It’s the final showdown of the Major League Baseball season and as the leaves change color, this year’s World Series will take on the familiar shades of Dodger Blue and Yankee pinstripes. For the twelfth time – with their first meeting in 1941 – the Yankees and Dodgers will face each other in the World Series. Their most recent World Series meeting in 1981 will have especially 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 highlight of ‘Fernandomania’. “
As much as the story on the tape in this series might be about the names and logos on the front of the uniforms, this year’s matchup is about the firsts in this legendary baseball rivalry. Shohei Ohtani is in the World Series for the first time in his first season with the Dodgers, and Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton are also making their Yankees debuts.
Both clubs have been off for almost a week, so the pitching staff is ready to take on the two teams that finished the regular season with the best records in their respective leagues. In Game 1, Gerrit Cole (1-0, 3.31 ERA, 16.1 IP, 12 K, 6 BB in 2024 postseason) takes the ball for the Yankees against Jack Flaherty (1-2, 7.04 ERA, 15.1 IP, 8 K, 7 BB ) for the Dodgers.
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Time: 8:08 PM ET
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Location: Dodger Stadium | Los Angeles
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TV channel: Fox
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Streaming: Fox Sports App, Fubo
