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An ‘Iron Steel Cable’ Connects the Mets and the Dodgers

A tense series between the N.L.’s best teams will pause to honor Gil Hodges, an icon for both franchises who is having his No. 14 jersey retired by Los Angeles.

Gil Hodges, center, stood tall on a Brooklyn Dodgers team that had Hall of Famers like Duke Snider and Jackie Robinson. Credit...Bettmann Archive/Getty Images

LOS ANGELES — The connective tissues stretch all the way across the country and back again, binding Brooklyn, Los Angeles and Queens. Through the years, through all the true bounces and bad hops and yellowed pages, the contents of this baseball triangle remain snugly bound.