Happiness is your guys beating the Yankees in the rubber match of a three-game series, thus taking two of three from the ancient rival.
I was too young to remember the World Series disappointments of the early 1950s Brooklyn Dodgers, but not too young to relish the 1963 sweep of the Yanks, nor to snarl in anger at the losses in 1977 and 1978 (Damn that Reggie Jackson!). Retribution came in 1981, when the Dodgers beat 'em in six games.
It's hard to believe that the two teams haven't met in a meaningful game in 23 years; what on earth were the schedulers thinking when they left this one off the charts for the 13 years or so the interleague games have been in place?
Apparently, I wasn't the only one who thought this should have been done sooner; over 165,000 people filled the seats at Dodger Stadium this weekend, and they were treated to some great baseball.
It would be a wonderful thing if there were a rematch in October.
Posted by Linkmeister at June 20, 2004 09:26 PM13 years of Interleague play?? Holy cow. It seems just yesterday that it was an experiment they were gonna try. Go Dodgers! They don't still have that Jackie Robinson fella do they? :)
Posted by: Solonor at June 21, 2004 01:46 AMThat's why I said "or so;" I was too lazy to look it up. ;)
Posted by: Linkmeister at June 21, 2004 08:40 AMDodgers v. Angels at the end of this week, I think. Highway series. Since I no longer bleed Dodger blue, I've found myself checking out other teams. Cubs and the Angels are two I follow, probably because of the Dodger cxn.
Posted by: shari at June 22, 2004 08:15 PMYup, Freeway Series it is. But whaddya mean you no longer bleed Dodger Blue???? Treason! Heresy!
('Course, I remember seeing an Angels game in either 1961 or 1962, when they played at Wrigley Field [the LA one]).
Posted by: Linkmeister at June 22, 2004 08:41 PM