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Column: Yankees versus Dodgers: Can MLB seize this dream marketing moment?

We’ll get to the chunky octopus in a bit, but we want to start with the golden ticket.

Baseball’s golden ticket, that is. Major League Baseball has a once-in-a-lifetime player in the World Series, a once-in-a-generation clash of the titans as the matchup, a blessed chance to reclaim at least some of the verity behind the phrase “national pastime.”

Shohei Ohtani steps onto baseball’s grandest stage for the first time, after becoming the first player in the league’s 148-year history to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in the same season.