In the days preceding the World Series, we were pummeled with references to the rivalry between the Dodgers and New York Yankees.
The Dodgers and Yankees are all about history, about tradition, about the rare chances to charge outrageous prices to see baseball’s two biggest brands on the same field.
Today, however, the Dodgers and Yankees are not a rivalry. Jackie Robinson and Mickey Mantle are not walking through that door.
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In the Dodgers’ last decade in Brooklyn, the teams met six times in the World Series. When the teams met this October, they had not clashed in the World Series in 43 years.