Japanese Superstar Wins World Series MVP
America's past time culminated the 2025 season with a star from Japan winning the World Series MVP. Yoshinobu Yamamoto's 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief earned him and the Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-4, 11-inning triumph in Game 7 of the World Series last night. Yamamoto was the World Series MVP.
As MLB.com reported, "[a]s the Dodgers clinched their second consecutive crown, there was no doubt which one of their many stars had earned the honor. Yamamoto gave them nine complete innings of one-run ball in Game 2 to avenge their loss a night earlier. He helped them avoid elimination by allowing just one run again in those six innings in Game 6."
The two Japanese stars, Yamamoto and Shohei Ohtani, anchored the Dodgers and led them to the world title.
And the Dodgers are truly international. As the Los Angeles Times has proclaimed,
