Yankees vs. Dodgers: A Historic World Series Showdown

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00:03Because on Friday night, when we watch the New York Yankees take on the Los Angeles Dodgers,

00:08the nation will be watching, and rightfully so, two superstar-laden, talented, high-payroll

00:14teams, one in Los Angeles, West Coast, one in New York City, East Coast here.

00:19I'm excited for this series, Dubzy.

00:21Let's start there.

00:22The excitement for the series, two titans, two iconic franchises lining up with the World

00:28Series Championship on the line.

00:31And not to take away from what we saw last season, but it's sort of underwhelmed, so

00:35I think this is a fantastic bounce back for Major League Baseball.

00:39It could be historic in terms of the viewership and the numbers, Dolan, in for this one.

00:44I do think we've got the two best teams in baseball.

00:47The Dodgers leading the National League with 98 wins.

00:49What for the old Pinstripes putting up 94 wins there, respectively.

00:53In terms of offense, I mean, superstars all across, absolutely littered with star power

00:59for this one.

01:00Otani taking on charge, that's the big storyline.

01:03You look at some of the other, you know, second and third punches that we're going to see

01:07the likes of.

01:08Mookie Betts, a one-sider.

01:10Could this be the hurrah that he needs to make that tilt towards a World Series?

01:15It's going to be fantastic, but I do think, yeah, a lot of bettors, a lot of fans, you

01:20know, queuing up to talk about the offensive side of things, but it's going to come down

01:23to the starting arms.

01:24I think that's going to be the difference-maker, and as the odds-makers are telling us, it

01:28is going to be a very close series.

01:31I just want it to go the distance, Donnie.

01:32I want it to go the distance.

01:33I think we can still chase a couple of prices, and the Dodgers are set to take it there,

01:38minus 122.

01:39Still a few days before this series gets underway, so let's start there as the graphic shows.

01:44The Los Angeles Dodgers, a minus-122 favorite to win the World Series.

01:48The Yankees are a plus-money place at plus-104.

01:51Throughout the season, we sort of saw this coming, at least for me.

01:54Entering into the playoffs, I did think the Phillies were best equipped to win the National

01:58League and get to the World Series.

01:59The best team doesn't always win, or even what you think is going to win at that point.

02:03They couldn't hit, forget about what their pitching was doing, but once the Phillies

02:06were eliminated, it seemed like you were on a collision course, because also, in the American

02:10League, the New York Yankees' plan to get to the World Series was not interrupted by

02:15saying, oh boy, look at the next round, oh boy, look at the next round, boy, the LCS

02:19is going to be tough.

02:20No.

02:21The Phillies took a very easy path and handled their business, which a lot of teams in the

02:24past have had clear paths to win a World Championship or a World Series and haven't even got to

02:29the World Series.

02:30The Yankees did that.

02:31So, Dubsy, in my mind, I agree.

02:33I think the price point is correct here.

02:34A slight favorite to the Dodgers in this series.

02:37Yeah, and for the Dodgers, they had plenty of momentum.

02:41You know, is it going to be rust versus rest off that five-day layoff?

02:45But you look at the likes of Freddie Freeman, who's just been lacking that power.

02:48It gives him a bit of a chance to get things going in the right direction.

02:52And minus 122.

02:53I like the number.

02:54Obviously, I'm going to have to lean towards my Dodgers out here on the West Coast.

02:58But in terms of the starting arms, they're going to be up against it.

03:01You know, a bit of a different approach there from both sides.

03:04Obviously, the Yankees are going to have the starters and the firepower.

03:08But for what we're going to see, Jack Flaherty getting the nod there to toe the slap in game

03:12one for the Dodgers.

03:14Really going to have to get them off to a fast start, because you look at who's going

03:17to come after that.

03:18You look at Yamamoto and likely a couple of bullpen games.

03:20The Dodgers, really important that they get off to a flying start.

03:23Can they keep that offensive momentum that we've seen going through the last couple of

03:28weeks off a few days off that layoff?

03:30Time will tell.

03:31We'll see on Friday night.

03:33How long this series goes, because I'm not directly a fan of the New York Yankees or

03:37the Dodgers.

03:38I do like them both being in the World Series, because there's a lot of fun betting markets

03:41that we can certainly dip our toes into.

03:43But if I'm saying to myself, is this going to end early in a sweep?

03:46I'm not so sure of that.

03:47Five games?

03:48No.

03:49I do think this series is headed for at least games six or a game seven.

03:52So you look at the heavy juice price at a minus 180 to the over on the series at five

03:56and a half, or the under at plus 145, Dubsy.

04:00Series long prices here.

04:01We in it to win it for the marathon, or could this be a lot shorter in your book?

04:07We're going the distance.

04:09Give me the overs, overs, overs.

04:11I want to see this thing go, the duration here, Donnie.

04:15And why wouldn't we?

04:16We've got so much offensive star power with that.

04:18Both teams are absolutely going to be live.

04:21It doesn't matter how they get off in terms of a bit of a slow start there.

04:25So I think we see plenty of games.

04:27I want to see it go the full distance.

04:29I want to see the Dodgers get that score.

04:30But no, I don't think it's going to be a sweep.

04:32I don't think it's going to be a done deal.

04:34I just don't think there's much separation between these two sides.

04:37And the odds are telling us it looks to be a very, very close arm wrestle.

04:41And I think it'll play out that way.

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