LOS ANGELES -- The buses pulled into the Dodger Stadium parking lot early on Friday, tracing the route they hoped to follow last autumn. Back then, the Yankees had everything riding on their return to Southern California, even displaying a flight itinerary on the clubhouse televisions at Yankee Stadium. A disastrous fifth inning in World Series Game 5 left their jet wheels on the tarmac.

Nothing that happens in this late May rematch of the Fall Classic will rewrite that ending -- only another October showdown can begin to do that. But to borrow a phrase from Yogi Berra, this contest served up a hearty helping of “déjà vu all over again” -- an early advantage lost to a mid-game momentum shift and an 8-5 loss at Chavez Ravine.

Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani traded thunder in the first in

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