John Schneider's coping comments after Game 7 loss to Dodgers are something else

The 2025 World Series is in the books, and boy, was it a thriller. Extra-inning affairs, towering big flies, back-breaking blunders, redemption, and late-game heroics — this one went down to the wire and had a little bit of everything. Well, at least for Los Angeles Dodgers fans who got to watch their club hoist the trophy once the dust settled.

The matchup was billed by some in the lead-up as a David versus Goliath matchup, but in reality, it was clear from the start that the Toronto Blue Jays were going to be the Dodgers' toughest challenge to date. That's why Toronto rolled in exuding confidence. They knew they could give Los Angeles a run for their money.

A worthy opponent vanquished, but anyone who told you this was going to be a breeze on either side is seriously delusional. That includes Blue Jays manager John Schneider, whose comments after Game 7 will have you stunned in disbelief.

John Schneider's postgame comments will leave Dodgers fans stunned

It's tough to take the podium after a bitter defeat at the highest level. It has to be especially bitter after so many epic moments were required for your opposition to wrap things up and put you on the losing end. For that, you can excuse Schneider a touch because it's certainly hard to come up with things to say in that moment.

Bu what he did say will ... make you scratch your head? Illicit a chuckle? Um, it's kind of hard to tell.

Schneider was set up by a reporter asking him to characterize the series. With the prompt, "was this a heavyweight battle, or did you have all the chances needed to win?", Schneider's response was, "A little bit of both. I thought we had chances to sweep them."

Excuse me? That ended the moment the Dodgers won Game 2. To anyone with eyes, neither team was going to have a remote chance at a sweep given the talent boasted on both ends. It was never in the cards, at any point.

Having confidence is one thing, and getting your pride wounded is understandable, but after a seven-game set for the ages, it makes you wonder if Schneider was watching the same games the rest of us were. Worse yet, he was given the answer, which was that the series was a heavyweight fight. Not only is that an accurate description, but one that allows both sides to leave with their dignity intact.

That kind of hubris should put a target on Toronto's back for all of 2026, and quite honestly, should have them in the running alongside the Dodgers as the league's most-hated team. One might've thought they'd have secured some sympathy, but tone-deaf answers like that are going to have a lot of people looking sideways at Schneider and the Jays next season.