Umpire Davey Phillips was ready with a signed affidavit from the original crew affirming Brett did and the umpire eventually ejects the argumentative Martin.
The Royals bring in their closer, Dan Quisenberry, who sets down the Yankees in order in the bottom of the ninth and Kansas City wins the game by a 5-4 score.
3. 10/28/81, Dodgers Win Series in Six Games—For the first time in my baseball following life, the Los Angeles Dodgers win a World Championship title. Bob Watson flies out to Ken Landreaux to finish off a 9-2 victory and serve as a measure of revenge for the '77 & '78 fall classics.
Just like Tommy John at the time, I still cannnot believe Bob Lemon pulled him for a pinch hitter in the bottom of the fourth inning. I was extremely displeased when John left the Dodgers to join the Yankees, but have to this day great respect for the way he played and the dedication he showed in his rehabbing from the surgery that now bears his name. It is a travesty that Tommy John is not in baseball's Hall of Fame.
The Dodgers score three runs in the fifth off George Frazier then four more in the sixth against Ron Davis and Rick Reuschel to break open a tie game. Steve Howe relieves eventual winner Burt Hooton, and goes the last 3 2/3 innings for the save.
Dodgers Ron Cey, Steve Yeager, and Pedro Guerrero share the World Series MVP award, the first time the honor is given to multiple players.
2. 7/4/39, Lou Gehrig’s Farwell—The first prominent, and arguably still most heartfelt goodbye to a player, who’s career ended prematurely due to ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), which is now commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. It is an incurable and fatal neuromuscular disease that causes paralysis before the end.
Lou’s No. 4 jersey is retired during the ceremony, marking the first time a number is retired in Major League baseball history. Gehrig’s speech, in which he lays claim to being the luckiest man on the face of the earth, remains one of the most poignant moments in all of sport.
This tribute is immortalized by Gary Cooper in the starring role of the 1943 movie, The Pride of the Yankees, which featured a cameo by Babe Ruth. Worthy of being ranked number 1, except in the eyes of a Dodger fan because of...
1. 10/5/55, Dodgers win first World Championship—The jinx is finally broken, and the team who’s fans coined the term, “Wait until next year” have to wait no longer, for the Brooklyn Dodgers are finally champions of the baseball world.
Johnny Podres two-hit shutout of the Yanks in game seven seals Brooklyn’s first and only World Series victory. To do so in the home of their long time nemesis makes it even more sweet.
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