Toronto Blue Jays can accomplish feat done one time in World Series history

A Toronto Blue Jays player could etch their name in MLB history tonight with a walk-off home run in Game 7, something that has been achieved just once in the history of the sport

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Game 7 of the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday night presents a unique opportunity for the home team.

In addition to competing for a championship, each Blue Jays batter involved has a chance to etch their name into MLB lore as a Game 7 hero with a walk-off home run, something just one man in the history of the game can claim.

That man is Bill Mazeroski, who won the 1960 World Series for the Pittsburgh Pirates over the New York Yankees with a walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. On Saturday night, a Blue Jays player to end the franchise’s 32-year title drought with a walk-off home run is priced at odds of +3000.

Because the game will be contested at Rogers Centre, the home field of the Blue Jays, it is impossible for a Dodgers player to hit a walk-off home run as they will only bat in the top of each inning.

If it happens, it coincidentally won’t be the first time a Toronto player won his team the World Series with a walk-off homer.

In 1993, the Blue Jays’ most recent title, Joe Carter famously hit a three-run walk-off against the Philadelphia Phillies, although that came in Game 6.

Carter and Mazeroksi remain the only two players in history to produce a World Series-winning walk-off home run.

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There have been nine title-winning walk-offs that weren’t home runs, most recently in 2001 when the Diamondbacks' Luis Gonzalez singled off Yankees closer Mariano Rivera to win the World Series.

On Saturday, a Blue Jays player to record a walk-off hit is priced at odds of +700.

Home field advantage holds a ton of value for Toronto in Game 7, especially since the Dodgers employ one of the clutchest postseason hitters of all time in Freddie Freeman.

In Game 3 of this World Series, Freeman became the first player in history with two World Series walk-off homers when he sent one over the center field fence to end the 18-inning marathon that lasted nearly seven hours.

Last season, Freeman cracked a grand slam off Nestor Cortes in the bottom of the tenth inning, the first of four Dodgers wins en route to the 2024 World Series title.

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