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1988 World Series: Dodgers vs A’s

Jun 1, 2015; Anaheim, CA, USA; General view of a Rawlings major league baseball before the game between the Tampa Bay Rays against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

It’s been a long time coming since the Los Angeles Dodgers have been able to be called Major League Baseball’s ultimately champion — closing in on three decades, to be exact.

The last time the boys in blue won the World Series was back in 1988 against the Oakland A’s, a series in which they won in five games.

The A’s were lead by fearless manager Tony La Russa while the Dodgers had the legendary Tommy Lasorda at the helm of the dugout.

Dodger nation nearly had their heart broken in a hard fought Game 1 but LA proved to be too tough to handle in the bottom of the ninth, getting the tying and go ahead run just in the nick of time.

LA was strongly rooted in their pitching, as they lead the league in shutouts and the World Series challenge came right after being pushed to the brink in a seven game NLDS against the New York Mets.

Pitchers that made the difference for Los Angeles included Orel Hershiser, who had greatness bestowed on him by how he earned it, dominating most, if not all, of the opposing batters.

Oakland’s biggest weakness was their lack of mental toughness.

Sometimes throughout the series, if you watch the tape, you’ll see that the Dodgers were often reckless or at least blind to the risk of their iffy decisions on the bases whereas the A’s played a much more tight knit kind of baseball.

Thankfully, the boldness worked out well and we brought the title back home.

Time to do it again.

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