Watson hits it high in the air for the center fielder Ken Landreaux, this should do it...and the Dodgers are the 1981 champions of baseball. 1980 | According to Johnstone's book Temporary Insanity (1985), Steinbrenner confronted Davis in the Yankees' locker room after the game and demanded, "Why did you throw Johnstone a fastball?". 1984 | In the fifth, George Frazier, who relieved John, gave up an RBI single to Ron Cey and a two-run triple to Pedro Guerrero.
1922 | Guidry was sharp through six innings, holding the Dodgers to two singles. 1933 | 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 Mexican would pitch 8 shutouts in all and win the National League's Cy Young Award. Now, with a lead and the Dodger Stadium crowd behind him, Valenzuela appeared to finally settle down.
Monday reached second. After the series, Johnstone, Yeager, Reuss, and Rick Monday of the Dodgers recorded a cover version of Queen's "We Are the Champions" under the name "Big Blue Wrecking Crew". After Dusty Baker reached on an error by Nettles, loading the bases again, Guerrero singled in two more runs. Would you like Wikipedia to always look as professional and up-to-date? 1949 The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the WIKI 2 technology. In the NL East, the St. Louis Cardinals had the best overall record, but failed to make the playoffs after finishing second in each half. Ace starter Ron Guidry won 11 games against while rookie Dave Righetti emerged as an important starter, winning eight games with a 2.05 ERA. The series was now tied 2–2.
The 1981 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1981 season. With a stronger farm system and adding valuable players via trade or free agency, they did win division titles in 1983 and 1985, while narrowly missing in 1982. 1927 | The quartet performed the song on an episode of Solid Gold , the syndicated TV-show. NL Los Angeles Dodgers (4) vs AL New York Yankees (2), Tuesday, October 20, 1981 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York. A tense moment occurred in the eighth when Goose Gossage beaned Ron Cey. This World Series was the last to be called by Jackson in the broadcast booth. Lemon pinch-hit for his starting pitcher in the fourth inning of a 1–1 game. Davis then gave up a game-tying single to Bill Russell. 1946 | Hooton scored standing, after which Lemon pulled Davis in favor of Rick Reuschel. © 2020 Getty Images. It was then brought back and played on August 9, as a prelude to the second half of the season, which began the following day.