The back-to-back champions distributed their World Series rings to players in a pregame ceremony before their second matchup against the Arizona Diamondbacks. They won their season opener 8-2 on Thursday after unveiling their 2025 championship banner.
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The rings were, of course, opulent and intricate.
Here’s a paragraph from Champions Collective, the makers of the Jostens-endorsed rings, about how many diamonds and sapphires they put into these things:The top of the ring is a statement of victory. Adorned around the dial in 14K yellow gold, the title WORLD CHAMPIONS is written in a spectacular array of stones: 32 diamonds for WORLD CHAMPIONS and 54 for CHAMPIONS. At the heart of the design, a singular, pristine diamond symbolizes the Dodgers’ place as baseball’s number one team. The iconic Los Angeles logo houses 17 custom-cut blue sapphires, representing the 17 close games of their trip to the postseason. Behind the logo is a background of 79 diamonds with 48 round sapphires surrounding the display. Nine Dodgers championship dates and 15 round brilliant sapphires surround the top of the ring, while 50 additional diamonds decorate the top and bottom of the bezel. Completing the top of the ring, a total of 70 round diamonds frame the centerpiece.
For those keeping score at home, that adds up to 286 diamonds and 80 sapphires on the top of the rings alone.
Other features include a glass enclosure inside the ring displaying dirt collected from home plate during the Dodgers’ epic Game 7 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays and a second, smaller ring inside with each player’s signature. The scores for each playoff series are also displayed inside, and the team’s total attendance of 4,012,470 can be found at the bottom.
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The players, including World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto, were happy to welcome them in a ceremony led by Anthony Anderson.
The Dodgers also brought out the recently retired (and signed) Clayton Kershaw to throw out the first pitch and receive his own ring.
For the national anthem, the Dodgers tempted fate by bringing in Brad Paisley, the man who sang the anthem before their two 18-inning games in the 2018 and 2025 World Series.