HOF if you look at some of the greatest players who played the game of baseball alot of times they did not have it easy they never gave up, they knew if they wanted to win they had to put in the work, and overall go out there and fight through the pain and seize that moment.
Finally a real video about the Dodgers' season.
Credit to Walker Bulldog for coming through and closing it out. Gotta feel for the guy especially when he admitted he was probably going to get cut during his struggles earlier in the season.
“Bought” here we go with the same BS. One thing is being terrible at scouting and just buying players from other teams. The Dodgers wanted to sign Ohtani at 15, they offered him a contract and he refused because he would not play everyday(no DH in the NL)
Bellinger, Verdugo, Seagar, Kershaw, May, Buehler, Jansen, Lux, and I’m sure I am forgetting more all came up in the Dodgers system.
Muncy, Taylor, Turner were all third rate to their team.
Didn’t the Mets have the highest payroll?
Watch the video. Everything you just said was mentioned
@ what needs to be addressed is the training staff. Can we have a full season with minimal injuries?
Watch the video bro
2020 wasn’t fake or feel fake
It's a good thing if you don't live in Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Colorado Cincinnati etc etc etc
2020 still counts as much as anyone chooses to discredit it.
BUYING CHAMPIONSHIPS IS NOT A BAD THING
Exactly you don't win championships by being Cheapskates
I mean it's not impossible but you know what I mean
I’ve heard people argue that championships aren’t bought, but I’ve never heard that it wasn’t a bad thing 😂
Fundamental baseball won the world series🗣🔥
Explain how and please
I like the dodgers and I’m a Red Sox fan. Dodgers history is fascinating like Red Sox history. Good for them. I just wish John Henry would spend money on the Red Sox.
Lifting up Freddie in that last bit of the video made me emotional. Well done!!! 🥲
so clown on them for winning and clown on them for losing
yeah shut up
Successful big market teams can never win. Whenever they reach their end goal haters just move the goalposts further away.
I Clown em for getting mookie and freddie after both of them beat the dodgers in the playoffs and went on to get rings
at the end of the day dodgers need to recruit to get the job done
@Gman1298 like you wouldn't want your team to get them if they were available! They're great players! Lol, seems to me like you're mad that free agency exists, trades exist and in pro sports you have the ability to go out and make your team better.
Well said brotha! Go Dodgers
That’s the only way the dodgers can win 😂
Thank you for this video, brother. The end long made me emotional. I wish our fans made it easy to like us because our team is full of such likable guys.
As a Dodgers fan I cherish 2020 and 2024. Both incredible moments in my life as a baseball fan.
At least their ownership cares about winning, im tired of watching billionaires collect more money while their team loses 100 games
on the way from the parade and this feels amazing and WAYY better than that 2020 ring
Why would anyone discount 2020 season when every team had the exact same opportunity to win? If anything, the 2017 WS should’ve belonged to the Dodgers as well. And deferring Shohei and Yamamoto’s salary was purely genius. Other teams are just jealous for not coming with that idea. Dodgers are playing 3D Chess while other teams are playing checkers.
Deferring salaries is not some new concept in sports bud. Plus not every team has the resources to allow for such deferment. The budgets are already so tight as it is now that to add on to that in later years such a big expense would crush them into oblivion
I am a bit surprised the Los Angeles Dodgers won. For one our starting rotation was not good. Yoshinobu Yamamoto had no time to really warm up for the post season for he arrived from the il two weeks before the Postseason. Walker Buehler was struggling all season giving out homers like candy. The only reliable starting pitcher was Jack Flaherty. Both Tommy Edman and Max Muncy arrived like two or three weeks before the Postseason. Freddy Freeman was playing on one leg and Miguel Rojas was playing with no legs. We are screwed. But no the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the healthy and most potent team the San Diego Padres wich had a very talented/disciplined starting rotation:
You mentioned the Rays being cheap. I think you can now replace that team with the Mariners.
Wanna talk about the A’s?
@@javi994 The A's won 97 games in 18 and 19, while going pretty cheap. A few years later, they spent even less and went bad intentionally. If the A's would have spent the money to keep those 97 win teams together, or something similar several times since 2000, then they might have a championship by now.
@@Chris-i9f6q It’s just that the A’s owner is too greedy and too cheap. That organization pretends to be broke
14:47 “That’s who I’m supposed to hate?!” 😂
Good video. I've been saying this all along: you can't have it both ways. People may "hate" the Dodgers, but these are good guys. I was so happy in 2020 but it feels so good to have a full season championship!
Go Dodgers! 2024