The commonest rivalry in World Sequence historical past is being renewed for the primary time since 1981, because the Dodgers and Yankees will meet for a document twelfth time within the Fall Traditional. New York holds an 8-3 lead within the earlier matchups, which included such iconic baseball moments as Jackie Robinson’s steal of house, Don Larsen’s good recreation, Reggie Jackson’s three-homer efficiency, and plenty of extra.
Now, a contemporary set of celebrity gamers will sq. off. Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Decide, Gerrit Cole, Teoscar Hernandez, Giancarlo Stanton, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto might be amongst these attempting to win their first World Sequence rings, whereas the likes of Juan Soto and Mookie Betts need to add to their already-storied October legacies.
The L.A. lineup was merely an excessive amount of for the Mets within the NLCS, because the Dodgers scored 46 runs over the six video games. Whereas the Dodgers’ reliever-heavy pitching assault continues to be attempting to cowl innings amidst numerous accidents to common starters, the staff is probably simply pitching too nicely to actually name it a “patchwork” workers any extra — Los Angeles has recorded 4 shutouts in its final eight playoff video games.
The New York offense was additionally an excessive amount of for the Guardians within the ALCS, with Stanton and Soto particularly main the way in which with a mixed seven homers and 13 RBI over the five-game collection. Cole, Carlos Rodon, and Clarke Schmidt have additionally fashioned a robust three-man entrance within the rotation, and Luke Weaver’s late-season emergence because the Yankees’ nearer has continued right into a largely dominant postseason.
The Yankees need to add to their document complete of 27 championships, although they’re in a relative drought by the franchise’s lofty requirements. That is solely the second time in 21 seasons that New York has taken half within the World Sequence, with the one different look in that span coming in 2009 when the Yankees defeated the Phillies. The Dodgers have “solely” seven titles to point out from their 22 journeys to the World Sequence, however they’ve the latest victory, capturing the 2020 Sequence that adopted the pandemic-shortened common season.
Because the Dodgers received 98 regular-season video games to the Yankees’ 94 wins, Los Angeles holds the home-field benefit, so the World Sequence is about to start on Friday at Dodger Stadium. Only one query stays….what’s your prediction?
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