LA Dodgers Win World Series For First Time Since ’88

For the third time in the last four years the LA Dodgers advanced to the World Series…. but for the first time since 1988 they won it.

I watched this video and it reminds me of how much baseball has passed under the bridge since the Dodgers won it all.

After getting down to the Atlanta Braves 3-1 in the NLCS the Dodgers pulled it together and played beautiful overall team baseball to win their seventh championship in franchise history.

When Mookie Betts became a Dodger this past off season one had to figure the Dodgers might be the team to beat and it turns out they were.

Betts scored the game winner in the 3-1 Game 6 clincher versus the Tampa Bay Rays with some heady base running then added a solo home run for insurance with his last at bat in the Series.

He was my MVP because he got the monkey off the Dodger’s back. He did this same thing for the Red Sox several years ago as well.

Klayton Kershaw finally has his World Series ring to go along with his place in baseball history as one of the best left handed pitchers to ever play the game. I’m happy for him. I got to see him pitch in Oklahoma City and it’s something I’ll never forget. He was the opening card for me on that fateful night I found myself at a Waffle House later on experiencing the Anthony Bourdain pecan waffle mystique after the Meriweather-McGregor fight. That was truly one of the great nights of my life.

I have no idea why Rays’ manager Kevin Cash pulled his starting pitcher Snell…but he did and Mookie Betts and the Dodgers took advantage and now are part of baseball lore.

I’m happy for LA manager Dave Robets as well. What a great guy he seems to be.

Cody Bellinger, Cory Seager, and Chris Turner all played in Oklahoma City during their journey to the big leagues and they’re my three favorite current Dodgers minus Kershaw– so good for them as well.

So given I wasn’t even going to watch the World Series if the cheating Houston Astros had advanced…it turned out to be a completely wonderful ending to this World Series for me.

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