Yankees.com: Here is why Yankees-Dodgers World Series is must-watch

From Will Leitch:

If it feels like we’ve all been expecting a Yankees-Dodgers World Series most of our lives, it’s because we have.

Since these two teams last faced each other in the 1981 Fall Classic, the Yankees have had a winning record 38 out of the 43 complete seasons and made the playoffs 25 of those 43 seasons; the Dodgers have had a winning season 36 out of those 43 seasons and made the playoffs 21 of those 43 seasons. The Yankees had reached seven World Series since 1981; the Dodgers had reached four. And yet: They’d never crossed paths. Until now.

I don’t doubt that there are some of you who groaned when you realized that it would be the Dodgers and Yankees facing each other in the World Series. I get it. These are two franchises that you couldn’t escape even if you wanted to.

They play on opposites coasts in cities that are in many ways the social, cultural and financial capitals of the country, cities that are two of the most popular tourist attractions, cities that kids in every town in America dream of maybe running away to someday. They have big payrolls and equally massive ambitions, the sort of franchises (and fanbases) that are never satisfied with anything less than winning the World Series every year. They have long, rich histories; they have iconic uniforms; they have celebrity fans. No matter how much you might try to focus on your own team, you still get a little sick of the Yankees and Dodgers. It feels like they’re everywhere.

I understand all this, but I’d argue — and I suspect the television ratings we’ll see over the course of this series will agree with me on this — that this all makes you more likely to be enraptured by this series than less. You can love the Dodgers and Yankees, you can hate the Dodgers and Yankees, but you cannot, ever, ignore the Dodgers and Yankees. To truly ignore the Dodgers and Yankees, after all, would be to ignore baseball entirely.

Interesting article. I honestly just wanted SOMEthing up there, and most of the other articles were kind of dumb.

The featured image is a reminder that when the Dodgers took two out of three against the Yankees back in June, Juan Soto’s only involvement in that series was to pretend to pinch-hit late in the game. So this will be Soto’s first series against the Dodgers. Hopefully it goes well for him.

Also, let’s hope that the Yankees can finally get Teoscar Hernandez out at the plate. That dude KILLED them.

And yes, the whole “These guys AGAIN?” is really stupid. And one last thing that annoys me, when people use the fact that the Dodgers’ payroll is wrapped up in stuff other than their specific World Series roster, so that they try to act like the Dodgers’ payroll is LOWER than the Yankees when it very much is NOT. The Yankees have spent a shit ton of money on their team this year, but they are behind both the Mets and the Dodgers this year. Don’t believe anyone who tries to tell you otherwise.