Here’s who’s calling the 2024 World Series between the Yankees and Dodgers.
It’s World Series time, folks! And the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers are facing off, playing for another Commissioner’s Trophy to add to their illustrious collections of awards.
To get to the 2024 World Series, the Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres in the National League Division Series and then topped the New York Mets in the National League Championship Series. On the other side of the league, the Yankees took down the Kansas City Royals in the American League Division Series before beating the Cleveland Guardians in the American League Championship Series.
Fox will broadcast all seven games of the World Series — should all of them be necessary — and you might be wondering: Who are those voices you’re hearing on the broadcast?
On Fox, Joe Davis is on the play-by-play, John Smoltz is doing color commentary, Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci will be dugout reporters and Tom Rinaldi will serve as the features reporter.
On Fox Deportes, fans will hear veteran play-by-play announcer Adrian Garcia-Marquez, analyst Edgar Gonzalez, along with Carlos Alvarez and Jaime Motta as reporters and analysts.
Aaron Judge has fast become one of the best sluggers in all of baseball, and he’s had his wife Samantha Bracksieck by his side during that meteoric rise and even before that.
Turns out, per People, they met in high school in California and then both attended Fresno State University. And they became Instagram official in 2014, as you can see in this link. They then got married in 2021. Since then, we’ve seen the pair pop up in photos here and there, including celebrating the Yanks’ 2024 World Series berth.
Maybe we’ll see them celebrating another kind of ring at some point in 2024.
There will be plenty of star power on the diamond when the first pitch goes out in the 2024 World Series.
The main event is obviously the two likely MVPs of the National League and American League, Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge, finally going against one another after playing in the same league for so many years.
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But, despite how large of a headline is, their matchup is only just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to all the talent that’ll be on display in this series.
There will be five former MVPs taking the field during the 2024 World Series, according to ESPN’s Buster Olney. That list includes:
We should assume that all five players will play at some point during the game. When that happens, they’ll become the most former MVPs to play in a single World Series ever, according to Olney.
The previous record set was four, with the last time coming in the 1971 World Series between the Orioles and Pirates.
From @EliasSports: There are five former MVPs on the World Series rosters of these teams: Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, and Shohei Ohtani. If all five play in a game, which is expected, that would be the most former MVPs playing in one World…
If you’re a New York Yankees fan, you know it’s been a decent amount of time since the team last won the World Series.
But if you’re not? And you’re wondering the answer to when the last World Series win was? We’ve got you covered there.
That would be 2009, when the team beat the Philadelphia Phillies in six games. Since that title, they haven’t made the World Series, losing the ALCS five times over the years since then. Overall, the franchise has won an astonishing 27 world championships in its storied history.
The Dodgers and Yankees are facing off for a big market World Series, but one of the biggest names (Clayton Kershaw) is not available to pitch.
Kershaw has played for the Dodgers since 2008, winning the Cy Young Award three times and even earning National League Most Valuable Player in 2014.
One of the most recognizable names in baseball, he has established Los Angeles as one of the most dominant powerhouses over the past decade. He won the World Series with the organization during the shortened 2020 season but unfortunately, he will not have a chance to help his team this time around.
Kershaw, who was an All-Star in each of the previous two seasons before this one, pitched only seven games in 2024. After a shockingly bad appearance in the playoffs last year, he had left shoulder surgery in the offseason.
He has not thrown since August, when he was placed on the injured list with a bone spur in his left big toe. Kershaw was officially ruled out for the whole postseason.
The 36-year-old said that he plans to return next season to make use of his surgery. However, he could become a free agent and may not return to the Dodgers because they have such a crowded starting rotation.
A longtime star, he has record 2,968 strikeouts during his MLB career. He could become one of just 20 pitchers in league history to reach the 3,000 strikeout milestone next season.
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A look at photos of the Yankees pitcher and his wife over the years.
Gerrit Cole and Amy Cole have been together a long time, even before he became an ace for the New York Yankees.
He was a star pitcher for UCLA, a future No. 1 overall pick in the MLB Draft for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2011. She played softball for the Bruins on a team that won the Women’s College World Series. And how did they get together?
Via Inside Weddings, here’s a fun story: “I remember thinking she was the prettiest girl I had ever met and I wanted to get to know her,” the groom recalls. They became friends while sharing the weight room at 6AM, but it was a pair of kind gestures that led to their relationship. “I was moving into my new apartment and Gerrit drove an hour and a half after a wedding just to help me move. My mom was there with me and he showed up with a bouquet of flowers for her birthday,” reveals Amy. “That’s the day I decided to take him up on that first-date offer from the year prior.”
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If you want to experience this World Series in person, it’s going to cost you, but this might just be one of the rare opportunities in life where the event lives up to the hype.
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On one side, you’ve got a 90-plus win team with a likely league MVP and home run king waiting in the wings. Conversely, you’ve got a 90-plus win team with a likely league MVP and home run king waiting in the wings.
Do you see what I did there? Shohei Ohtani vs. Aaron Judge has the potential to be so special. These are arguably the two best players in their respective leagues going head-to-head against each other. It’s the Kobe and LeBron Finals fans in the NBA never got. It’s the Peyton Manning vs. Tom Brady Super Bowl NFL fans have always dreamed of. MLB fans are so lucky to see this.
It’s the first time the Yankees and Dodgers have played one another in a World Series since 1981. It’s the first time the home run kings from the AL and NL have played against one another in a World Series since 1956 and the first time they’ve ever both hit at least 50 homers in a season.
I haven’t even begun to mention their teammates — some of whom have had MVP-worthy seasons themselves at one time or another. The combination of Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Juan Soto has been impressive this postseason, with the latter two holding their MVP down through an early postseason slump.
The same can be said for Ohtani, Kiké Hernandez and Mookie Betts on the Dodgers’ side. You can throw Freddie Freeman in there, too. When you start adding some of these names up, this sounds less like a World Series and more like an All-Star game.
I have no idea how this series will end or which team will come out on top, but that’s the beauty of this. You don’t know. It should be a closely-contested series with elite baseball played on both sides.
I love the upsets we’ve seen in MLB in recent years with underdogs climbing their way into the playoffs and competing for championships. That’s always a cool story and something extremely easy to root for.
But, sometimes, you just want to see the best of the best duke it out to find out who the best team really is. We’re getting that here. I can’t wait to watch it.
Don’t worry about the Vikings … yet
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The Minnesota Vikings have lost two straight games after a blistering 5-0 start to the season.
Dropping two straight in arguably the best division in football this season could potentially be a major setback — especially considering one of those two games was a nail-biter against the Lions, who are now at the top of their division and the conference.
At 5-2, the Vikings are still in the thick of things. But the Packers (5-2) and Bears (4-2) are both right there and certainly seem to be playing their best football right now as Minnesota has slowed down.
But it’s way too early to overreact to a couple of setbacks.
He finished with 25 points, 14 rebounds, five assists, four blocks and two steals on the night. In a game where Jokic and, even his own teammate, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, were playing, Holmgren was the best player on the floor.
If this is the sort of season we’re in for from Chet, the Thunder’s already awesome trajectory shoots up even higher.
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Breanna Stewart was totally in her element during the Liberty’s championship parade. You absolutely love to see it.
It is a tale of two coasts for Major League Baseball as the New York Yankees take on the Los Angeles Dodgers. One former Bruin will be center stage.
New York ace Gerrit Cole is set to start for the Yankees in Game 1 of the World Series at home just a short drive from Westwood on Friday night. Despite battling injury this season, Cole returned for a triumphant performance in the 2024 MLB Playoffs, with an 8-5 record and 99 strikeouts.
Pitching opposite Los Angeles ace Jack Flaherty, Cole has a chance to put the Yankees up 1-0 with a strong outing. In the playoffs, with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, and New York Yankees, Cole boasts an 11-6 record with an ERA of 2.98.
Despite earning the Cy Young Award in 2023, Cole has still yet to hoist the Commissioner’s Trophy. The six-time All-Star entered the season as the ninth-best player in baseball, looking to add to his illustrious career with a World Series championship.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are headed back to the World Series. Tickets are already available and selling fast.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are headed back to the World Series.
The Dodgers eliminated the New York Mets in six games after another offensive barrage in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series.
A classic World Series lies ahead as the Dodgers will take on the New York Yankees in the 2024 Fall Classic.
Los Angeles will host the Yankees in Games 1 and 2 and then would also host Games 6 and 7 should the series progress that far.
Tickets will not come cheap, but can you put a price on the memory of getting to see a Dodgers vs. Yankees World Series game in person?
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LA Dodgers World Series ticket prices
Now that the World Series matchup is set, we know which games the Dodgers will host, although the timing of each game is still TBD. As of publication, here are the cheapest available World Series tickets for each Dodgers home game:
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