Its also available for football, basketball and hockey. Pedro guerrero drives in five runs and steve howe pitches 3 23 innings of. By far, the most classic world series matchups have involved the yankees and dodgers. See more ideas about yankees world series, world series and new york yankees. The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on october, 1978 at yankee stadium.
Dodgers and add it to your world series history commemorative pin set. The yankees and dodgers have met more times in the world series than any other pairing in postseason history. In it, the dodgers and yankees squared off in a rematch of the 1978 world series. While large contributions came from reggie jackson, ron guidry, thurman munson, mickey rivers. On july 20th, they trailed boston by 14 games, but three months and one momentous bucky dent home run later, there they were in the series against the l. Trailing twogamestonone in the world series might deflate some teams, but the 1978 new york yankees werent just some team.
Shows some wear on cover and edges with some fingerprints. The dodgers would duplicate that feat against the yankees in the 1981 world series. New york had a tough road to the series, as they first had to make up a 14game deficit in the american league east standings, then beat the red sox in a onegame playoff before eliminating kansas city for the third straight year in the american league championship series. We have compiled as much data as possible on the new york yankees 1978 world series victory but due to some of the difficulties in trying to find data on the older games. Coming into the 1941 world series, the yankees had won 11 pennants and brooklyn just two, one in 1916 and the other in 1920.
Designed for commemorative, nostalgic display, and collection. Major league baseball, mlb, the silhouetted batter logo, world series. Get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day. Your friday nlcs guide dodgers eye world series return. Buy this officially licensed 1978 world series commemorative pin yankees vs. Heres a look back at every previous world series rematch. It has been exactly 40 years since the dodgers made a repeat trip to the fall classic. After the yankees beat the dodgers in the 1977 world series, the teams met again in 1978. Five worst umpiring calls in history sweetspot espn.
Baseball new york yankees 1978 vintage sports ticket stubs. This is a rarer version of the program in that it also contains the dodgers insert pages. Rawlings 1978 world series official mlb game baseball new. Each pin is individually numbered and measures at 1. Definitions of 1978 world series, synonyms, antonyms, derivatives of 1978 world series, analogical dictionary of 1978 world series english. This world series history pin set has been development for years and is finally being released and will no doubt be the most popular sort after mlb pins on the planet. But if mlb wants the trend to reverse, history suggests it should root desperately for another yankeesdodgers classic.
They met seven times 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955 and 1956 when they both played in new york. How many times have the dodgers been to the world series. The yankees had every world series matchup with the dodgers since 1941, so to knock them off their pedestal in the seventh game of the 55 series was a big moment for the dodgers. In 1978, during the golden age of world series viewership, the two teams drew. Astros vs dodgers, world series batting leaders, world series pitching leaders. The defending world champion yankees won their second title in a row in their third consecutive fall. Game 6 of the 1981 world series between the dodgers and yankees. This is the patch for the world series 75th anniversary.
As the world series celebrated its 75th anniversary, two teams that shared many. Powered by the bat of reggie jackson and the onefortheages season of starting pitcher ron guidry, the 1978 new york yankees defended their world series title, repeating as major league baseballs champions. The bronx was burning in 1977, as the yankees won their first world series title under george steinbrenner, who had taken ownership of the team four years earlier. Powered by frooition mlb nba nfl nhl ncaa other all items see our ebay store for more great items shop categoriesmlbbaseballsworld seriesallstarspecial eventcommemorative24kt gold leatherteam logoteam rostermlb gameequipmentpatchesworld seriesallstarspecial. Find great deals on ebay for 1978 world series and 1978 world series program. The yankees again met the dodgers in the first world series rematch since the yanks and braves squared off in 1957 and 58. While large contributions came from reggie jackson, ron guidry, thurman munson, mickey.