There's Nothing Like the Yankees and Dodgers in the World Series

The two teams have faced off each other in some of the most memorable World Series ever.

About fifteen years ago I was having dinner with a family friend who was in his 70s and not a big baseball fan. It was October so my friend asked me if I was watching the World Series and who was playing. I told him the two teams, neither of whom were particularly important to this man who, to the extent he followed baseball, rooted for his hometown tea…