Dodgers News: Team Flies to Toronto, Hoping to Keep Perfect Road Record Intact
LOS ANGELES — The scene on Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles has already been played out twice before: the Dodgers boarded their charter plane en route to begin another round of postseason games on the road. The team boarded their chartered United flight around 2 p.m. and lifted off for Toronto, where Game 1 of the World Series awaits on Friday night. They leave a quiet Dodger Stadium behind and carry something loud with them: a spotless 4–0 road record this postseason and the belief that it can travel.
Players climbed onto the buses with a boombox and good vibes, the kind of small clubhouse ritual that says the group is loose and ready. The math is simple enough. If that road streak holds in Canada, there’s a path to fly home and clinch on Monday at Dodger Stadium, a champagne moment the franchise hasn’t enjoyed on its own field since 1963.
There was also a moment to pause. Today marks one year since the passing of Fernando Valenzuela. The memorial near his mural grew again, a reminder that the city’s past and present still touch. The team flew east; the candles and flowers stayed to glow into the evening.
As for storylines, the numbers set an interesting stage. Only four times in history has a team that swept its way to the World Series—like these Dodgers—met a club that survived a seven-game league championship series—like the Blue Jays. In each case, the Game 7 survivor went on to win it all. That nugget tilts the trivia toward Toronto. Context matters, though. The Dodgers have had a week to reset and set their pitching. The Jays have been in high-stress baseball for days. That can leave a club tired or sharpened. We’re about to find out which it is.
For now, the facts are clean. The Dodgers are unbeaten away from home in October. They’re comfortable on the road and comfortable with the stakes. Toronto has momentum born from elimination games. Los Angeles has rest and a deep roster that’s been winning in different ways. The plane should be in Toronto by now, the bags are probably unpacked, and the countdown sits at less than 48 hours. First pitch Friday night in Toronto at 5:08 PDT. Then we see whether that perfect road record still fits when the lights come on north of the border.
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