The Dodgers winning the World Series this year hit differently. I grew up with the team in the background — familiar enough to care, but not enough to plan my life around watching their games. Lately, though, I’ve been watching with more intent.
A couple of years ago, my grandfather passed away. He was a lifelong Dodger fan — the kind who could recall a box score from the ’70s faster than most of us can recall a password. Our last conversation started, naturally, with him talking about how well the Dodgers were doing that season. It was 2023, they were hot, and before long we drifted into other topics. When we said goodbye, that small detail stayed with me: baseball as the opening note to a larger conversation about connection.
Since then, I’ve come to appreciate the game more — its patience, its subtle strategy, the way progress unfolds over innings rather than moments. Baseball reminds me that consistency matters more than spectacle. You don’t win by swinging for the fences every time; you win by showing up, staying grounded, and trusting that small, smart decisions compound — with maybe a bit of luck along the way.
It’s not far from what we talk about at One Wealth. Success in investing, like baseball, rewards discipline over drama. You can’t control every bounce or bad call, but you can build a team, a system, and a mindset that endures through the long season.
So while this World Series belongs to the Dodgers, it’s also a quiet nod to those who taught us how to appreciate the long game — the ones who turned stats into stories, and habits into legacy.
