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The Athletic has live coverage of Blue Jays vs. Dodgers<\/a> in Game 4 of the World Series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

By the time Freddie Freeman\u2019s solo blast to center field delivered the Los Angeles Dodgers a walk-off win in Game 3 of the World Series<\/a>, clocks on the East Coast were creeping toward 3 a.m.<\/p>\n

In Toronto, bleary-eyed Blue Jays fans hung on through all 18 innings. In Los Angeles, fans who lasted until the end at Dodger Stadium were leaning on the railings, half-shivering in the cool desert air, not ready to leave. Over six hours and 39 minutes of baseball, tension, hope, caffeine and disbelief, Monday\u2019s 6-5 Dodgers victory was an October classic that stretched across time zones and patience alike.<\/p>\n

From Toronto to Tampa and L.A. to London, baseball fans stayed up far past their bedtimes. \u201cIt\u2019s still worth it, even though we gotta get up for work in a few hours,\u201d Blue Jays fan Noah Cappon told The Canadian Press<\/a>. Cappon was among the diehard Jays fans who watched Game 3 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.<\/p>\n

In living rooms, in bars, on Reddit threads and social media timelines, people across the world followed the 18-inning epic. One Reddit user overseas wrote<\/a>, \u201cI live in Europe and the game started shortly after I went to sleep and was still going on when I woke up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Six hours and 39 minutes of drama and madness.<\/p>\n

If you stayed up for the entirety of the 18-inning clash between the Dodgers and Blue Jays, you witnessed history. pic.twitter.com\/jnu4fFiKAk<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Athletic (@TheAthletic) October 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Even though the game ended shortly before midnight for fans in Los Angeles, Dodgers fans still felt drained by the time it had ended. \u201cI was up until Freddie walked it off, so it was midnight,\u201d said Taylor Matthews, who runs a Dodgers fan account on X. \u201cAnd then up again at 6 a.m. to start my day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dodgers fan Michael Gilman, whose father cheered for the Brooklyn Dodgers before the franchise moved to Southern California in 1958, was in the stands for all 18 innings Monday night. \u201cWhen it\u2019s the World Series, and it\u2019s the team I love, I\u2019m going to stay and watch the end \u2014 whether it\u2019s in person or on TV,\u201d he told The Athletic.<\/p>\n

\u201cLuckily, on the West Coast, it shouldn\u2019t go till three in the morning,\u201d he added with a laugh. \u201cBut yeah, I\u2019ll definitely be watching. Hopefully, tonight\u2019s (Game 4) is just a nine-inning game.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the Dodgers Nation Facebook group, fans even shared a \u201cDodgers Permission Slip\u201d \u2014 a meme image for fans to share with their bosses, teachers or anyone else who might be concerned with their sleep-deprived appearance on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Game 3 numbers told the story of a marathon: 19 pitchers combined (the most in postseason history), 609 total pitches (48 more than any playoff game since 2000), and 37 runners left on base (six more than the previous record). The game lasted longer than most flights between Los Angeles and Toronto.<\/p>\n

However, this night belonged less to milestones and more to the sheer endurance of everyone involved \u2014 players and fans alike. \u201cThey were in the right mindset and the right headspace the entire time,\u201d Toronto manager John Schneider said of his team. \u201cIt sucks that it\u2019s late right now, we gotta come back and do it again tomorrow, but these guys are going to be more than ready. The Dodgers didn\u2019t win the World Series today. They won a game.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Toronto, some fans were still posting online at 3 a.m. ET, comparing the game to a long-haul flight or an entire day\u2019s work. In Los Angeles, Dodgers fans celebrated the win into the morning hours. And somewhere in between the exhaustion and the elation, baseball reminded its fans that sometimes the most beautiful moments are the ones you have to stay awake for.<\/p>\n