Alex Rodriguez Explains Why Dodgers-blue Jays World Series Was Best Ever

In his capacity arsenic a Fox Sports analyst, Alex Rodriguez had a front-row spot to nan magical World Series that nan Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays pushed to, and beyond, its limits. In nan extremity it was nan defending champions who were capable to unafraid back-to-back titles by outlasting their Canadian hosts past Saturday nighttime successful a crippled that brought much eyeballs to baseball than immoderate successful nan erstwhile 8 years. So he had plentifulness of clip to return successful nan power and ambiance that only added to nan play fans astatine location were capable to enjoy. And to comparison it to each erstwhile versions of nan Fall Classic.

Asked by Sports Illustrated if we conscionable watched nan top World Series each played, Rodriguez explained why he believes so.

"Yes," he said. "Well, successful my lifetime, I've never. You know, that's evidently very subjective, but successful my lifetime, I've ne'er seen a amended one. It had each nan elements of conscionable nan juiciest, astir delicious, World Series."

Rodriguez is not unsocial successful his assessment, arsenic galore person wondered if nan athletics conscionable enjoyed a high-water people that will beryllium difficult, if not intolerable to match. The measurement he processed nan seven-game greatness, however, is unique. Seated adjacent to David Ortiz, Derek Jeter and Kevin Burkhardt, nan erstwhile subordinate was capable to witnesser each nan ingredients that went into making things buzz.

"It had 3 S’s, right?" Rodriguez said. "It had, it had superstars, it had strategy and it had unthinkable storylines. And what's awesome astir baseball."

Rodriguez besides said astir nan episodic quality of a shot playoff bid arsenic opposed to nan immediacy and one-and-doneness of different sports.

"Super Bowl has 1 for illustration Tom Cruise movie. Over 100 cardinal group will watch. What's different and what I deliberation much compelling astir a seven-game World Series, which are very rare—we only had 2 anterior to this 1 successful nan past 8 years—is that is for illustration a mini docuseries and there's 7 episodes.

"And conscionable for illustration Game of Thrones, if you watch each six now, you're invested. You're hooked. You're hooked successful nan characters, nan storyline, nan strategy. And past you must watch crippled seven. So it was conscionable awesome. I'm truthful proud of nan game."

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