Sometimes, history repeats itself. Former Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman became a prime example of that in the early hours on Tuesday morning (on the East Coast, at least). In the bottom of the 18th inning of Game 3 of the World Series, he belted a walk-off home run to dead center field to lift the Dodgers to a 6-5 win.

The Dodgers returned to Los Angeles Sunday as back-to-back World Series champions for the first time in their storied history. Will Smith hit a tie-breaking solo home run in the top of the 11th inning and Yoshinobu Yamamoto concluded the game by pitching 2 2/3 innings of shutout relief as the Dodgers defeated the Toronto

In their two previous World Series championship triumphs in 1992 and 1993, the Toronto Blue Jays won a dramatic Game 6 each time.

A version of this story was first published in 2018 In a month full of white-knuckle drama, nothing tops Game 7 of the World Series -- a winner-take-all to end all winner-take-alls, 10 arduous months condensed into a final nine (or more) innings.

Shohei Ohtani and Teoscar Hernández each homer twice to power the Dodgers to a 10-5 win over the Reds in Game 1. Game 2 is on Wednesday at 6:08 p.m. PDT.