Underdog Blue Jays in position to do once-unthinkable against vaunted Dodgers

The Labatt Blue is on ice, and the Dodger blue dynasty is on thin ice.

The World Series returns to Rogers Centre for Game 6 on Friday, with the Blue Jays getting two shots to win one game against the $400 million Dodgers and dethrone the defending champs.

The Dodgers, who entered the Fall Classic as heavy favorites and seemingly on the verge of becoming the first team to win back-to-back championships since the 1998-2000 Yankees, are on the brink of having it all fall apart, facing elimination in a playoff game for the first time since winning the final two games against the Padres in the 2024 NLDS.

“I think that there’s a fight in there. There’s a compete that — I think there’s more in there,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “I know there’s more in there. We’ve won two games in a row, but again, it just comes down to one game.”

The Dodgers will surely not go down without a fight, especially with Yoshinobu Yamamoto — author of two straight complete-game gems — on the mound. But the Blue Jays have been going toe-to-toe in every fight that has come their way this postseason, now one win away from securing the franchise’s first title since 1993.

“Job’s not finished, as Kobe Bryant always said,” Blue Jays outfielder/second baseman Davis Schneider said after sparking Game 5 with a leadoff homer against Blake Snell. “There’s seven games for a reason. You got to win four of ’em. And they’re a good ballclub over there. You can’t really take ’em lightly. Yamamoto is going to pitch Friday. He’s such a good pitcher, so you can’t really take anything for granted. And baseball’s a funny game. You never know what you’re going to see that day, and we just got to win one more, and hopefully, we don’t have to go to Game 7.”