Fee Fi Foes

Some American traditions are still holding up. The World Series kicks off tonight. The two former neighbors have been big time rivals for a long time. (As a Giants fan, I’ll just let them fight it out among themselves.) Yankees vs Dodgers: The World Series’ most frequent rivalry through the years. “In the beginning, the World Series matchup of the Dodgers against the Yankees was a kind of charming intra-city showdown of two New York City boroughs, blue collar Brooklyn, equipped with a neighborhood called Gravesend, against the pretentious Bronx, with the fancy Grand Concourse.”

+ Aftermarket ticket prices are high. Really high.

+ With two mega-corporations clashing in the biggest series, let’s give a little attention to a couple entrepreneurs in the bat business. “Bat choice used to be driven by what the kid next door was swinging or what Mom or Dad grabbed from Target or Dick’s. But the Baseball Bat Bros changed that.” Bloomberg (Gift Article): The Influencer Bros Selling More Baseball Bats Than the Pros. (Bros before pros…)