<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-will-yoshinobu-yamamoto-roki-sasaki-shohei-ohtani-team-japan-wbc');   ga('set', 'title', 'Will Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Roki Sasaki join Shohei Ohtani on Team Japan in WBC?');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Dodgers-two-way-player-Shohei-Ohtani-17-and-pitcher-Yoshinobu-Yamamoto.jpg"><figcaption>Kirby Lee-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Will Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Roki Sasaki join Shohei Ohtani on Team Japan in WBC?</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-11T15:00:05-08:00">December 11th, 3:00pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-11T15:22:38-08:00">December 11th, 3:22pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Dodgers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Shohei Ohtani, Roki Sasaki and Yoshinobu Yamamoto won the World Series together with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2025 MLB season. Can they win on a bigger stage as a trio again in 2026, when the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-dave-roberts-wbc-shohei-ohtani">next edition of the World Baseball Classic</a> rolls around?</p><p>Ohtani has already announced that he will be suiting up for Team Japan in the 2026 WBC, which is a big development for the squad. At the same time, it’s unsurprising, considering that Ohtani is undeniably the face of Japanese baseball and whose appeal transcends beyond just his country and Major League Baseball.</p><p>It’s different stories for Yamamoto and Sasaki, however.</p><p>While Yamamoto is <a href="https://x.com/Shawn_Spradling/status/1999241950814515227" rel="noopener">expected to play</a> for Team Japan in the 2026 WBC, Sasaki is not, according to Yahoo News Topic (h/t international baseball writer Shawn Spradling.)</p><p>“Yoshinobu Yamamoto will play in the 2026 World Baseball Classic, per @YahooNewsTopics,” Spradling wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>In a separate social media post, Spradling shared the following regarding Sasaki’s WBC <a href="https://x.com/Shawn_Spradling/status/1999241763744289010" rel="noopener">status</a>: “Roki Sasaki will not play in the 2026 World Baseball Classic, per @YahooNewsTopics.”‘</p><p>There are <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-freddie-freeman-wbc-status">concerns about big league players playing in the WBC</a>, particularly because of the added workload and injury risks, but at least for Ohtani and Yamamoto, they will be there for Team Japan.</p><p>Sasaki, on the other hand, may have a trickier situation, given that he spent over four months in his rookie season in the big leagues on the injured list because of a right shoulder impingement before <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-freddie-freeman-wbc-status">showing out as a reliever for the Dodgers</a> in the postseason.</p><p>The triumvirate of Ohtani, Sasaki and Yamamoto played a huge role in the Dodgers winning the 2025 Fall Classic, as each got their shining moments throughout the postseason and in the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Will Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Roki Sasaki join Shohei Ohtani on Team Japan in WBC?

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-yoshinobu-yamamoto-grabs-dinner-top-free-agent-target');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yoshinobu Yamamoto grabs dinner with top Dodgers free agent target');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Munetaka-Murakami.jpg"><figcaption>Rhona Wise-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Yoshinobu Yamamoto grabs dinner with top Dodgers free agent target</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-19T19:51:49-08:00">November 19th, 7:51pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-19T19:51:49-08:00">November 19th, 7:51pm</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a Senior Editor who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, The Needle Drop, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Dodgers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/atlanta-braves/braves-news-raisel-iglesias-returns-16-million-contract">MLB free agency slowly but surely coming into shape</a>, Los Angeles Dodgers fans have been scouring the rumor mill for the latest intel on who the next great superstar Andrew Frieman will land.</p><p>Will it be Kyle Tucker, the current bell of the MLB ball? Or maybe Cody Bellinger, who might just be tired of watching his former teammates win World Series games without him? Well, if Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s recent social media activities are of any indication, it would appear Dodgers fans should keep a close eye on <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mlb-stories/mlb-news-japanese-star-third-baseman-set-to-enter-highly-anticipated-free-agency">“Murakami-sama,” himself, Munetaka Murakami</a>, as he looks to take his game from the NPB to MLB.</p><p>Posing for a picture with the 25-year-old slugger while dining with Kenshiro Saito, Yamamoto had to know the interaction should make the rounds on social media and smiled for the camera all the same, setting off a firestorm among baseball fans that <a href="https://Twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1991316506685124638?s=20" rel="noopener">makes posting season all the more interesting</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and top Japanese free agent Munetaka Murakami grabbed dinner together</p><p>(via kenshiro_saito / IG) <a href="https://t.co/I9lCFGYEGg">pic.twitter.com/I9lCFGYEGg</a></p><p>— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) <a href="https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1991316506685124638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Standing 6-foot-2, 213 pounds, Murakami is a certified slugger the likes of which the NPB has seldom seen, leaving the league with <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=muraka000mun" rel="noopener">265 home runs on his resume</a>. His 56 homers in 2022 <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46882311/sources-japanese-home-run-king-munetaka-murakami-posts">broke a near-60-year record</a> held by Sadaharu Oh, and even in 2025, a down year by his usual standards, he still hit 24 in just 69 total games. Though some question what position Murakami will play in MLB, be that his native third base, at first, or as a power-hitting DH, the Dodgers could easily platoon the 25-year-old with Max Muncy in 2026 and take over the spot in 2027, holding it down until Freddie Freeman rides off into the sunset a little further down the line.</p><p>Now granted, just because Murakami and Yamamoto had dinner together doesn’t mean the former is a guaranteed lock to join the latter in Dodgers blue next spring. Another team could make a better offer, or Murakami could simply decide he wants to be a big fish in a small pond, instead of just another Japanese player on the Dodgers. And yet, for a player who came up watching Shohei Ohtani dominate in Japan and then America, why wouldn’t Murakami strongly consider teaming up with the “Unicorn,” Yamamoto, and Roki Sasaki to really make a proper go of things at a three-peat?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yoshinobu Yamamoto grabs dinner with top Dodgers free agent target

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-yoshinobu-yamamoto-teammates-game-7-performance');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yoshinobu Yamamoto had teammates stunned too with Game 7 performance');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Dodgers-news-Yoshinobu-Yamamoto-had-teammates-stunned-too-with-Game-7-performance.jpg"><figcaption>© JOE LUMAYA/SPECIAL TO THE STAR / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Yoshinobu Yamamoto had teammates stunned too with Game 7 performance</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-07T09:15:38-08:00">November 7th, 9:15am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-07T09:15:38-08:00">November 7th, 9:15am</time><address><a>Zachary Draves</a>Zachary Draves is a sportswriter and broadcaster based in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Dodgers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Many factors led the LA Dodgers to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-game-7-most-watched-mlb-game-1991-world-series">defeat the Toronto Blue Jays</a> in the World Series in seven games. One of those was the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-yoshinobu-yamamoto-thanks-fans-at-dodgers-world-series-parade">performance of their star right-hander</a> Yoshinobou Yamamoto.</p><p>Altogether, Yamamoto pitched 2.2 scoreless innings in relief and gave up one hit, one walk, and struck out one hitter. He came in the bottom of the 9th inning with Game 7 tied and hanging in the balance.</p><p>Ultimately, Yamamoto’s heroics combined with his overall stats earned him the honor of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-yoshinobu-yamamoto-said-winning-world-series-mvp">being named World Series MVP</a>.</p><p>As a result, two of his Dodgers teammates, Mookie Betts and Blake Snell, <a href="https://x.com/HyeseongKimMuse/status/1986648635245781456" rel="noopener">heaped praise</a> on Yamamoto, per On Base with Mookie Betts on Bleacher Report/Hyeseong Kim Muse 김혜성.</p><p>“What Yoshi did was unbelievable,” Betts said. “He went on zero days rest.”</p><p>“It’s not even that he went on zero days rest,” Snell said. “He was on zero days rest, and looked the same as if he had six days rest. I’m like, how do you do that?”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Yamamoto blew his teammates’ minds🤯</p><p>MOOKIE BETTS: “What Yoshi did was unbelievable. He went on zero days rest.”</p><p>BLAKE SNELL: “It’s not even that he went on zero days rest. He was on zero days rest, and looked the same as if he had six days rest. I’m like, how do you do that?” <a href="https://t.co/jnokdRZAnY">pic.twitter.com/jnokdRZAnY</a></p><p>— Hyeseong Kim Muse 김혜성 (@HyeseongKimMuse) <a href="https://twitter.com/HyeseongKimMuse/status/1986648635245781456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>During the series, Yamamoto finished 3-0 with a 1.92 ERA. Additionally, he had 15 strikeouts and gave up only two earned runs through 17.2 innings pitched.</p><p>In Game 2, Yamamoto <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-yoshinobu-yamamoto-dave-roberts-complete-game-2">pitched a complete game</a> in a 5-1 Dodgers victory.</p><h2><b>Yamamoto’s place in Dodgers and World Series history</b></h2><p>This series solidified Yamamoto’s status as one of the elite pitchers of his time. He became the first pitcher since Randy Johnson in 2001 to win three World Series games.</p><p>Before that, he was the first pitcher to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-fans-watch-yoshinobu-yamamoto-exit-world-series-96-pitches">pitch back-to-back complete postseason games</a> since 2001. Also, he is the fourth pitcher in history to win Games 6 and 7 of a World Series.</p><p>The three others were Johnson, Harry Brecheen, and Ray Kremer. Along the way, Yamamoto <a href="https://www.wsj.com/sports/baseball/yamamoto-dodgers-world-series-b5e9e486#:~:text=For%20his%20heroics%2C%20Yamamoto%20earned,saved%20his%20best%20for%20November." rel="noopener">received comparisons</a> to previous Dodger greats such as Sandy Koufax and Orel Hershiser. Both of whom were instrumental in carrying Los Angeles to glory from the mound.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yoshinobu Yamamoto had teammates stunned too with Game 7 performance

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-how-yoshinobu-yamamoto-made-game-7-the-best-of-freddie-freemans-career');   ga('set', 'title', 'How Yoshinobu Yamamoto made Game 7 the best of Freddie Freeman’s career');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Freddie-Freeman-pumping-arms.jpg"><figcaption>Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>How Yoshinobu Yamamoto made Game 7 the best of Freddie Freeman’s career</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-03T20:49:10-08:00">November 3rd, 8:49pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-03T20:49:10-08:00">November 3rd, 8:49pm</time><address><a>Lorenzo J Reyna</a>Lorenzo J Reyna is an Associate Editor covering the NFL and NCAA Football for ClutchPoints. He's equipped with past experience for both realms through his recent stops at Pro Football Network and Heavy while also writing for 247Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Dodgers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Freddie Freeman withstood two World Series games that stretched extra innings. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-world-series-game-7-nearly-26-million-viewers-most-since-2017">Many will remember the high drama of Game 7</a> between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays. But Freeman will have great memories of Yoshinobu Yamamoto more.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-yoshinobu-yamamoto-thanks-fans-at-dodgers-world-series-parade">After Yamamoto thanked the Dodgers fans in English</a>, Freeman became thankful for <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-yoshinobu-yamamoto-said-winning-world-series-mvp">the reigning WS Most Valuable Player for Los Angeles, </a>which Freeman <a href="https://x.com/MLBNetwork/status/1985548808147632142" rel="noopener">decided to share with</a> the MLB Network.</p><p>“Game 7 had everything you could possibly think of,” Freeman began. “From benches clearing, to changing leads, to tying games, then Miguel Rojas hitting the game tying home run with one out in the ninth…just so many things happened. But the main thing is, I have never seen Yoshinobu Yamamoto do what he did.”</p><p>Freeman continued describing the impact of the right-hander, including what “shocked” him.</p><p>“I was even shocked when he was warming up in the bullpen,” Freeman said in reflecting back to that crucial final game sequence. “And then come in and throw the most innings out of all our pitches the day after he started.”</p><h2>Freddie Freeman further glorifies Dodgers star pitcher</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Game-7-celebration.jpg"><figcaption>Kevin Sousa-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The slugger wasn’t done dropping a glowing review on his teammate.</p><p>“It was just absolutely incredible,” Freeman further explained. “It took every single guy to win it this year. But that was incredible.”</p><p>The Blue Jays had the Dodgers and their fans on pins and needles throughout the final game to decide the champion. Toronto additionally had L.A. against the ropes down 3-2.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-freddie-freeman-la-win-world-series-game-5-loss">Freeman never wavered from his belief the Dodgers would win</a>, though, after Game 5. He’s now a three-time WS winner — as he won his first title with the Atlanta Braves in 2021. But is now a big part of the Dodgers’ 2020s decade dynasty that’s now seen three titles.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-freddie-freeman-sends-touching-message-to-clayton-kershaw-after-world-series-win">Freeman also sent a touching tribute to retiring teammate Clayton Kershaw</a> as the team celebrated in the visitor’s locker room. They took the celebration to Downtown L.A. and Chavez Ravine in front of more than 50,000 fans.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

How Yoshinobu Yamamoto made Game 7 the best of Freddie Freeman’s career

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He's equipped with past experience for both realms through his recent stops at Pro Football Network and Heavy while also writing for 247Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Dodgers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Magic Johnson knows all about waving at crowds in a championship celebration. He did it five times with the Lakers, but on Monday he joined the Los Angeles Dodgers parade. Including grabbing photos with the city’s newest rising star: World Series <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-yoshinobu-yamamoto-thanks-fans-at-dodgers-world-series-parade">Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto.</a></p><p>In a lengthy post on the social media website X, formerly Twitter, the Dodgers’ part-owner called Yamamoto a “Dodgers great” while <a href="https://x.com/MagicJohnson/status/1985497948520923165" rel="noopener">detailing the joyous occasion</a>.</p><p>“Had a great time today in my 12th Championship parade! What made it so special is the fact I got to enjoy it with my beautiful wife Cookie and my two grandchildren Gigi and Avery! We were hanging out with Dodger great and World Series MVP pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto,” Johnson posted.</p><p>He then delivered his thanks to the 52,000 who came out to fill Dodgers Stadium.</p><p>“Thank you for saluting the players, manager Dave Roberts, and the entire ownership group. Thank you thank you thank you!!” Johnson shared.</p><h2>Magic Johnson among notable Los Angeles stars for Dodgers celebration</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Magic-Johnson-and-Mookie-Betts.jpg"><figcaption>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Johnson joined the rest of the ownership group, Roberts, and the players in holding their newest celebration.</p><p>The NBA legend and L.A. icon wasn’t the only notable city star in the vicinity.</p><p>Actor, comedian and lifelong Dodgers fan Anthony Anderson helped introduce the 2025 champs. Anderson, who starred in the ABC sitcom “Black-ish” plus had a supporting role in the Oscar winning film “The Departed.” proudly wore his Dodgers jersey. He even shouted out “Not Like Us” to the crowd — helping troll Blue Jays fan Drake with the famed Kendrick Lamar song.</p><p>Anderson wasn’t the lone celebrity with a role in the celebration. Roberts called out rapper/actor/director Ice Cube to bring out the ’25 WS trophy. Cube drove onto the field in a 1965 Chevrolet Impala adorned in Dodgers colors.</p><p>The Dodgers provided multiple viral moments on Monday — from <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-kike-hernandez-is-done-with-being-humble-about-dynasty">Kike Hernandez shouting expletives</a> to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-blake-snell-keeps-hitting-6-7-meme-during-world-series-championship-parade">Blake Snell joining the “6-7” craze</a>.</p><p>The franchise now envisions becoming the first L.A. franchise since Johnson’s Lakers to win three straight titles — a feat that last happened in the late 2000s.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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