Yahoo Sports senior MLB analysts Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman discuss the anticipation and star power of the World Series matchup between New York and Los Angeles. Hear the full conversation on the “Baseball Bar-B-Cast” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.

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These are the two biggest teams.

Uh They are very far apart in the two biggest cities, they have the two best players on them in Aaron Judge and Shiotani, it will be a spectacle.

It will cross over, it will have relevance.

I mean, no two teams have more regular season wins over the last 10 years than these two.

You know, if this had happened last year, there would be some excitement, the Otani sort of thing.

It adds such a just tremendous level to it because if we were watching the same Dodger team that we had already seen multiple times do this or the same Yankee team that we had kind of already seen for multiple years.

But there are new characters here, new characters who are two of the most relevant and also al two of the most likable that really helps make this something that is al was already going to be spectacular because of the markets and the teams and the brands involved.

But the other funny part is, you know, when they say like this is one of baseball's most historic rivalries, no two teams have met in the World Series more I'm like, ok. Yeah, but if you're younger than 40 years old, it, it doesn't mean anything to you, but this is about as good as it gets.

I mean, you can't really squeeze in more stars into one World series than this.

We haven't seen anything like this since The Cubs.

Certainly, you know, in terms of just how fortunate I already feel that I'm going to be able to see this.

No, I haven't felt this way since the Cubs, you know, in Cleveland.

But the heft of this is, is really something to behold, going from Arizona, Texas to New York L A is going to feel grander.

It's going to have more punch, it's going to have more zest.

It just is.

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