On Tuesday, prior to the start of this year’s MLB postseason, the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks delivered a message to the Dodgers ahead of their Wild-Card Series opener against the Cincinnati Reds.
“Best of luck to our friends at the @Dodgers who begin their postseason run tonight! Let’s run it back!” the Sparks wrote on X.
The announcement comes just months after the purple and gold held a “Dodgers Night” at Crypto.com Arena on Aug. 7. The first 5,000 fans in attendance received a limited edition, co-branded Sparks x Dodgers hat.
Despite a 103-75 loss to the Las Vegas Aces exactly at Crypto.com Arena in their mid-September season finale, the Sparks still rattled off 21 wins in 2025 — tremendous growth for a franchise that finished just 8-32 in 2024.
Furthermore, L.A. — led by a new-look roster featuring first-year coach Lynne Roberts and star guard Kelsey Plum — just narrowly missed out on clinching the WNBA’s final playoff spot this season.
Plum, in her first season in LA, led the Sparks to their highest single-season win total since 2019.
“Total alignment with Lynne [Roberts], with what she has echoed all season,” Sparks’ general manager Raegan Pebley said. “I just shared this with the team … There’s times when you plant and there’s times when you harvest — and for sure, planting has occurred. And even I think there was sprouting that occurred with this group.”
