Not since 1988 had the LA Dodgers won a post-season series. Now it was rather big news back in 1988 when they did win, since that was the World Series they won and had beaten Oakland-and no one thought they would that post-season. But the Dodgers behind Orel Hershiser and the former Detroit Tiger Kirk Gibson came from behind and beat Oakland in 5 games.
That was a phenomenal season for the Dodgers, and I’ll be honest I wasn’t’ a huge fan of the dodgers then-nor am I now-but they did have Kirk Gibson and Hershiser to watch and be amazed by that season.
Twenty years later the Dodgers made their first appearance in post season and won their first post-season series since that 1988 World Series. What makes this all unique-at least to me-and worthwhile to mention is that the catalyst for this past season’s post-season play was their new manager-Joe Torre. The Boy from Brooklyn, who wasn’t good enough to lead the Yankees one more season, took the dodgers to the NLCS in his first season as manager.
Way to go Joe! And hopefully he’ll take them back again and again-just as he did with the Yankees for 11 straight seasons!
Dodgers History/timeline
http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/la/history/timeline10.jsp
MLB.com's World Series History
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1988
Sunday, October 19, 2008
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Sunday, October 19, 2008
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