The History of Yankees-Dodgers is the History of America

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🗓️ 25 October 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Yankees, Dodgers, World Series. Those words evoke memories of Major League baseball becoming the national pastime generations ago. Both franchises fielded some of the absolute giants in the history of the sport. Babe and Jackie. Mantle and Koufax. And today Ohtani and Judge. So as the baseball world gets ready for game one of the Fall Classic, we turn to Claire Smith, a legend in her own right, to tell us about the legacies of these two teams. And to put into perspective the passing of another legend, Fernando Valenzuela, who played a part himself in this historic rivalry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Claire Smith, it is an honor to have you join us on ESPN daily today.
0:05.4	For those who don't know, I will go through this.
0:07.6	We will turn over the back of your baseball card.
0:10.3	You are the first woman that was ever a beat writer in Major League Baseball history with the Hartford Current in the 80s.
0:16.0	You worked as a columnist with the New York Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer.
0:20.0	And my favorite is, of course, in 2017,
0:22.7	you became the first woman to receive
0:24.6	the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for ever placing
0:27.7	your name in the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown.
0:31.5	We bring up your tremendous history in this sport for one reason.
0:35.7	When I say to you, Claire, Yankees, Dodgers, World Series, what comes to your mind?
0:41.6	What comes to mind is all of the heartbreak that Dodgers fans,
0:47.2	such as myself, can have embraced with just four little victories.
0:53.0	We'll never catch them, but hopefully there are times when we can beat them.
0:59.0	Why are you a Dodgers fan?
1:02.0	Two words, Jackie Robinson.
1:08.0	My mom told me all about Jackie Robinson.
1:11.0	I think I was probably still in the womb when she
1:14.0	started teaching me how to be a Dodger fan and it just never left me.
1:20.4	Robinson after a foul. me. Every game has its heroes. One of them certainly was Robinson who delivered the big hit.
1:36.0	I remember running through the house asking my mom who was winning the twins or the Dodgers in the 65 World Series.
1:45.4	He did it. Sandy Copac gets his tenth strike off.
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