Shortly after the Dodgers clinched Game 6 of the World Series, Yoshinobu Yamamoto thought he wouldn’t be pitching in Game 7. He went to his longtime personal pitching trainer, Osamu Yada, and told him, “Thank you for everything this year.” Yamamoto had assumed that his season was over, and manager Dave Roberts echoed similar thoughts before the final game of the World Series. But Yamamoto’s trainer had other plans.

“Let’s see if you can throw in the bullpen tomorrow,” Yada told Yamamoto when the latter went to him to extend his gratitude. Yada believed just having the Japanese pitching sensation in the bullpen could give the Dodgers a mental edge over the Blue Jays.

Apparently, Chevrolet has a long-standing tradition of awarding a car to the World Series MVP. Last season, Freddie Free

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