BOSTON -- The Red Sox and Dodgers brought star-studded teams into a highly-anticipated showdown in the 2018 World Series. The Red Sox won the battle in five games while the Dodgers won two titles in the years since then. The teams are separated by just five wins this season as they began a three-game series at Fenway Park on Friday.

The Red Sox have spoken for years about building towards sustainable success, but one look at the Dodgers shows how far they still have to go.

Instead of a public, on-field moment — which is common in these situations — Buehler communicated to the Dodgers that they should “just hand it to me” privately.