It's the final showdown of the Major League Baseball season, and as the leaves change color, the World Series this year is turning familiar shades of Dodger Blue and Yankee pinstripes. For the 12th time — with their first meeting having occurred in 1941 — the Yankees and Dodgers face off in the World Series.
Their most recent World Series meeting in 1981 will carry a particularly special significance this year, with Friday's Game 1 coming just days after the death of Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela, who was the rookie star of that 1981 championship team at the height of "Fernandomania.