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A bitter joke afterward: What better champion for the phoniest of baseball seasons than the Los Angeles Dodgers? Hooray for Hollywood. Former Dodger Pitcher Don Sutton used to keep a telegram (and his perspective) tacked on his locker, six MILLION BEST WISHES, it read; signed LEE AND FARRAH FAWCETT-MAJORS...
Frazier gave up three fifth-inning runs, and the Dodgers were off to a 9-2 clincher, their fourth straight victory after two opening losses and first world championship since 1965. Poor Frazier, 27, who began this split, struck, schizophrenic year as a minor league property of the St. Louis...
The next day, Jerry Reuss outdueled Ron Guidry, 2-1; the Dodgers led, three games to two. "Their catcher beat our catcher; their pitcher beat our pitcher," Steinbrenner carped. The Dodger catcher, Steve Yeager, hit the winning home run in the seventh inning, right after Pedro Guerrero had homered to...
"I want the Dodgers in New York." He turned menacing then. "That's where I want them." Even before the teams went back to the feared Bronx, where bottles sometimes outfly Frisbees, Steinbrenner struck. He came home with a cast on one mitt and a story of two New...
This time, the Dodgers were undaunted by scare stories of New York City or Yankee Stadium, where they had lost six straight games over three World Series. Comebacks against Houston, Montreal and now New York convinced them that they were "destined," as First Baseman Steve Garvey, who batted .417, kept...