Overview
- Toronto returns to the World Series for the first time since 1993 to meet Los Angeles.
- Mattingly appears in his first Fall Classic after decades as a star player and longtime coach without a championship.
- The former Dodgers manager guided Los Angeles to three straight postseasons and a 446-363 record, including a 2013 NLCS berth.
- After leaving Miami in 2022, he joined Toronto as bench coach and has held the post through this World Series run.
- Ex-Yankees manager Buck Showalter says he is rooting for Mattingly and notes friends believe this could be his final season as a coach.