Dodgers open defense of back-to-back World Series titles with a win
The Los Angeles Dodgers opened the 2026 season where they left off. The two-time World Series champions opened their bid for a three-peat with an 8-2 comeback victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night after a pregame celebration. Opening the season at home for the first time after being in Asia in 2024 and ’25, the Dodgers trotted out their World Series trophies from those years, carried by Miguel Rojas and Freddie Freeman who arrived via a convertible driven by actor Will Ferrell.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers opened the 2026 season where they left off. With a win. The two-time World Series champions opened their bid for a three-peat with an 8-2 comeback victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night after a pregame celebration.
Opening the season at home for the first time after being in Asia in 2024 and ’25, the Dodgers trotted out their World Series trophies from those years, carried by Miguel Rojas and Freddie Freeman who arrived via a convertible driven by actor Will Ferrell. Shohei Ohtani caught a ceremonial first pitch from Magic Johnson, part of the team’s ownership that hoisted a blue-and-white World Series flag in center field. “We definitely enjoy it,” shortstop Mookie Betts said, “but we do a really good job of focusing on the task at hand when we have a ballgame to play.
” The Dodgers debuted their new championship gold jerseys and caps. Gold trim outlines the team name in script on the front. The cap has a gold LA logo in between two stars representing their eighth and ninth world championships and a solid gold brim.
It has a World Series champion patch on the right side. Earlier, manager Dave Roberts spotted the trophies outside the clubhouse, but kept on walking. No team has won three championships in a row since the New York Yankees from 1998-2000.