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00:00We haven't seen a playoff baseball game since Sunday night when the Dodgers clinched the
00:07National League pennant.
00:09The Yankees haven't been in action in nearly a week since clinching their first American
00:13League pennant in 15 years on Saturday night in Cleveland.
00:18Finally, the opening day of the World Series begins on this Friday.
00:23It is game number one at Chavez Ravine in downtown Los Angeles.
00:28It's two of the most iconic brands in sport, but certainly in Major League Baseball, squaring
00:34off for a title.
00:35It's the Yankees.
00:37It's the Dodgers in the 2024 Fall Classic, the 12th ever time these two teams have met
00:43in a World Series.
00:44If you are baseball, this is what you want.
00:47Now, Joe, there have been some that said, oh, it's the two richest payrolls in the sport.
00:52It's these two front runners that always are buying people and not earning what they are
00:57given.
00:58It's iconic.
00:59So enjoy the prestige of this World Series.
01:02Game number one tonight, the Dodgers, a home favorite.
01:05Jack Flaherty gets the nod for Dave Roberts, of course, the ace on the other side for the
01:10Pinstripes in Garrett Cole, which dictates, of course, the outright price for this World
01:15Series.
01:16The Dodgers, an ever so slight outright favorite at minus 122.
01:21The series total games, over five and a half, has the hefty Vig at minus 180.
01:27The Yankees on the series spread is plus one and a half at minus 190.
01:32Joe, just to make it a little bit more, you know, layperson, if you will, for the Yankees
01:37to cash the plus one and a half, they would either have to lose in seven games or they
01:42would have to win the World Series, which goes to show you that the Dodgers are the
01:46outright favorites.
01:47But the Yankees getting a game and a half in the series spread, the oddsmakers think
01:52this one is destined for seven.
01:54Will it live up to the hype and the excitement here in these next few weeks?
02:00You have to think it will, Ben, with the firepower on both of these sides.
02:06And Major League Baseball would love nothing more than to get seven games out of Judge
02:12versus Otani with a Mookie Betts-Juan Soto sideshow, mix in a little Garrett Cole.
02:20I mean, the storylines in this are just over the top, not to mention Mr. October himself,
02:26Giancarlo Stanton.
02:27I mean, when you when you go down to lineups and what these two teams are bringing to this,
02:32this is now the 12th meeting in the World Series between these two franchises.
02:37It is the most common World Series matchup in the history of the sport, Ben.
02:43And that tells you how big these two franchises are.
02:46To have them on center stage with the biggest names in the sports, this could very well
02:51go down as the biggest World Series, most popular World Series we've seen in a very
02:57long time.
02:58And that's saying something given all the competition we have these days.
03:01This ain't the 50s with Mickey Mantle and nobody else to watch.
03:05This is a totally different era.
03:07And I think it's going to be the most watched World Series ever, especially if it goes seven
03:11games.
03:16And I think it's going to be the most watched World Series ever, especially if it goes seven
03:20games.
03:21And I think it's going to be the most watched World Series ever, especially if it goes
03:23seven games.
03:24And I think it's going to be the most watched World Series ever, especially if it goes
03:25seven games.
03:26And I think it's going to be the most watched World Series ever, especially if it goes
03:27seven games.
03:28And I think it's going to be the most watched World Series ever, especially if it goes
03:29seven games.
03:30And I think it's going to be the most watched World Series ever, especially if it goes
03:31seven games.
03:32And I think it's going to be the most watched World Series ever, especially if it goes
03:33seven games.
03:34And I think it's going to be the most watched World Series ever, especially if it goes
03:35seven games.