LOS ANGELES — For Dodgers fans, there may never be another night quite like Game 7 in Toronto. You remember where you were. You remember how your heart pounded through every pitch. Now MLB Network is giving us a chance to live it all over again, this time with two of the sharpest baseball minds in the business riding shotgun.
On Thursday, December 11, Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Costas and five-time Emmy winner Tom Verducci will reunite for “MLB Network Special – 2025 World Series Game 7,” premiering at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT) on MLB Network. The show will re-air later that night at 12 a.m. ET / 9 p.m. PT, which sets up perfectly for Dodger fans on the West Coast who want to settle in after work and sink back into every twist and turn of that 11-inning classic.
This was not just another title clincher. Game 7 between the Dodgers and Blue Jays became the most-watched MLB game in 34 years, with an average of 51 million viewers across the United States, Japan, and Canada. It was the closing act of a World Series that already felt historic, as the Dodgers chased a back-to-back championship and Toronto played in its first Fall Classic in 32 years.
Costas knows big moments as well as anyone, and he does not hold back when he talks about what this game meant. “As the closing act of one of the greatest World Series ever, Game 7 was an unmatched combination of excitement, tension, managerial chess moves, individual heroics and so many heart pounding moments in which the outcome hung in the balance,” he says in the special. Coming from someone who has been on the mic for some of baseball’s most iconic games, that is saying something. Costas even admits he cannot recall another single game with so much at stake that combined as many elements as this one.
Verducci, who has made a career out of digging deep into the strategy and emotion behind the numbers, promises that fans will see this game in a new light. “Think you know what happened in 2025 World Series Game 7? Think again,” he says. He describes the program as “the Mariana Trench of deep dives,” and that sounds just about right for a night where every move felt like it could swing a championship.
For Dodgers fans, the highlight reel is already burned into memory, but this special goes beyond the familiar clips. Verducci’s breakdowns walk viewers through the game’s most dramatic moments, including:
- Will Smith’s go-ahead home run in the 11th inning, the swing that finally pushed the Dodgers in front for good and sent every Dodger fan from Los Angeles to Tokyo into a frenzy.
- Miguel Rojas’ game-tying home run in the ninth, the veteran shortstop’s most clutch swing in Dodger blue, which yanked the team back from the edge when it felt like the Jays were about to dogpile on the infield.
- The play at the plate involving Isiah Kiner-Falefa, a sequence that looked like it might define the series, and the decision-making on both sides that led up to it.
- And of course, Andy Pages’ game-saving catch, which Verducci calls “one of the greatest catches in World Series history.” For a rookie to make that play, in that moment, with the entire baseball world watching, is the sort of thing that will be replayed for decades.
What makes this special so appealing for Dodger fans is that it blends raw nostalgia with fresh information. You already know the final score. You know how it ends. But Costas and Verducci are bringing new camera angles, behind-the-scenes stories, and added context about the decisions in the dugout and the mood in both clubhouses as that long, tense night stretched into extra innings.
They also bring a long shared history of telling baseball stories together. In February 2024, the pair teamed up to revisit the 2016 World Series Game 7 between the Cubs and then-Indians. Long before that, they co-hosted MLB Network’s acclaimed “MLB’s 20 Greatest Games” in 2011, a series that ranked classic matchups from the previous 50 seasons. That project put them side by side with Hall of Famers like Johnny Bench, Jack Morris, and John Smoltz as they relived iconic games such as Game 6 of the 1975 World Series and Game 7 of the 1991 World Series.
Since MLB Network’s launch, Costas and Verducci have shared plenty of mics on MLB Network Showcase and Postseason telecasts, and they have worked together on “The Sounds of Baseball,” which spotlights legendary broadcasters. In other words, when it comes to mixing sharp analysis with rich storytelling, these two have a proven track record.
Now they turn that same attention to the Dodgers’ most recent crowning moment.
For fans in Los Angeles, this special is more than a replay. It is a guided tour back through a night when a franchise cemented its modern dynasty, a group of players etched their names into team lore, and a global audience locked in to watch the Dodgers outlast a hungry Toronto team on foreign turf.
If Game 7 felt like a blur the first time through, this is a chance to slow it down, catch your breath, and appreciate just how many things had to go right for that World Series trophy to return to Chavez Ravine. From Rojas’ swing to Pages’ leap to Smith’s blast, from the bullpen choices to the defensive alignments, Costas and Verducci are ready to walk us through it pitch by pitch.
Just like that night in October, all roads lead back to one simple truth for Dodger fans: it was a game we will be talking about for the rest of our lives. Now we get to hear two of the game’s best storytellers tell it with us.
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