Who has the edge? WS position by position Red Sox, Dodgers meet in Fall Classic for first time since 1916

The objective here is to complete a situation by-position investigation of this World Series, yet that will normally be hard to do with such a significant number of great players included. This Fall Classic matchup has ruined us with any semblance of Dick Hoblitzell, Zack Wheat, Hi Myers, Jeff Pfeffer, Wheezer Dell, Pinch Thomas, Dutch Leonard and, obviously, 21-year-old pitching sensation Babe Ruth. It's a…

Pause, I seem to have erroneously counseled the programs from the last time the Red Sox and "Dodgers" (at that point known as the Brooklyn Robins) experienced each other on baseball's most stupendous stage, route in 1916.

While there won't be any Rube Marquard sightings when the present-day Red Sox and Dodgers start their best-of-seven arrangement on Tuesday night at Fenway Park, there will be a lot of star control amassed for these two notorious establishments