How to watch Yankees at Dodgers this weekend, a World Series rematch in Los Angeles

No two teams have been World Series partners more often than the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers. The tethering is slightly weighted toward the Bronx Bombers, who won eight of a dozen Fall Classic matchups. But the reigning champion Dodgers took last October's series in unforgettable fashion. We get an intriguing and star-laden rematch this weekend, with both sides sitting in first place in their respective divisions and harboring pennant hopes yet again.
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Originally an intracity rivalry, Yankees-Dodgers is loaded with a magnetism that helped shape and define baseball history. This is the rivalry where Reggie Jackson became 'Mr. October' and where Don Larsen found perfection. There was the rise of Fernando Valenzuela and the fall of Dave Winfield in the 1981 championship bout. Last year's World Series draw was a classic, from Freddie Freeman's cinematic triumph to Aaron Judge's untimely drop.
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The 2025 iteration should be a good time, too. Southpaw Max Fried starts Friday at a perfect 7-0 in pinstripes, plus a sterling 1.29 ERA that's drawn early Cy Young consideration. Right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto, touting a sub-2 ERA of his own, closes out this series for the home team on 'Sunday Night Baseball.'
Los Angeles and New York are second and third, respectively, in runs per game so far. They are also the top two home-run mashers in the sport, while also ranking Nos. 1 and 2 in on-base percentage. Even with two All-Star aces as probables, we should be treated to ample offense this weekend.
For real … what's better than this? Judge leads MLB in batting average at .391 and Freeman is second at .359, with NYY's Paul Goldschmidt in fourth (.347) and LAD's Will Smith fifth (.338). Shohei Ohtani has the most home runs in the league with 20, and Judge is third with 18. Cody Bellinger returns to Elysian Park; he won Rookie of the Year and then MVP in Dodger blue.
Dodgers-Yankees from the NYT archives, 1981:
'Now that the Series is over and the Yankees have said they're sorry, showing their class in praise of the Dodgers, who, they say, deserved to win and are the true champs, let's set the record straight. A few more rainouts or Yankee victories and they would have been playing hardball on Halloween though as it was many observers insisted that the Fall-less-than-Classic was a sorry masquerade. (Who was that dressed up as Dave Winfield?)
'Sure, the losers and the press have to pay lip service to the great 'tradition' and 'courage' of the Dodgers, but we fans don't. We had to watch the week-long abomination, and we know what we saw.
'The Dodgers were lucky. The Yanks lobbed them the title, and the Dodgers were barely able to handle the throw. They were not dominant; they were not even better. About the only thing you can say for them is that Tom Lasorda didn't pick his teeth on camera.' — Dennis Paoli
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1956:
'Don Larsen is a footloose fellow of whom Casey Stengel once said, 'he can be one of baseball's great pitchers any time he puts his mind to it.' Larsen had his mind on his work yesterday.
He pitched the first no-hit game in world series history. Not only that, but he also fired the first perfect game — no batter reaching first base — to be posted in the major leagues in thirty-four years.
'This nerve-tingling performance, embellished with a Mickey Mantle home run, gained a 2-0 triumph for the Yankees over the Dodgers and Sal Maglie at the Stadium. It enabled Casey Stengel's Bombers to post their third straight victory for a 3-2 lead in the series. The Bombers are within one game of clinching the series as it moves back to Ebbets Field today.' — John Drebinger
Most home runs in both jerseys:
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