World Series/Dodgers Repeat Notes

The Dodgers and let us, especially me, not forget Toronto (Blue Jays) coming so close and try to reduce the chasm between a title winner and league runner up that obsesses so many, including me, regarding something as insignificant as a sports title, became the fourth National League team to win consecutive World Series. (Let’s add L.A. rightfully held a parade, that was disgracefully hosted by Joe Davis, who proved what many thought, certainly me, that he despite being the national announcer (Curt Gowdy, Sean McDonough and Bob Costas even Joe Buck no less Scully, plus say Monte Moore and Chuck Thompson to name 2, who worked the W.S. when local announcers were put on the national telecast did not, but Davis did–namely be an unabashed “homer” for his L.A. team.

The last two games of the series, each a scintillating L.A. win (let’s not forget the 18 innings #3 triumph, again nor the Jays though Schneider with his penchant to sacrifice and fear of you talk about over rated, but also great, Ohtani “butchered” (hey “butchered” per Kirk–that’s another related name–and sacrifice) it ended on double plays, #6 7 to 4 (Kiki to all-time clutch HR hitting Miguel Rojas and Mookie to Freeman.

When the New York Giants repeated as title winners in , doing so in 1921 and 1922, the first crown was clinched on a double play. Additionally, the first and now fourth N.L. repeat crown was clinched with pitchers hurling that might be the only such (certainly not many) with respective O-O (Orval Overall for the 1908 Chicago Cubs) and Y-Y (Yoshinobu Yamamoto for 2025 L.A. Dodgers).

Cited the other day, Dave Roberts, now with 3 managerial crowns, inserted Andy Pages into Center, bases loaded 2 outs B9, tied (4-4) 7th game and on the subsequent first pitch, Pages ran down Ernie Clement’s drive saving an eventual repeat World title victory.

Amoros part of Walt Alston’s substitution, Walt had/has 4 crowns, Roberts 3 among the Dodgers 9.

In 1955, the Brooklyn Dodgers won their only title with a huge play being the substitute LF, Sandy Amoros, snaring the great Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra’s surprising opposite field drive and then relaying Harold “Pee Wee” Reese to Gil hodges for a D.P and that with a (2-0) lead (Hodges had both RBI’s) and John Podres’ brilliance gave the Dodgers the first of what are now 9 titles, tied with the Red Sox and Athletics for third behind the Cards (11) and the still vaunted Yankees with 27.

Click below to hear and view Russo’s comments about Joe Davis, with which I wholeheartedly agree.