LOS ANGELES — World Series champion. That is the new title attached to Alex Call’s name, and hearing it out loud at a recent Montebello meet-and-greet brought a big grin to his face. Call might have started 2025 in another uniform, but he finished it on top of the baseball world in Dodger blue. In the middle of signing autographs and taking pictures, he sat down with us to talk about the crazy ride that took him from the nation’s capital to Chavez Ravine and then to a packed card shop full of fans. The story, in his words, is still sinking in.
When we opened by calling him a World Series champion, Call did not hide how much that meant. “It certainly doesn’t,” he said when asked if the phrase would ever get old. “It’s a tremendous blessing and a dream come true.”
The last few weeks have been a blur for him. “It’s just a tremendous blessing, praise God, for the ride that I’ve been on,” Call said. “Starting the year in Washington and ending with a World Series ring in L.A., it’s been a true whirlwind. It’s been so much fun. It’s been great celebrating with all the guys and going around Los Angeles and checking out the different sporting events. It’s really been a lot of fun.”
That sense of gratitude started the moment he heard the Dodgers wanted him. Call remembered exactly what went through his head when the trade went down. “It was the first thing that crossed my head,” he said. “I was like, the Dodgers want me on their team. They already have the best team ever, so it was really just validating, really special. I said, ‘All right, the next three months could be the World Series and I’m just going to soak it in and try to help them out as best I can.’”
The Dodgers needed every bit of that mindset when the Series shifted back to Toronto after two tough losses at home. Down three games to two, they had to win twice in a hostile Rogers Centre to bring a title back to Los Angeles. Call said the group never felt defeated. “I think everybody was still feeling pretty good, still feeling pretty confident,” he said. “If you said at the beginning of the year, hey, you can be World Series champs, all you have to do is win two games in a row, I think pretty much everybody would sign up for that. It’s not always going to be super easy, and we were feeling good. We went out there and believed in each other, believed in what we could do, and we went out there and executed and got it done. Praise the Lord.”
From the bench and from the outfield, Call got a front-row seat to some of the biggest moments of the series. His appreciation for what his teammates did was obvious. “It was awesome,” he said. “Yama (Yoshinobu Yamamoto), you can’t understate how well he played, how well he pitched, how well he competed. On no day’s rest he just went out there and looked the exact same as he did the night before. Truly incredible, truly an all-time performance.”
He lit up again when Miguel Rojas’s name came up. “Miggy Ro coming in with the homer to tie the game, just what a special moment for him and for our team,” Call said. “You don’t know when those moments are going to find you, and then when you get a chance to do it and be a part of baseball history, it’s something that’s really special for Miggy. I’m super happy for him and obviously for our team winning it all.”
Of course, Call carved out his own little slice of history in that wild 18-inning epic back at Dodger Stadium in Game Three. He did not start that night, yet he treated every inning as if he might be called upon. “That game was crazy,” he said. “I was trying to stay ready. I was getting ready basically from the first inning on, and then to get in there and get a hit and (later) win the game, it was really just surreal. It’s every kid’s dream to play in the World Series, let alone get a hit.”
Call entered the game mostly due to Andy Pages’ struggles at the plate. He replaced Pages in the bottom of the 13th with a chance to drive in Tommy Edman from third. He popped out in that plate appearance and he (and the Dodgers) would have to wait until the 17th for his hit, a two-out single off reliever Brendon Little. He ended up being stranded at second (after Shohei’s FIFTH walk of the night), but the World Series record books will forever have his name in the hit column.
He walked us through the at-bat that will stick with him forever. “When I saw the ball, I smacked it off my bat and saw it hit the grass in the outfield, I’m just like, man, this is something I’ll never forget,” Call said. “It was an important game for us to win that one. Freddie walking it off (in the next inning) was another moment that I’ll never forget.”
Even now, with the parade in the rear-view mirror and the trophy safely tucked away, Call is still taking time to reflect on what just happened. The ring, and the memories that come with it, feel permanent. “Amen, praise the Lord,” he said as our conversation wrapped up. “It’s just been such a fun ride and no one can ever take that away from me.”
Call is under contract with the Dodgers for 2026 and beyond, so there may indeed be multiple “fun rides” in his future. With the outfield in flux, it’s going to be interesting what the team decides to do with this asset going forward.
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