Lakers Owner Wins 3rd World Series

Oct 17, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter is presented the NLCS trophy by TBS reporter Lauren Shehadi after game four of the NLCS round for the 2025 MLB playoffs against the Milwaukee Brewers at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Newly minted Los Angeles Lakers majority owner Mark Walter — whose record-setting purchase of the franchise from the Buss family at a $10 billion valuation was just officially greenlit by the NBA earlier this week — has claimed his third World Series title — and his second in as many years — as the owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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LA outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays in an epic, seven-game slugfest. Two games went to extra innings, with Game 7 lasting 11 innings before a 366-foot Will Smith home run and some clutch Mookie Betts defense clinched a 5-4 win.

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“I was fired up,” Smith said of his game-winning homer, per Greg Rosenstein of NBC Sports. “We knew we needed to get a run there. To be able to come in clutch, that was huge. You dream of those moments. Extra innings, putting your team ahead. I’ll remember that forever.”

All-Star Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto took home Willie Mays World Series Most Valuable Player honors for his efforts pitching in a whopping three games. He closed out Saturday's clincher a day after throwing 100 pitches in LA's 3-1 Game 6 road victory.

Los Angeles, sporting one of the most loaded rosters ever, actually trailed 4-2 in the eighth inning. Thanks to a Max Muncy run in the eighth and a Miguel Rojas game-tying homer in the ninth, they forced the bonus innings.

Five-time All-NBA First Team Lakers guard Luka Doncic shouted out his new boss's other major LA franchise after the win.

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A Lakers legend is also a member of Walter's Dodgers ownership group — five-time NBA champion point guard Magic Johnson, who now claims his own third World Series ring.

Rave Reviews for Mark Walter

When the league announced the official approval of the Lakers sale, league commissioner Adam Silver offered up a rave review.

"Mark Walter has a long association with our leagues, having served as a minority owner of the Lakers and as the principal owner of the WNBA's Sparks for more than a decade," Silver said.

The Dodgers' latest title an incredible achievement for what is fasting becoming the MLB's premiere franchise of the 2020s. Can LA three-peat for the first time since the Derek Jeter New York Yankees did it in 2000? Tune in next fall.

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