Daulton Varsho's World Series home run for Blue Jays has the craziest link to a Phillies catcher from 1993 originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Baseball is just so darn cool.

The World Series has arrived. As the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers face off in the 2025 Fall Classic, the Arizona Diamondbacks sit at home, watching

When Daulton Varsho was traded from the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Toronto Blue Jays in 2022, many weren’t too sure about how it would pay off.

Starting with Varsho's blast, Toronto's bats got to the Dodgers' southpaw, who had been untouchable all postseason.

Daulton Varsho connects with a two-run home run to center field, tying the game at 2 in the bottom of the 4th inning

Yet two swings by Will Smith did, and that was the very narrow margin between Gausman and Los Angeles Dodgers stalwart Yoshinobu Yamamoto, as Smith’s go-ahead home run in the seventh inning broke up a fantastic pitching duel and Yamamoto pitched a four-hitter, lifting the Dodgers to an eventual 5-1 victory at Rogers Centre.

The defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers face the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 2 of the 2025 World Series on Saturday, Oct. 25 at Rogers Centre in Toronto.

The World Series opener between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday lived up to the expectations at Rogers Centre.

Dodgers’ Blake Snell gave up his first lefty homer of the season to Blue Jays’ Daulton Varsho in Game 1 of the World Series.