For months, baseball has felt frustratingly out of reach. But real action just weeks away, the season might soon deliver the game’s most glamorous rivalry on its biggest stage: the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Sure, games against the Red Sox provide truly contemptuous divisional familiarity. And yes, intra-city friction heats up their contests with the Mets.
But only the rivalry between the Yankees and the Dodgers offers a postseason-rich, bicoastal history, studded with many of the brightest stars in baseball’s all-time firmament.
The Yankees and Dodgers have squared off in 65 playoff games over 11 World Series match-ups.