With the second quarter of the 21st century ready to crown another baseball king, USA TODAY Sports ranks the 25 World Series champions from least-accomplished to the very best:

We've ranked the World Series champions since 2000, as well as the best runners-up since the start of the century. But let's dive a bit deeper into the well and look at the 10 best teams of the past 25 years who didn't reach the World Series.

The Los Angeles Dodgers look to defend their World Series title when they take on the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 1 of the Fall Classic on Friday.

It's hard, you know -- repeating as the champions of a sport. This is the case for any athletic pursuit, and it's probably fair to say it's especially difficult in baseball, which has so much structural randomness and a related knack for defying expectations.

Blue Jays manager John Schneider was still celebrating a comeback victory in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series when three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer stopped by with a question: “When am I starting in the World Series?

We’ve reached the final -- and biggest -- stage of the MLB calendar. The stakes are at their highest, the lights are at their brightest and the chill of autumn is in the air. That can only mean one thing: the World Series.

ChatGPT delivers its best AI Dodgers vs. Blue Jays predictions for the 2025 World Series series beginning on October 24, 2025.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have a few roster updates going into their World Series matchup against the Toronto Blue Jays. Perhaps the most notable absences from th

After an unexpected but brief one-day slump, the $400 million Dodgers rediscovered their usual winning formula: