The year was 1955. The Dodgers were still in Brooklyn. But they still hadn't won a World Series. In the classic "0 for..." phrase, Brooklyn was 0-7 in the Fall Classic. But in 1955, Johhny Podres pitched them all the way, winning game seven right there in Yankee Stadium. The 2-0 win over their great rivals, the New York Yankees, proved to be the Dodgers' only championship in Brooklyn.
There was also a new face on the team: In '55, a 19-year-old left-handed pitcher (Not Podres) made his debut. And like Podres, he'd pitch the Dodgers to a 2-0 road win in game seven. That was exactly a decade later (1965). For now though, the rookie was just 2-2 with a 3.02 earned run average. However, the two wins themselves had something in common: They were both shutouts!
His name? Sandy Koufax. And although added to the postseason roster (He'd made his MLB debut June 24th of 1955), Sandy did not appear. Nonetheless, it was fitting that he arrived and a championship followed the same year. And Koufax would win three more World Series.
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Major League Baseball. "1955 World Series Highlights Brooklyn Dodgers vs New York Yankees." YouTube, uploaded by Pizza Pizzichetti, 27 Aug. 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNQQJ_tWVCM. Web.
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