Their October showdowns have produced some of the game’s most memorable moments, from Don Larsen’s perfect game and Reggie Jackson’s three straight home runs to the one-handed circus catches of Al Gionfriddo and Sandy Amoros.
The Associated PressNew York Yankees outfielder Joe DiMaggio slides home safely in the ninth inning to score his team's fifth and winning run in Game 4 of the World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 5, 1941. Dodgers catcher Mickey Owen has the ball. The Yankees won 7 to 4.
The Dodgers won their first National League pennant in 21 years in 1941 and found the Yankees, already constructing a dynasty, waiting for them in the World Series. It was the first of their 12 Fall Classic meetings. Casey still needed one out to seal the win. He never got it. Joe DiMaggio singled and Charlie Keller doubled, driving in two runs. The Yankees added two more for a 7-4 victory that left the Dodgers stunned and Owen the goat. The Yankees won the next day to clinch their ninth World Series triumph.When the sides next hooked up in the World Series in 1947, they included a few notable new faces. Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier with Brooklyn that season and won Rookie of the Year.
The Dodgers hung on to win that game, but New York took Game 7 and the Series. Like Bevens, Lavagetto and Gionfriddo never played another major league game.Two years later, the two rivals were back at it again, this time with Casey Stengel managing the Yankees. The opening game of the 1949 Series was a classic. The two teams were scoreless through eight innings with Brooklyn’s Don Newcombe dueling the Allie Reynolds.
The Stengel dynasty claimed its fifth consecutive title in 1953, again dispatching the Dodgers. Martin's RBI in the bottom of the ninth sealed it in Game 6, and the future Yankees manager batted .500 in the Series.
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