Wait 'til Next Year: Looking for the Silver Lining in the Astros-Dodgers World Series
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Whether the glass is half-empty or half-full all depends on what you’re drinking, but it would have to be a potent dram indeed if you’re a Fox Sports exec looking for a positive spin on this year’s World Series matchup.
On Saturday night, the Houston Astros blanked the New York Yankees in the seventh game of the American League Championship Series, thereby eliminating the possibility of a twelfth meeting between the Bronx Bombers and the Dodgers. (The Yanks enjoy an 8-3 advantage over the Dodgers, racking up a 6-1 record in the World Series against the old Brooklyn franchise while going 2-2 when paired off with the version that’s called Los Angeles home since 1958.) And while the Astros-Dodgers showdown will feature electrifying young stars like Yasiel Puig and two of the game’s deadliest pitchers in Clayton Kershaw and Justin Verlander, the Yankees’ ouster casts a bit of a pall over Fox’s ratings prospects.
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