When the World Series kicks off on Friday, the Dodgers will find themselves face-to-face with a devil they know all too well. George Springer played the hero in Game 7 of the Blue Jays' ALCS against the Mariners, when he put Toronto ahead with a three-run homer that would eventually win them the game.
It gave Dodgers fans flashbacks to 2017, when Springer hit five home runs vs LA in the World Series, including a tie-breaking two-run blast in the top of the 11th of Game 2; a game-tying homer in a ridiculous, high-scoring Game 5; and finally — just to hammer the point home a little harder — a two-run shot in Game 7 to put the Astros up by five in a game when the Dodgers' offense just withered away and died.