1978 World Series Home Video: NY Yankees vs. LA Dodgers: With Catfish Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Lou Piniella. Trailing two-games-to-none in the World Series might deflate some teams, but the 1978 New York Yankees weren't just some team. On July 20th, they
New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox (5-4). Oct 2, 1978, Attendance: 32925, Time of Game: 2:52. Visit Baseball-Reference.com for the complete box score, play-by-play, and win probability
Guidry capped the year with two postseason wins, including a complete-game gem in Game 3 of the World Series against the Dodgers. 2. Mariano Rivera, 1999The first unanimous inductee to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Mariano Rivera deserves his own list of achievements, having compiled ...
Bucky Dent (1977-82) was a two-time All-Star who hit one of the biggest home runs in franchise history, leading the Yankees past the Red Sox in a one-game playoff for the 1978 AL East title. He also won MVP honors in the ’78 World Series, batting .417 vs. the Dodgers. … ...
One of Stengel’s World Series-winning squads was a part of arguably the most memorable moment in World Series history: in game five of the 1956 series, with the Yankees and their rival Brooklyn Dodgers tied at two wins apiece, unheralded pitcher Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in ...
With the exception of 1959, the Yankees were in every World Series from 1955 through 1964. They beat up on the Dodgers frequently (only losing to them in 1955 and 1963), and traded championships with Milwaukee in 1957 and 1958. By this time Mantle had reached the heights of a triple ...
in 2009. It recalls the viewership rate in the 1978 World Series in which both teams garnered about 44.3 million television audience per game, and is considered as the most-watched play in the series. The author also recommends that the MLB should support rivalry between Dodgers and ...
He never got out of last place with the Mets and never made the post-season (which back then was just the World Series) for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves. But for the 12 years he was the Yankees’ skipper, he was simply the best manager ever. Stengel was a master of ...
Houston beat the Yankees in a seven-game AL Championship Series in 2017, winning all four home games, and defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in a seven-game World Series. "To hear that you got cheated out of that opportunity, that's tough to kind of let go," Judge said. ...
After three intense games between the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers in front of sellout crowds, Oswaldo Cabrera allowed himself to think ahead.