Brewers legend set to throw out first pitch before Game 7 of the World Series tonight

One way or another, the 2025 Major League Baseball season will end tonight. After snatching a 3-2 series lead by winning two of three games in Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium, the Toronto Blue Jays dropped Game 6 last night, forcing the first World Series Game 7 since 2019.

The series itself poses a difficult dilemma for Milwaukee Brewers fans. On one hand, a Dodgers victory would validate claims that the Brewers simply ran into the best team in the National League Championship Series, while supporting the argument that the financial side of baseball needs to be evened out to help small-market clubs like Milwaukee. On the other hand, a Blue Jays victory proves to teams like the Brewers that their style of play can be successful against super teams like the Dodgers and makes it feel as if knocking Los Angeles out of the postseason in future years is not an impossible feat.

While many Brewers fans are already giving their support to the Blue Jays, finding it hard to root for the team that knocked them out of the playoffs and is content with ruining baseball, tonight's ceremonial first pitch thrower should make it even easier for the Milwaukee faithful to root for Toronto.

Paul Molitor set to throw out the ceremonial first pitch in tonight's World Series Game 7

So far this postseason, Paul Molitor is 1-for-1 when it comes to throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. That's because the long-time Milwaukee Brewer, whose number hangs just beneath the roof of American Family Field in retired fashion, tossed out the first pitch ahead of Game 5 of the NLDS, in which the Brew Crew successfully defeated the Chicago Cubs.

Now, "The Ignitor" is hoping to once again do what he does best: ignite. A Blue Jays win in Game 7 will require the work of the Toronto fans who are hoping to see their team win its first World Series title since 1993. Molitor will help fire up that crowd before the game begins just as he did in Milwaukee three weeks ago.

Molitor played an integral role in the Blue Jays ’93 World Series run. After 15 seasons with the Brewers, Molitor signed with Toronto prior to the 1993 season and went on to finish second in AL MVP voting, losing out to Chicago White Sox slugger Frank Thomas. Molitor slashed .332/.402/.509 in his first season in Toronto and crushed 22 homers -- the most in a single season throughout his career.

When the World Series rolled around, Molitor didn't let up; he instead rose to the occasion and won World Series MVP. The Ignitor collected 12 hits in 24 at-bats, scored 10 runs, piled up 8 RBIs, and hit two homers, two doubles, and two triples in the six-game series. Not only that, but in 28 plate appearances in the '93 World Series, Molitor didn't strike out a single time.

Simply put, Molitor was incredible in the 1993 World Series, and given that it was the last time that the Blue Jays accomplished the ultimate goal, he's the perfect choice to throw out the first pitch in tonight's game.