Naturally, SportsRant New York was rooting for a Subway Series, but Major League Baseball got what it wanted. The New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers are baseball royalty, representing the two biggest cities with one on each coast. The Yankees will be in their 41st Fall Classic while the Dodgers will be in their 22nd. Amazingly, this will be the 12th time they’ve squared off for the world championship.
As opposed to when these teams met last in the 1981 World Series, baseball has become a regional sport. If that’s all this series attracts, at least it’s the two biggest media markets. However, there is hope at MLB and Fox that the rest of the country buys into watching these superstar laden teams.
There’s no shortage of storylines as each team is led by humble stars who have willingly played multiple positions this season (Aaron Judge has played left, right and center while Mookie Betts has played right, second and shortstop). Their two aces (Gerrit Cole and Yoshinobu Yamamoto) are the only two pitchers to ever sign $300m contracts, contracts that will be eclipsed by this year’s prized free agent (Juan Soto) and were blown out of the water by last year’s top free agent (international superstar Shohei Ohtani). We haven’t even mentioned former MVP’s Giancarlo Stanton and Freddie Freeman… nor quotable managers Aaron Boone and Dave Roberts.
Broadway and Hollywood. It all starts Friday night in Los Angeles.
