Major League Baseball 2024
I hate the yankees the most in baseball... and im an othani fan... so yes.
Yes i hate the dodgers.. i also hate the Lakers and was a Shaq fan..
New York looks like a team that hasn't played in a World Series since 2009 and IMHO, quite a bit of their momentum, self-confidence and poise got shaken when Freeman hit that grand-slam home run winner in the bottom of the 10th with 2 outs and an opportunity to win the first game in their opponents' home field wasted affected them psychologically that I'm not sure they've recovered. Albeit, it's still a very painful, agonizing dagger that would test even the strongest, hardest of most teams' resolve admittedly.
Plus, one has to keep in mind that this Yankees squad is still relatively "young-ish", over the past 7-8 seasons, every time they got close to a WS appearance, Houston for the most part, out-played, out-matched them in most major aspects. Guys like Judge, Soto, Stanton don't look comfortable or give me the same " championship stride" past Yankees teams had like the diehard, highly professional, yet consistently killer instinct late 90's/2000 Yankees of Jeter, A-Rod, Aaron Boone, Riviera, " Godzilla". Meanwhile, by contrast, this is L.A.'s 4th WS appearance in 8 seasons and their one win away from clinching their 2nd title in 5 years. They look, act and behave like a collection of guys who've been here before and know how to win. Every meaningful metric that makes up the major on-field aspects Dodgers have dominated: pitching, hitting, great situational defense, minimizing mental errors and mistakes and in so far as it relates to context of this World Series, Dave Roberts has run circles around Aaron Boone so far.