On the first two nights of November, a young man from a small, coastal Japanese town became the biggest star of America’s pastime. Yoshinobu Yamamoto, standing all of 5’10’’ (half-a-foot shorter than the average MLB pitcher), pitched on consecutive days to win the final two games of the 2025 World Series for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He threw a combined 130 pitches over two days, a feat last accomplished by Randy Johnson, an intimidating figure at 6’10”, in the final games of the 2001 World Series. READ MORE