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Sorry, Mets fans, Yankees-Dodgers is the blockbuster World Series we deserve
Rob Manfred gets the World Series he wanted, and baseball fans get the World Series they deserve.
With apologies to Mets fans, whose team captivated the city over the past month, that is indisputably the case as we gear up for the first Yankees-Dodgers renewal since 1981.
New York and Los Angeles. Judge and Ohtani. All the history from Mickey Owen’s dropped third strike to Billy Martin’s catch to Cookie Lavagetto to Johnny Podres to Sandy Koufax to Reggie Jackson to Fernando Valenzuela. The best regular-season teams in either league, with the most history, and the biggest stars, in the biggest markets.
This is going to be something to behold.
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