Yankees-Dodgers World Series matchup creates perfect ending for MLB's dream postseason

MLB star Roger Clemens, who won the World Series twice with the Yankees, previewed the World Series as the Los Angeles Dodgers prepare to face off against the New York Yankees and discussed his appearance at a gala honoring fallen first responders

Major League Baseball could not have asked for a better matchup for the World Series.

The New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers face off in the Fall Classic for the first time since 1981. The entire series can be seen on FOX, starting Friday night at 8:08 p.m. ET. 

But this is just the cherry on top of what has been an almost flawless postseason that MLB has dreamed of having. The lone downside: The games are long again due to many more bullpen moves and more commercial times.

But as for the on-field product, many baseball fans have felt that the postseason has been watered down in recent years. MLB added a fifth wild card team in 2012, and then it went to a 12-team postseason permanently in 2022 (the COVID season in 2020 had 16).

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Shohei Ohtani, Juan Soto, Freddie Freeman, Gerrit Cole, Aaron Judge, Mookie Betts, Giancarlo Stanton, Yoshinobu Yamamoto set to the backdrop of Dodgers Stadium (IMAGN/Getty Images)

That risked slightly-above-average teams making the big dance, but this year, those six-seeds looked like anything but. In fact, this is actually the first year in the newest format that a six-seed will not be in the World Series.

MLB may want to consider the format of the Wild Card Series as 14 of the 16 have finished in two games. Of course, those two featured the New York Mets. But this year's Mets, the NL's No. 6 seed, were simply, dare we say, amazin'.

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