Yankees and Dodgers Take Another Swing At Their World Series Rivalry

From the Bronx to Brooklyn to Los Angeles, the Yankees-Dodgers rivalry has produced some of baseball’s most memorable moments: spectacular catches, batting fireworks, even a perfect game.The franchises have met 11 times in the World Series, the most of any two teams.It remains to be seen if Ohtani vs.

Judge and Stone vs.Rodón can match Robinson vs.

Berra and Koufax vs.Mantle.

But after 43 years without a matchup, one of baseball’s most storied rivalries is back on the biggest stage.Here is a look at the 11 previous World Series matchups.1941: No Joy in FlatbushYankees win, four games to one.The rivals’ first World Series meeting is most famous for, of all things, a dropped third strike (which must be caught, or the batter can try to run to first base).

The Yankees led, two games to one, but Brooklyn (now the Los Angeles Dodgers) was set to equalize, leading by 4-3 in the top of the ninth.With two outs, the Yankees’ Tommy Henrich swung and missed at a curveball.

The game was over.Or was it? The ball bounced off the glove of catcher Mickey Owen and skittered away.Henrich dashed to first.

A single, two doubles and two walks later, the Yankees were ahead, 7-4.The demoralized Dodgers went down quickly in the bottom half of the inning.A brief item by The Associated Press summed up the reaction the next day: “Fans lined the ramp above the dressing room door as the Dodgers marched in and gave them a rousing Brooklyn hoot, with ‘Yeah Owen, ya bum!’ the chief jeer.”We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.

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