The most common rivalry in World Series history is being renewed for the first time since 1981, as the Dodgers and Yankees will meet for a record 12th time in the Fall Classic. New York holds an 8-3 lead in the previous matchups, which included such iconic baseball moments as Jackie Robinson’s steal of home, Don Larsen’s perfect game, Reggie Jackson’s three-homer performance, and many more.
Now, a modern set of superstar players will square off. Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge, Gerrit Cole, Teoscar Hernandez, Giancarlo Stanton, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto will be among those trying to win their first World Series rings, while the likes of Juan Soto and Mookie Betts are looking to add to their already-storied October legacies.
The L.A. lineup was simply too much for the Mets in the NLCS, as the Dodgers scored 46 runs over the six games. While the Dodgers’ reliever-heavy pitching attack is still trying to cover innings amidst a lot of injuries to regular starters, the team is perhaps just pitching too well to really call it a “patchwork” staff any more — Los Angeles has recorded four shutouts in its last eight playoff games.
The New York offense was also too much for the Guardians in the ALCS, with Stanton and Soto in particular leading the way with a combined seven homers and 13 RBI over the five-game series. Cole, Carlos Rodon, and Clarke Schmidt have also formed a powerful three-man front in the rotation, and Luke Weaver’s late-season emergence as the Yankees’ closer has continued into a largely dominant postseason.
The Yankees are looking to add to their record total of 27 championships, though they are in a relative drought by the franchise’s lofty standards. This is only the second time in 21 seasons that New York has taken part in the World Series, with the only other appearance in that span coming in 2009 when the Yankees defeated the Phillies. The Dodgers have “only” seven titles to show from their 22 trips to the World Series, but they have the most recent victory, capturing the 2020 Series that followed the pandemic-shortened regular season.
Since the Dodgers won 98 regular-season games to the Yankees’ 94 wins, Los Angeles holds the home-field advantage, so the World Series is set to begin on Friday at Dodger Stadium. Just one question remains….what’s your prediction?
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Let’s Go Dodgers !!!
Betts & Bets
let – While I’d be happy to see Mookie get another legit WS ring and Ohtani certainly deserves one as well, the Yankees trio of Judge/Soto/Stanton seem unstoppable right now. The teams are so similar with an explosive offense and questionable pitching, I think it’s very difficult to confidently predict a winner.
Kinda funny all the Yankee fans who wanted Stanton released last year, why are fans so quick to write off star players?
Gotta give credit to Steinbrenner and the Yankees front office. They were embarrassed about missing the playoffs last year, and took on the extra payroll and traded the prospects necessary to put championship caliber talent on the roster. They wanted to win this year, badly.
Unlike my team’s owners, who have publicly stated they won’t try to win until at least 2026 and proved it last offseason and prior to this year’s trade deadline.
Looking forward to a great World Series!
It will be interesting to see how much this matchup blows away viewership records. This is an MLB dream.
Remember FPG, this is Stanton’s seventh year in pinstripes. Stanton gave us one very good year followed by five disappointing, oft injured seasons. We lost faith over an extended period of time. Cashman even went so far as to say injuries should be expected from Stanton.
That’s why this playoff redemption tour feels so awesome for both fans and I’m sure the player.
My – I understand Stanton has been often hurt since 2019, but from 2018-2021 he put up a .864 OPS (134 OPS+) which is really, really good and proof that when he’s healthy he is still one of the better hitters in the game.
Really his situation almost mirrored that of Sale, injuries affecting his performance for 5 years. With his career accomplishments, Stanton always had the ability. Even if he plays only 120 regular season games, him being healthy in the postseason is worth holding onto him ….. right? Rather than eating his entire remaining contract?
And FTR I expect Trout to have a comeback season too.
Fever, hard for me to pick a ‘favorite’ here. If I were cornered into a decision, I’d probably root for the Yankees and I never thought that would ever come out of my mouth.
It might be “an MLB dream”, but it is questionable whether LAD-NYY will attract in many viewers outside of those markets. Looking at recent history, the Cubs-Guardians/Indians WS drew the most. While Chicago is a huge market, Cleveland is less so. What attracted viewers was the story. Would the Cubs finally break their “curse”? Is there an interesting story associated with this WS? LA versus NYC is probably not an attractive story for many casual fans. Despite what both NYers and LAers may think, much of the country between those two cities really don’t care about those cities. No shade, just reality. You need a story to attract the casual fan. Perhaps Judge versus Ohtani will provide a story to attract the casual fans.
FPG – I’m judging off of the expectations Stanton set for himself. He was coming off a 59 HR MVP campaign. So he was above average when healthy towards the beginning of the acquisition but Cashman essentially chose Stanton over Harper.
We were hoping for top 5 MVP production, not above average play when not dealing with soft tissue injuries. Stanton is a very hard worker and a great teammate, but overall has been a relative bust compared to what the Yankees thought they were acquiring.
Not that I’ve been combing the internet looking for opinions on the NY-LA matchup, but you are the first I’ve seen that thinks this matchup is subpar. The 2 most storied franchises, the 2 largest fanbases outside of their respective cities, the extensive history of these two teams meeting in the W.S, etc. This is the matchup Fox wanted for viewership, and they have been gushing about it since LA knocked off the Mets. I suspect your weak reasoning to belittle the matchup stems mostly from your dislike for one of the teams or both.
let – Yeah I just can’t bring myself to root for the Yankees. Not just because of Mookie, but because the Dodgers haven’t won a legit WS in so long, they are due …. especially after Cora stole it from them in 2017.
Also I want to be able to chant “2K-9” when I’m at Yanks/Sox games 30 years from now. LOL
My – Not too long ago I wrote about how players are typically at their peak during their Age 27 season ….. and sure enough, Stanton’s best was his Age 27 season.
I certainly agree he’s underperformed, but considering the Marlins subsidy and how little the Yanks gave up for him, I think it was kinda expected he would decline.
The only reason the NYY are in is because they didn’t have to play the Astros. BTW everyone stop crying about LA’s pitchers being hurt, Javier,McCullers,Garcia,Urquidy,France and RP Graveman
gaa – Safe guess you’re an Astros fan? LOL
When it comes to postseason, you have to throw matchups out the window. It’s all about which team is healthier and playing better at that time.
Jakarta in 4. Tokyo doesn’t stand a chance.
Congrats Dodgers fans!
This is tough. I picked Yankees in 6, but I can see it going Dodgers in 6 as well. It’s the battle of the high payrolls!
So was our last match up
Three of the final four teams had the highest payrolls in baseball.
It should be a very good series with lots of star power. Could go either way.
6 Games. Cue Frank Sinatra.
“L.A. Is My Lady”
“High Hopes”?
Pitching. Nuff said.
Roger Beshens Football Slider. On center grip, throw like Football, Stiff Wrist. I just tried it, With my arm angle 40 inch drop and I can shape it with a turn or no turn. That non traditional slider changed the ML landscape big time. 2018 it all started, dozens had more K’s than hits, 1st time in ML history that happened. I believe over 50 guys in ML baseball for the 1st time in their career avg more K’s than hits. MLB should reward Roger for that.
Calm down Roger…
Lighten up Francis….
Good luck to both teams, but I have no interest in watching this one.
I doubt I’ll pay much attention. I may watch a few innings, but I was rooting for a “miracle” of maybe K.C. or Detroit in there.
Agreed. Whoever you root for is a big L. But I will say this, I expect the Dodgers back to the WS at least 3-4 times over the next 5 years. I do not expect the Yankees back anytime soon. And that’s why, against my fiber as a Rays fan, will cheer for the Yankees. Only this once.
Speaking for myself, a Red Sox fan, I’m beyond excited to see the best players in baseball in one World Series. I wish we had LAD or NYY level talent.
What MLB wanted. two major market teams in the world series. Lets see if anyone actually watches outside of the major markets.
People who aren’t in major markets will watch this in much larger numbers than they would’ve a matchup between the Padres and Guardians.
Do people not understand that big market teams have fans outside of their markets? Other big markets. Medium markets. Small markets. Doesn’t get any bigger than Dodgers vs Yankees. And the fact that they haven’t met since 1981 in WS will make this even bigger. Casual fans more likely to watch it too. You not watching it is irrelevant.
@dodgersfan… Only transplants and/or casuals without a team would root for one of these teams if they aren’t in the market. I’m living in Japan and everyone wears LA hats but can’t name a single player outside Ohtani and mayyybe Yamamoto. I think that’s the case in America too.
@Rays I’m sure that there are many that only follow the Dodgers for Ohtani and Yamamoto. But I’ve seen plenty of Japanese posters from Japan posting on X regarding all things Dodgers. So, I do believe that there are some Japanese Dodger fans from Japan.
Ask the lowly Cowboys how this works in the NFL. You can hate both teams, but if you love baseball, you’ll end up rooting for one or the other. Hard to root against Judge and hard to root against ohtani. Baseball (and the fans) wins
Depends on when you grew up as well. There are a lot of adults these days who were a young kids during the Yankee dynasty of the early 2000s and became Yankees fans because they were good. Happened with Chicago Bulls fans during the Michael Jordan years.
Exactly my thoughts as well! They wanted Ohtani vs Judge all along. I hope the “Judge” renders his verdict!!!! I’ve never been a fan of the Dodgers. Only classy player on that team is Mookie.
I guess you don’t like Ohtani because he had Ippei take the fall. Kidding but I’m sure plenty think that. From what I’ve seen Ohtani is all class.
I don’t know most of the Yankee players but I’m pretty sure that there are a lot more classy players on the Dodgers than just Mookie. To each their own on that definition but if you think that about the Dodger players I wonder what you’d say about certain Padre players unless of course you are a Padre fan.
This from a team that regularly employed Aroldis Chapman… seriously though ,if freddy, teo, kike, etc. aren’t classy, then your standards are too high or misguided. How classy are you if you are gonna call out others?
In my experience people that tell you they’re classy, generally are.
Just curious, but exactly what part of the crotch bump and the huge F bomb on live tv makes Kike classy?
Yes id have named 2/3 the team before teo or kike, but it’s not the team I follow so maybe I’m misinformed
Kike Hernandez may not be “classy” in your definition but he’s a good teammate, fun loving guy and doesn’t disrespect the opposition. Had nice things to say about SD fans and players. Fans and teammates love him.
@Shady
This is a HORRIBLE take, there is plenty of class
Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Mookie, Kershaw…
In the end, class doesn’t matter, having fun does…and that’s what the dodgers are doing, having fun…we don’t need you old heads complaining about no “class” when the game isn’t about class at all.
Soto, Judge and Stanton oh my!
Ohtani, Betts, and Freeman oh my!
@bud I think you mean Ohtani, Betts and Edman oh my! Freeman hasn’t really been a factor this post season, while Edman has.
Judge hasn’t been a factor either
Freddie is a great player, but will he even be available?
Freddie will definitely play but the injury has been impacting his hitting, especially power. No XBH in postseason. And his base running and fielding. They’ll take same approach for WS but I doubt he’ll be fully healed by Friday. Probably needs a couple more weeks.
Hope the Dodgers have updated Chavez Latrine with some zip ties on their outfield gate and padding on their cement threshold.
We dont need Judge getting hurt again making a great play
Solid burn on the facility tho. Funny how people don’t remember the history of the land sometimes, sucks.
I remember. I was there. Don’t want to see any injuries.
it was 60 something years ago. any one still alive and involved has probably gotten over it. too bad you can’t.
I’m sure any one still alive and involved who lost their homes has not “gotten over it.” I’d expect that would be true for you or me as well.
But this is not about that. Enjoy your series NYY and LAD fans.
I’m interested in potential managerial outcomes. Who loses their job first? Boone or Roberts? Neither? What will be the biggest managerial gaffe?
Wow, I really didn’t think the Yankees had what it takes to make it to this point, but Mr. Juanderful and The Judge have spoken, and now we have two juggernauts in the World Series. Soto and Judge vs. Shohei and Betts.
Showtime Shohei Ohtani…man, 18-22 with runners in scoring position? Damn!!!!! I’m the same height and 30 pounds heavier than Ohtani, and everyone’s like “he’s all muscle, and you kinda got a beer belly.”This guy is just an insane, monster of a man who could very easily terrorize the Yankees (and whom I totally have a crush on-although he is married…what? I’m only human), surrounded by magical men like Edman and Kike Hernandez who, man have been clutch! I’m gonna have to say-and I’ve been wrong every time-but Dodgers in 6 games. I just can’t see the Yankees pitching overcoming this Dodger offense. Also Dave Roberts is a better manager than Aaron Boone, although so was Vogt.
It’s going to be about which pitching staff can suppress the most runs. I think if you look at the two league championship series, the Yankees staff did a much better job of that…the Yankees also have four bonified starters.
This is what I wanted!
You and mlb!
Yanks in 6
Who cares!
With this matchup, we are all losers.
I honestly have no idea what to do when both teams are the villain. WNBA looking pretty good right now. Minor league hockey should be going on. Minor league NBA should be starting up soon.
WNBA? New York won there too. Last night. It was on the other TV so I watched it out of the corner of my eye. Went overtime. Of course LeBron hated a foul call late and cried about it on X and they showed it on the screen lol.
I’ve got the Dodgers and that bullpen. But It goes seven games.
What would have been a better matchup? SD and Cleveland? Snoozefest ‘24?
I don’t think that would have been a snoozefest. Those are two good teams also. Are you under the impression that the larger the city the better the baseball is? In that case, you should have been hoping for Tokyo versus Jakarta in this year’s world series.
I gotta disagree. Jakarta’s starting pitching is paper thin, and Tokyo’s chase rate, BABIP, and xWOBA are dreadful.
And I bet you they are loaded up with gamblers on both sides.
I expect this series to go the distance, given how closely matched both teams are. The Yankees’ stronger starting pitching and experienced roster give them a slight edge, so I would predict the Yankees to win in 7 games, with their pitching holding up just enough to outlast the Dodgers’ dynamic offense.
Not a Dodger fan, but I live in LA. This is the match up I wanted. If the Mets had won, I wouldn’t have cared.
Yeah Yanks and Dodgers have not met in WS in 43 years, way overdue for a historic rivalry. Mets would have been blow away in four games by the Yanks. At least this match-up is going to be competitive. Only good the Mets did was to knock out the stinking Phillies. As for all the Mets hype, “Silly Mets fans, pennants are for Other teams”
West Coast represent! Let’s go Dodgers!
If the Dodgers win, is it deferred for a few years?
No, but if they lose, it’s because someone threw a baseball at Dave Roberts.
This is why MLB needs a major overhaul of how revenue is shared in MLB. Two teams from two of the largest TV markets in the country, with two of the largest payrolls in MLB are in the World Series. These two teams can buy just about any talent they want on the free agent market and stack their respective teams with proven, upper echelon talent every year and consistently content for a championship. By contrast small market teams like KC and Milwaukee have to consistently grow and develop players with the hope of being able to contend, only to have to trade them or see they walk away for nothing because they are unable to compete with the contacts that the Yankees or Dodgers can offer on the open market.
To start, MLB needs to level the playing field by taking control of the TV contract rights from the individual teams and negotiating a TV deal for the league as a whole just like the NFL does. All the TV revenue generated by the respective teams should be pooled and split equally amongst ALL of the teams in MLB.
With the financial trouble that Diamond Sports has right now, and with MLB having to handle the TV broadcasts for several MLB teams next year, now is the time to move towards full revenue sharing of TV contracts in MLB and start to move towards a full and complete sharing of ALL revenue in MLB.
Agreed! However, my Rangers would not have won without the big free agents we signed over a 2-3 year period. But now, we are handcuffed by the lack of revenue from having no TV income.
This will be the highest rated world series probably in the last 20 years. MLB isn’t overhauling anything.
Not to mention the Yankees haven’t won a world series in 15 years and the Dodgers haven’t won a legit world series in 36 years. Even with the highest payrolls.
MLB has a lot of problems, but tv deals are hardly the main concern.
Your best point is “These two teams can buy just about any talent they want on the free agent market and stack their respective teams with proven, upper echelon talent every year and consistently content for a championship. By contrast small market teams like KC and Milwaukee have to consistently grow and develop players with the hope of being able to contend, only to have to trade them or see they walk away for nothing:
MLB definitely needs to step in and create a system where teams are rewarded for keeping home grown star players.
MLB also needs to incentives players to sign long term contracts with said hometown team.
A spending limit should be implemented instead of cbt thresholds, but so should a spending floor.
Contracts should be capped to 10 year offers from opposing teams, but 12-14 year offers from home grown teams, no aav limit. Minor league pay and veteran minimum should be increased to offset limiting years and putting a somewhat cap on spending.
@laverdad This is the first time these two large market, large payroll teams have met in the World Series since 1981. It’s not like it happens every year, no need to panic.
So because two large markets made it for one season the system needs an overhaul? I don’t get it. How’s parity working out in the NFL? Oh yeah, it’s not.
Hey that reminds me; I was going to ask the group what would be the NFL Super Bowl equivalent of a Yankees/Dodgers World Series? The best I could come up with is 49ers/Steelers ??? But totally not confident on that as I don’t have the history with following the NFL.
If you want an overhaul of the system because of inequity then you’re not a capitalist. You’re a filthy commie like me.
Wiffle ball: My question is: what does the overhaul accomplish? To me, the purpose of sports is competition, not financial parity. And, as the NBA and NFL have demonstrated, financial parity does not even remotely equate to competitive parity.
Can the MLB improve? Sure. I would love to see the Yankees make it to the World Series more than once every 15 years. But, regulating spending is not the answer, and based on other sports’ results, it seems to create exactly what many are trying to avoid: dynastic runs and definitely long-term uncompetitive teams.
As a Rangers fan, this should be a fun series to watch. But next year, I would like to see one of the five teams that have never won a World Series make it. I understand that all fans want their team in, but I enjoy rooting for the underdog!
Dodgers in 3!!!!!!!!
More like Cancun in 3! All jokes aside, congrats to both sets of fans and may we have an enjoyable Series to watch!
the giant meteor, hopefully
Yankees-Dodgers. As it should be.
Some day the Padres might be able to play in the World Series as well. LOL.
LOL SUCH A CLEVER COMMENT LOL LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
I was pulling for a Padres-Tigers World Series
Mark I believe the word you were looking for to describe this matchup is frequent, or recurring, not common.
Don’t care not watching
Keepin’ it low.
@Blue This matchup has not been seen in the WS since 1981. That’s not frequent, often, or recurring!! Heck the Hale-Bopp comet has been seen more often than that !
I suppose I was being generous. A better word for this matchup is classic. With so much history between these two franchises, but without a face-off in over 40 years, it makes no sense to suggest a World Series between them is in any way ordinary.
Yeah 43 years is a long time since seeing this classic rivalry match up in the WS
I love all the fans crying “big payroll” as if them Mets weren’t at the top by spending 305 million. Then you have the high spending Padres who are still paying Eric Hosmer. Haters – relax! Your Midwest billionaire owner is just cheap. So chill!
As with most fans of large market teams, you just told us you don’t understand the economics of baseball and don’t care as long as your team gets theirs. Nothing new there.
As with most “small” market fans you’ve drank the koolaid that your team can’t spend. There really isn’t a small market team in baseball. They all have plenty of fans with plenty of money. Put a better quality product on the field and revenues go up dramatically.
Reds will make it not by spending tons of money but by following the Rays model. Reds have a great start on it and so do my Pirates(who also have a mega rich and mega greedy owner in Bob “nut job “ Nutting
According to Baseball-Reference the Padres after reducing payroll a ton from 2023 had the 4th highest payroll in their division and were 15th in MLB. The Rockies only spent 10m less as well so they were almost last in payroll in their own division.
Not that 2026 won’t be sweet when Hosmer is no longer getting paid.
Mets were a mirage
Not a fan of either team but this felt somewhat inevitable after the Soto trade and Yoshi/Shohei signings. I will absolutely be watching and hoping it goes 7.
The lopsided championship series games have been really disappointing. Just hoping for some tight games here!
It’s clear to everyone that in this series, the team that throws the Roger Beshens Football Slider the most effectively wins the World Series. This tradition has been on going since the Astros win in 2017. It’s quite ironic Beshens and Strom have been in touch throughout the entire 2024 season.
This is shaping up to be one of the greatest playoffs ever – certainly for matchups. Yankees/Royals. Dodgers/Padres. Mets/Phillies. Even the Tigers/Guardians. Storied franchises – most of whom are more than 120 years old – squaring up for their latest chapter. And now…Dodgers/Yankees?!
I can appreciate that some folks out there are crying foul that their teams don’t seem to operate on the same financial playing field as the bigger markets. I’d probably be doing the same if I were a lifelong Mariners fan (just an example – no shade). But even if all of the payrolls were capped at $10 million, wouldn’t players still want to do whatever they could to play for championships? Wouldn’t they collude to play together in hopes of a potential dynasty? Wouldn’t imbalances persist?
I believe that there are many more factors than money that players consider when choosing what team to play for. The Dodgers and Yankees, while both being big market teams, also both happen to be first class franchises. Same goes for many of the other historically successful teams. Not only are the pockets deeper for player acquisition, the facilities and transportation are five-star, the coaching and training staffs have the most up-to-date and state-of-the-art equipment (The Dodgers’ team doctor is Neal ElAttrache), the farm systems are deeper and the player development philosophies are more advanced. Soup to nuts – these are better organizations whose pervading philosophy is to win. Players want to play in places like that because their personal overall quality of life is better.
I can’t imagine how upset I might be if the owners of my favorite team were not fully committed to that ideal. White Sox fans – you all deserve better. As do the Angels and A’s and Rockies and Marlins. I agree – it isn’t fair. But the blame and spite of fans belong on the ownership groups who are not fully committed to uplifting their teams and their cities.
Any ill will directed at the teams that are succeeding because they have pushed in all of their chips…well…that resentment is borne of jealousy.
This World Series is everything that a non-jealous baseball fan could want…two great franchises with boatloads of history sporting superstar talent. We will be talking about this one for decades.
Very impressive article. Manfred should hire you for his PR team.
My PS to this analysis is that the financial structure of MLB rewards failure. The smaller market teams are effectively paid off to be mostly noncompetitive. The profitability of these franchises is guaranteed but at the expense of their fans. The answer is MLB dividing the revenue of the game in 30 equal shares and rewarding the successful teams. Effectively just the opposite of what is done today. Nobody should be surprised by failure when it is rewarded.
I’m excited for Manfred and the owners! They finally got what they wanted. It’s like Xmas in October! How many tennis balls can they paint white between now and Friday?
I may or may not have tried the Chicken Big Mac.
Who cares?? Worst possible thing for baseball.
Not so
I dodgers fan , sadly without freeman and more importantly three healthy starters . They are doomed.
The winner of this World Series is Fox.
Better get used to these 2 teams in the World Series for awhile. MLB learned from football all about favoring certain teams to try maximizing TV ratings. Ohtani, Judge = Mahomes, Kelce.
Can this finally put the “the bye week isn’t good for teams” argument to rest?
Ohtani (the gambler) and Betts (the cheater) vs NY cheaters
LA in 6
Finally, the best two teams from each league, facing off against each other in the final, as it should be.
Actually I think, and this makes me want to vomit, that the stinking Phillies were the best overall team in the NL this year. Fortunately the mirage Mets knocked them off giving the Phillies a taste of their own medicine that they forced on the Braves the last two seasons.
I was a kid in high school and college when these teams played in 1977, 1978 and 1981. I took it for granted and thought it was a regular occurrence. It was so long ago, they played a Saturday day game.
Now I’m an old man and it’s finally, blissfully, Thankfully, happening again.
Savor it, people.
@Steve I’m right there with you. I’m surprised it took this long to get both teams together. This is good for the overall health of MLB.
Money
This could be the first WS title for the Dodgers in 36 years, quite a drought. 2020 was a 60 game tournament, I don’t want to hear it.
Hopefully the Dodgers and Yankees can both lose.
Wwe, mlb, nfl, nba, etc are rigged daily, for your entertaining view.
For example, in mlb it’s a team effort. Umpires, players, mgrs, are all in on the stage. You are watching a reality tv show, it’s just sports.
Some know, ahead of time, what the results will be. Most do not.
I came across a tv channel, called rigged sports. In nfl I have seen missed tackles, on purpose. I just did not know, that fielding errors, or, letting the ball go buy, not necessarily an error, are a big part of it. I used to think it was just the umpires. Now I know why, the mgr brings in the guy, who will blow the save.
Knowing that sports is scripted, I can relax and not take any of it serious.
Can you vote for neither??? LOL the 2 worst franchises and fanbases in baseball, it’s a LOSE-LOSE.
I likely won’t watch a single inning, but hoping the Yankees win.
As a Brewer fan, I just don’t take any joy in seeing the Dodgers win.
Some reason, my gut is telling me there will be a 4 game sweep. I picked Yanks in 4. My gut better be right and not just hungry. lol
Dodgers do not have the pitching.
“Dodgers don’t have the pitching”
Clearly you have not paid attention to the last two rounds.
Haven’t had the pitching all playoffs n yet are 4 wins away from World Championship. Yamamoto, Flaherty, Buehler, n a BP game, same smoke n mirrors they been using.
WHO CARES? Both teams just buy up the good players. Neither does much with their farm system. People always support an underdog, but neither of these teams qualify. The World Series has sucked for awhile and this just makes it much worse.
@man
“who cares” then proceeds to write almost a paragraph on why they care.
Imagine being on the margins of literacy where a single paragraph feels like a treatise
I said “almost” a paragraph, not to mention, if he didn’t care…then why say something?
Because I am a literate person who doesn’t answer a question with UH, or I dunno. Someone has to retain a bit of intelligence in this ignorant world.
Thank you for your insightfully ignorant response to a rhetorical question. When I have an opinion I like to explain my response instead of just a 2 words. If you don’t like that or it took to long to read then I apologize for taking 2 seconds of your precious time. But remember, I don’t give 2 $hits about your opinion anyway. Have a nice day.
You seem to really not care with those two responses LMAO
“Neither does much with their farm system.”
I’ve paid less attention to NY, but the presence of Aaron Judge (drafted, developed, signed), Stanton (trade), and Soto (trade) indicates they did enough with their farm system.
LA has done what good teams do with their farm system. They draft, sign, develop, or trade players from their farm for players that help the major league team. They get results year after year.
Your assertion was so terrible that a Giants fan had to refute it.
for large-market teams the primary purpose of a farm system is to produce trade chips to acquire established stars so in that sense the dodgers and yankees have definitely “used” their farm systems
Not following how this theory works since all teams have farm systems.
The Yankees looooooooose!
Love the people who say they are not interested or won’t watch etc. but make the effort to tell us all about it.
My fellow Astros fans will not be happy with me, but not only do I think the Dodgers will win, but I want them to win, because I think Ohtani winning a World Series ring is terrific for the sport and despite the laundry he wears, he’s a very easy player to root for. So yeah, go Dodgers!
Ddddooooooyyyyyyeeeeeerrrrrrssssssss in 7
This was the matchup I predicted back in February
The two clear best teams in the MLB
As a Giants fan, I simply cannot root for the Dodgers. Not a Yankees fan either, but I have to go with the lesser of 2 evils IMO. MLB gets the dream match they wanted.
Since 2019 the Yankees have struggled to win a pennant. A period marked by the acquisition of Matt Blake, Blakes unique skill to teach the Roger Beshens Football Slider was the reason for his hire. Concurrently teams like the Dodgers, Rays, Braves were also to master this technique around the same period. In the past half decade many teams have been teaching the Roger Beshens Football Slider, yet problems within the organization have hindered their progress. Despite this, numerous teams have achieved more than what the Yankees were expected to do.
Anyone else kinda not care at all about the playoffs once their team is eliminated?
I always watch the World Series no matter the match up. Even if I dislike one or both of the teams.
This poll is skewed. There should be a “who cares” option, so we can see what portion of MLBTR readers even care about this WS.
Great answer. That’s the one I was looking for
This just in: Diamond Sports group to stream WS games.
As a baseball fan, it’s a huge disappointment to watch mlb orchestrate a contest between Google and Microsoft, Hewlett Packard and Dell, Exxon and Hess, and so forth. Zero interest in watching two teams buy their way to the World Series. So, the season is over. Good night.
mlb is too incompetent to orchestrate anything
Literally every team buys their world series. You think people aren’t paid?
Why wasn’t “The Meteor” an option? I have absolutely zero interest in this World Series.
Thanks for letting us know. Very informative.
Where did Shohei put his money?
Probably on the tampering gambling dodgers but in how many games
Haha very funny!
Any luck they both lose?
Gross.
It’ll definitely be a team that spent a fortune on their roster.
The lowest MLB payroll is 60 million dollars. That is also a fortune. It’s all relative.
After years of putting their fingers on the scale for the big markets, MLB’s wet dream is finally here.
Trash league.
It’s more of a sport than WWE, but that’s about it.
sounds like your team doesn’t use their revenue sharing $ to put a winning team on the field
Window dressing for chumps. Which teams are there?
But, SO many people are happy being chumps.
Carry on.
Why such disgust?
What is the purpose of sports?
If you think it’s rigged, well, you should be happy because they’re clearly awful at rigging a World Series — getting it right just once in 40 years!
Teams that are born on third like to pretend they hit a home run.
You try to use the fact that they still strike out a lot to pretend they aren’t born on third.
Willful ignorance is always an available option.
Nobody I hope! Money vs Money who cares.Thank God for women’s beach volleyball.
So last year two long shots … this year extreme chalk… Who wins WS??? BRASIER!!! ( you can do my friend!!!) especially if Dodgers up 6 runs when you come in!!! SLAM the DOOR!!
I’m not a fan of either team ( understatement), but it will be interesting to watch them face- off. If the Dodgers continue to rely on Edman’s clean- up magic ( it won’t last), and have to use 7 pitchers per game, this Series could quickly end badly for them. Ohtani is great, but he won’t be enough.
By the way they also only use Edman as cleanup when Freeman is out of lineup and versus a LHP starter. He’s much better from right side vs left side, and has even hit RH versus certain RHP. I don’t think Edman needs clean up magic for the Dodgers to continue. I”m hoping for better overall series from Smith, Freeman and Teoscar to more than compensate Edman’s down production. Nobody can expect the same type of performance in WS. But stranger things have happened.
I didn’t see the selection of WHO REALLY CARES?
this may come down to which bullpen is more exhausted by game 4 or 5. both teams will need back-of-the-bullpen guys to pitch high-leverage innings and imo the yankees have the edge there. for all the star power this series may hinge on guys like jake cousins and mark leiter jr.
Should be a great series, and a lot of fun. Judge and Soto probably one of the best 1-2 combo of all time. Really respect their approach at the plate. So selective and yet so powerful. Dodgers have a pretty decent 1-2 combo of their own in Ohtani and Betts. Overall, I think that the Dodgers have a better overall lineup and slightly better bullpen, especially if Vesia and Graterol make it back which should hopefully offset the issues with starting pitching. Really hoping that Yamamoto, Flaherty and Buehler bring their A games.
My two cents worth as a lifelong Dodger fan is that I know the Dodgers are the better team.
That said, I have little trust that Dave Roberts will make the right moves to win the series. The team overcame his stupid decisions especially regarding the bullpen moves. Clearly Roberts and Prior are overtly trying to insert themselves into the game to make a name for themselves. It will be a miracle if they don’t blow out the bullpen by game 3 or 4 if they insist on using the bullpen this way every game. Start game 1 with Yamamoto or Buehler. Let them pitch into the 7th if they are rolling.
I beg to differ. If you have not seen how well Doc Roberts has been handling the pitching staff with only 3 starts at his command I don’t know what you have been watching. No one wants a bullpen game but it has been a necessity under the circumstances. Not only that but it has been successfully deployed in both the Padres series and the Mets series. Apparently Roberts haters remain so regardless of the facts. But I do agree with your first statement. Dodgers looking good.
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I don’t see “the networks” as a choice
Money or greed aren’t choices either
It seems almost impossible the Dodgers advanced to the World Series after losing nearly two full rotations to injury. Certainly they can’t beat the Yankees being this handicapped. Can they?
I just think the Dodgers are the better team. The AL was weak this year, but the Yankees were the best team out of it. No one else remotely had a chance in the AL.
Honestly, as a Sox fan, I care little who wins, but that’s my two cents.
Pitching beats hitting….Dodgers starting rotation is on fumes and just doesn’t have enough for New York. That’s painful for me to say as a Red Sox fan. I’m rooting for LA but my inner gambler says Yankees in 6.
I’m just rooting to see Mookie make Yankees’ fans sad. I don’t allow myself schadenfreude in much, but I do allow myself to revel in the suffering of Yankee fans, particularly at the hands of Red Sox alums.