After all, the Yankees and Dodgers (both the Brooklyn and Los Angeles versions) have met 11 previous times in the World Series, but haven't squared off against each other for the title since 1981 ...

After this year's All-Star Game, New York Yankees legends Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez were asked for their World Series predictions. They both picked the Yankees to win it all.

As always, though, it was as if he were still talking about Torre’s Yankees, not about the team that has won one World Series in the last quarter-century and played in just one in the last 15.

Volpe, at 23 years and 184 days old, became the youngest Yankee with a grand slam in the World Series since Mickey Mantle in 1953. "That big hit, we've been looking for it," Verdugo said.

NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez, welcome to the World Series. The New York Yankees are back in baseball's big event. The sport's top spenders finally cashed in with their first pennant in six years Sunday ...