Game Seven! The Toronto Blue Jays were this close to the finish line—just one step away from breaking their 32-year-old championship drought.

But the mighty Dodgers reminded everyone why they are still baseball’s gold standard. They powered past Toronto 4-2 to even out the World Series and force a Game 7. This is what no one north of the border wanted to see!

But for some, that Game 6 win might just have changed the momentum of “who is most likely to win.”

Now the experts are saying LA might simply take the win and walk away again. ESPN’s Bradford Doolittle said, “It’s the Dodgers’ baseball world, and the other 29 teams are just tenants. I don’t really believe that, but I do believe that the Blue Jays’ best chance to win was Friday.” And well, much of it does make sense.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are the most expensive baseball team ever and have a roster that’s stacked with MVPs and million-dollar arms. When you do that, expectations rise, and to perform in accordance is what those players want to do the most—more than anything, prove that they are worth the dollars they paid. Plus, right now they are coming in hot.

Will Smith had delivered in Game 2 royally, then Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman carried the marathon on Game 3, and on Friday, it was Yamamoto, Mookie Betts, and Roki Sasaki who stole the show. Even the role players, like Hernández and Miguel Rojas, turned in game-saving defensive plays.

Now, Jays will have to navigate a lineup that is waking, and a pitching staff that can roll out Tyler Glasnow, Shohei Ohtani, and Blake Snell all in the same game. And maybe that is why they have come to be known as the “evil empire of baseball,” – their depth. It can make even the best of the teams look outmatched. The snub, of course, is a heartbreak for Toronto.

But here is the thing—in baseball, there is nothing called momentum.

As Earl Weaver had said, “Momentum is the next day’s starting pitcher.” Because remember, if momentum meant anything, why would the Dodgers lose the next two games after winning the 18-inning marathon of a game? Right now, the silver lining is that the only pitcher that most were worried about has already pitched—Yamamoto.

But that doesn’t mean danger is done!

Momentum? Meet Game 7: Max Scherzer vs. Shohei Ohtani showdown

If momentum really is the next day’s starting pitcher, then Game 7 of this World Series has all the electricity that it needs. For the Toronto Blue Jays, it is Max Scherzer who will start. The 39-year-old is making his second career World Series Game 7 start. The first was when he led the nationals way back in 2019. Scherzer, just like his eyes, is intimidating, a veteran presence, and given this might be his final big stage act, might give it his everything.  The man treats the mound like it’s a battlefield. He went 5-5 with a 5.19 ERA in 17 starts this season. Then he didn’t pitch for a period of time between March and June because of his thumb injury.

Now it is important to remember this is Scherzer’s fourth WS start, and he is the first pitcher to do it all with different teams. Culminating those four starts, he has a 1-0 record and a 3.26 ERA.

And across the diamond for the Dodgers is none other than Shohei Ohtani. While he has not been officially named the starter, given Tyler Glasnow’s late appearance in game 6 and the severity of the game, Ohtani might step onto the mound. Roberts did mention Ohtani is “definitely part of the pitching plan,” whether for two innings or four. He had pitched in Game 4 and will have three days of rest, but that has never stopped him. And if you ask Mookie Betts, there is no better script than this.

“I feel like the way Shohei’s life is set up is just destiny, you know?. Like, every time … the perfect situation comes up, and he succeeds. And so tomorrow, Game 7, I mean, how could you draw it up any different, you know? So, I feel like this is the perfect moment for him. He was made for this moment, and I’m glad he’s on our team, and we don’t have to go against him.”

Right now, everyone is available because every arm, every inning, and every pitch can decide history.