New York and Philadelphia are about to face off in baseball’s World Series. But behind the sports madness, the two cities have a historic rivalry that dates back to colonial times — when they both fought to be the U.S. capital city. Michael Zuckerman, professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, explains.
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