Yankees-Dodgers: 43 Years in the Making

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We’ve got an absolute showdown in this year’s Fall Classic! There’s a lot of history between the Yankees and Dodgers, let’s take a look at some of it!

It’s been 43 years. 43 years since the Yankees and the Dodgers met up in the World Series. It was 1981 when the two clashed in what was a Dodgers win in 6 games. That was the jaw-dropping 12th time that the matchup happened! 7 of them happened when it was still a Subway Series (Brooklyn Dodgers) from 1941 to 1956.

Some of the greatest baseball players of all time have partaken in this series. In an interview, Yankee great Reggie Jackson went off to list some of the greats, “Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford…Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Roy Campanella.” There was Sandy Koufax, who helped the Dodgers get the sweep in ‘63.

They then played three times in the span of 5 years between ‘77 and ‘81, the Yankees winning two out of the 3.

Because we haven’t gotten this matchup in so long, it’s hard to really see this for what it is, one of the greatest rivalries in Baseball. There’s Lakers-Celtics in basketball. There’s Marvel and DC for you comic fans. There’s medium and medium well. There are a lot of rivalries, this one is one of the biggest.

We talked about the old stars, but there are plenty of new ones. We’ve got the BEASTS in New York of Jusge, Soto, and Stanton. And then we’ve got more BEASTS in LA with Shohei, Mookie Betts, and all of the Hernandez’s!

All of this jibbering just to say that we’ve got game 1 on tonight, and it’s going to be popcorn worthy! If you’re looking for something to do at 8:08 PM ET tonight, turn this game on and be part of history 43 years in the making.

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