Larry MacPhail had hired Leo “The Lip” Durocher and had begun building a legitimate outfit in Brooklyn, which hadn’t won a pennant in 21 years. Thus, was there so much joy and anticipation attached to that 1941 Series, between the Yankees and Dodgers. If even the mighty Giants could barely compete with the Yankees, who could? The Giants’ imperial position as New York’s premier baseball club was gone.Įven when the Giants won the 1933 Series, the Yankees responded soon after with four straight, from 1936-39 (the first two of them against the Giants), and the first choruses of “Break up the Yankees” began to be heard. The Yankees had previously played five such fall classics that were already being dubbed “Subway Series,” and all five came against the other National League team in New York, the Giants.īy the time the Yankees won the 1923 Series, a sweeping tectonic shift had already begun. The first one, no surprise, was - as they may have described it in 1941 - a real humdinger, 68,540 people cramming into old Yankee Stadium for Game 1 of the ’41 World Series. Knicks enter NBA summer with a unique advantage Low-profile superstar Nikola Jokic enters NBA Finals with young Wayne Gretzky vibe Mets finally getting Citi Field mojo back Vac is back: Post columnist details triumphant journey from leg amputation to golf course Miami shooting to be first with NBA and NHL titles in same season
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