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The 1981 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1981 season. The 78th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees and the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers. It marked their third Series meeting in five years and ...
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
A total of 12 players born outside of the United States have been named World Series MVP, with Pedro Guerrero, a native of the Dominican Republic, being the first to win it in 1981. Of players born outside the U.S., the Dominican Republic has produced the most World Series MVP winners, with five.
Former Dodger All-Star Steve Garvey recalls the team's victory over the New York Yankees in 1981, but his bid for U.S. Senate against Rep. Adam Schiff won't end as happily.
With the Dodgers and Yankees playing in the World Series for the first time in 43 years, the memories of that 1981 series and a great October rivalry have come flooding back, especially for Reuss ...
The Yankees vs. Dodgers is the most common World Series matchup, so take a look back before they meet again. Yankees-Dodgers World Series history: MLB blue-bloods set for record 12th matchup Skip ...
The 1981 Major League Baseball season culminated with the Los Angeles Dodgers defeating the New York Yankees in the World Series, capturing the franchise's fifth World Series title. The season had a players' strike, which lasted from June 12 to July 31, and split the season into two halves. Teams that won their division in each half of the ...
A series-by-series look at each of the World Series the Dodgers franchise played in before winning it all again in 2024.