By Rory Carroll

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched a second straight World Series and their third in six years with a 5-4, extra-innings win over the Toronto Blue Jays in Game Seven on Saturday, bolstering their credentials as Major League Baseball’s dominant team of the era.

Backed by one of MLB’s largest payrolls and boasting a constellation of stars, including the incomparable Shohei Ohtani and World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the preseason favorites absorbed year-long scrutiny and delivered again.

“It’s absolutely incredible,” first baseman Freddie Freeman said.

“When you put on this uniform, you’re expected to win. For us to do it again under immense pressure says a lot about this group.”

With the dramatic victory, the Dodgers became MLB’s first repeat ch

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