No. 1 vs. No. 1: World Series matchups between each league’s top seed
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What happened
This year's Dodgers-Yankees World Series wasn't just a matchup between two of baseball's most storied franchises. It was a matchup between the No. 1 team in each league. And that's rare. The two top teams have gone head-to-head in the World Series only five times in the Wild Card Era
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