The 2025 World Series is set to begin Friday evening in Toronto as the Blue Jays take on the Los Angeles Dodgers, who are looking to defend their title after taking the 2024 edition. Among the players participating are a pair of former Brewers, a few former Brewer farmhands, three Wisconsin natives, and a few bonus names.

The Dodgers have had a smooth ride through the first three rounds of postseason play, but the Fall Classic won’t be the same type of walkover, the columnist says.

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts addressed the team's notable layoff between games, giving the team several days off. The Dodgers will not have played

The game was originally scheduled to tip off at 7 p.m. CT – head-to-head with Game 1 of the World Series between the Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers – but the Raptors announced on Oct. 22 that they are moving their home opener against the Bucks to 5:30 p.m. CT to accommodate fans wanting to attend or watch the baseball game.

Over 81 home games, those extra 7,000 fans they draw relative to the Padres and Yankees equates to $56.7 million in additional revenue. That jumps to $137.7 million relative to the Brewers' attendance and $283.5 million compared to the bottom-of-the-barrel Marlins.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are aiming for a second consecutive World Series championship. It hasn't been done since the New York Yankees 25 years ago.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee alumnus and Marshfield native Daulton Varsho is headed to the World Series as the Blue Jays' center fielder.

The Milwaukee Brewers are eliminated, and to make matters worse, they're still being forced to watch the same round of the playoffs in which they were snuffed o