World Series 2018

Every year in late October the leaves start to fall, the temperature gets a little bit colder, and two teams in the MLB meet for the World Series. The World Series, also known as the Fall Classic, is an old tradition that first started in 1903 and has continued to be a timeless battle between the two best teams in baseball.

In this year’s match up, the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers faced off for an extremely exciting series allowing for several swings of emotions regardless of who you were rooting for. It was the 114th World Series, and for the last two years the Dodgers have made it to the grand stage. With a long title drought, the Dodgers were desperate for a championship. After spending 1.4 billion dollars in salary cap space, the Dodgers definitely had the tools and the star-studded line up to bring a World Series parade to Los Angeles. While the Dodgers seemed to have it in the bag, the Red Sox, with JD Martinez and Mookie Betts, had torn up the American League and won 108 games by the end of the regular season. The Red Sox ripped through the playoffs, only having to go to game five at most in any of their series. While the Red Sox had been killing their opponents, the Dodgers struggled to reach the World Series and had to go to game seven against the Milwaukee Brewers.

After weeks of anticipation, fans were hyped for the 2018 matchup because of its sheer power in both lineups. Throughout the series, many home runs were hit and many pitches over 95 Mph were recorded. This made the series much more exciting and kept fans on the edge of their seats.  

The first two games were in Boston and the Red Sox took both, putting the Dodgers on their heels. At this point, the Dodgers needed to win four games while the Red Sox only needed to win two. Game three of the World Series was one to remember. The third game of the series lasted 18 innings, and if you are not sure what that means, the game lasted seven and a half hours. In the bottom of the 18th inning, rising star Max Muncy for the Los Angeles Dodgers hit a solo homerun to win game three; a moment he will remember forever.

Although the Dodgers sparked a fire underneath their team and their fanbase, the overwhelmingly talented Red Sox finished the series off with two more wins in LA. The Red Sox had done it again and were ready to take back their beautiful trophy back to the city of Boston.

By Adam Smith