The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Shohei Live Experience, Plus the Maxey-V.J. Show, Surprise NBA Contenders, and Early Trends With Tim Legler
28 Oct 2025
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons talks about his experience attending the epic, 18-inning Game 3 of the World Series between the Dodgers and the Blue Jays (2:12). Then, Tim Legler joins to discuss the talent around the NBA, Wemby and the Spurs, the Philly situation, and much more (25:52)! Host: Bill Simmons Guest: Tim Legler Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo 15% off $15+ on NFL Gamedays with CODE: GAMEDAY at https://littlecaesars.onelink.me/vc9i/n15m71zn The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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in a second to talk about everything that's gone on in the NBA through one week. He's been lucky enough to sit courtside for a couple of the games. There's been a lot of storylines in play and he's coming up after the break and after Pearl Jam. And after I tell the story about going to game three, Dodgers, Blue Jays, World Series last night, which turned into some sort of a life experience.
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Call 888-789-777 or visit ccpg.org slash chat in Connecticut. All right, so I went to game three of the Dodgers Blues Jays World Series last night in Dodger Stadium. And by the time you hear this, game four might be about to happen. It might be happening. It might've already happened. Not the point.
I think I went to one of the best World Series games at least of this century and maybe of the last 50 years and God only knows. I mean, there's been, we always do this with new stuff. We forget about some of the classics over the years. There's been a lot of awesome World Series games. There's nothing like being at the World Series, the theater of it.
Nobody leaves ever, especially in a close game. It's one of those baseball, nobody's thinking about let's beat the traffic. People are just like, we're here, we're staying here. And the game itself,
uh there are all these crazy defensive plays you know it's just like hey this is what you want to see when you're at the highest level of whatever sport you want to see like real artistry um just awesome defensive plays just everybody like even vlad had a really great slide somewhere i can't even oh the whole game blends together but um just some really good baseball across the board right but then there's this otani thing
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