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The Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers turned in an absolute classic in Game 3 of the 2025 World Series. Los Angeles outlasted Toronto in 18 innings when Freddie Freeman blasted a walk-off home run to center field. What’s crazier: the second 18-inning Game 3 at Dodger Stadium in seven years or Freeman’s second-straight World Series with a walk-off homer? LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 27: Freddie Freeman #5 of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a walk-off solo home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during the eighteenth inning in game three of the 2025 World Series at Dodger Stadium on October 27, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images) The thriller will go down as undoubtedly one of the craziest games in World Series history, but let’s go deeper. Is this one of the five best World Series games since the start of the 21st Century? Here’s the worthy competition of other candidates: 2001 World Series Game 7: New York Yankees @ Arizona Diamondbacks2004 World Series Game 1: St. Louis Cardinals @ Boston Red Sox2011 World Series Game 6: Texas Rangers @ St. Louis Cardinals2016 World Series Game 7: Chicago Cubs @ Cleveland Guardians 2017 World Series Game 5: Los Angeles Dodgers @ Houston Astros2018 World Series Game 3: Boston Red Sox @ Los Angeles Dodgers (18 innings) 2019 World Series Game 7: Washington Nationals @ Houston Astros The 2011 and 2016 games are absolute locks for the lists and very well could be for the rest of the century, though there’s still 75 years to go. Both 18-inning games, including Blue Jays-Dodgers from Monday night, are more than qualified. How would you sort the best five World Series games of the century? More MLB: Dodgers, Yankees Favored In Huge $427 Million Free Agency Sweepstakes
