DHL Dan CCXXVII - The World Series Column

For Shank, the Yankees / Dodgers World Series is steeped in history:

Dodgers-Yankees is a World Series guaranteed to take us back, and other thoughts

LOS ANGELES — Picked-up pieces while worrying that Jerod Mayo is our new Butch Hobson …

▪ Dodgers-Yankees. Star Wars. Big Bucks. The Blue Ribbon World Series. Swimming pools. Movie stars. Life in the fast lane meets the city that doesn’t sleep. It’s the dream matchup for Fox.

We all know the World Series isn’t what it used to be when time stood still in early October and kids raced home from school to watch day baseball on black-and-white televisions.

But Dodgers-Yankees is as good as it’s going to get in a 21st century that’s seen MLB fall far behind almighty football.

The Dodgers won a thriller Game 1 Friday, 6-3, when Freddie Freeman hit the first walkoff grand slam in World Series history in the bottom of the 10th inning.

“One of the best baseball games I’ve ever been part of,” said Dodgers star Mookie Betts.