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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.
The Yankees held off a late rally by the Dodgers to take Game 1 by a 5–3 score, and Tommy John and Goose Gossage helped shut out the Dodgers in Game 2 to go up 2–0 in the series headed to Los Angeles. The Dodgers rallied late in the fifth inning of Game 3 to get on the board, and Fernando Valenzuela pitched a complete game for the Dodgers ...
The 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers season got off to a strong start when rookie pitcher Fernando Valenzuela pitched a shutout on opening day, starting the craze that came to be known as "Fernandomania." Fernando went on to win both the Rookie of the Year and Cy Young Awards.
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 ...
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.
Yankee greats Joe Torre and Don Mattingly managed the Dodgers from 2008 to 2010 and 2011 to 2015, respectively, [28] [29] adding more flavor to the Dodgers-Yankees series in 2010 and 2013. During the 2010 season, the Yankees and Dodgers played at Dodger Stadium on June 25–27, the first time that Torre and Mattingly faced the Yankees as Dodger ...
The New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers, two of the most storied franchises in Major League Baseball history, face-off Friday in the World Series for the first time since 1981.
The 1981 New York Yankees season was the franchise's 79th season. Games were suspended for 50 days due to the 1981 Major League Baseball strike, causing a split season.The Yankees competed as members of the American League East, finishing first in the first half of the season, and tying for fifth in the second half of the season; overall, they won 59 games while losing 48.