Whatever

Well, the baseball establishment got what it’s been praying for, a matchup between possibly the two biggest big-market teams for the World Series. Yankees vs. Dodgers, like I care. Yes, they’re both very good teams, but I wouldn’t classify either as great. The Yankees strike me as top-heavy, with Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Juan Soto and maybe Austin Wells. In my fantasy world, I’m challenging everyone up and in. The pitching isn’t that great, especially if bad Carlos Rodon shows up and the defense? I mean, Judge in centerfield. Yikes. The Dodgers might be a position player deeper, or maybe not. With all due respect to Shohei Ohtani, this year he’s a DH pure and simple. Great hitter but not necessarily a great player, this year. The pitching’s pretty thin, and what it might come down to is…Mookie Betts. Now, this to me is a player who’s earned the monster contract. Anyone who volunteers to move from the outfield to shortstop and second base gets my vote. I also have a sense of Betts being a clutch hitter, so we’ll see. This is a coastal Series. I live in between. Not that big a deal to me.