This year could end up being like 1996 (with a bit of 2009 mixed in). In 1996, nobody thought that the Yankees would be able to beat the Braves with Smoltz, Glavine and Maddux.
Atlanta had just came off a WS win and the Yankees on paper did not have as good of a pitching staff. Yet, we all know how '96 (and '99) ended

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The only difference of course it that we would be facing the Astros in the ALCS because they're also in the AL.
MLB needs for there to be a Yankees-Dodgers World Series in 2019. It's crazy to think that last time the Yankees & Dodgers faced each other in a World Series was almost 40 years ago (1981). Yankees-Dodgers in 2019 would get prime time ratings especially if it goes 7 games (easily over 50 million viewers for a Game 7 of Yankees-Dodgers in 2019)

