There is history and nostalgia and YouTube videos to scour through just in the names alone: New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series. It's a matchup of the two best teams from the 2024 season -- a rare occurrence in this age of expanded playoffs -- and a showdown that requires a look back at the 11 previous World Series between the two franchises.
That history began when the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn, their home for the first seven of those World Series battles before the franchise moved to L.