“Of all the teams out there, the Dodgers are the ones who should worry the Yankees the most,” he said. “They can hit a ton. If you let them drag you into a slugging match, forget it, it’s over. No one can keep up, not even Judge and (Juan) Soto .”

All throughout the National League Championship Series, as Los Angeles Dodgers hitters took pitch after pitch outside the strike zone and jammed up the diamond with base runner after base runner, the resolve of the New York Mets tried to withstand the barrage to keep their season alive.

Even as the sport and the country have changed, the rivalry has produced some of baseball’s most memorable moments.