(UPDATE) LOS ANGELES — The most eagerly anticipated World Series showdown in decades gets under way here Friday (Saturday in Manila) as the Los Angeles Dodgers take on the New York Yankees in what promises to be a baseball blockbuster for the ages.
The star-studded collision between two of the sport's most iconic franchises is the 12th World Series involving the historical rivals and comes some 43 years after their last Fall Classic showdown in 1981.
