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A History of the Epic Rivalry between Two of Baseball's Powerhouses that Has Spanned Over Eighty Yearsfrom Ebbets Field to Dodger Stadium, from Babe Ruth to Reggie Jackson The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees are two of the most storied and popular teams in not only baseball, but all of sports. Their rivalry began in New York and continued with the Dodgers leaving Brooklyn and moving to sunny California. The two teams have even met in the World Series a record eleven times! For a long time, the Dodgers-Yankees rivalry was the marquee match-up in baseball. For as good as the Dodgers were, the Yankees were almost always better. But why were the Yankees so much better than the Dodgers? Were the Dodgers chokers when it mattered most? Or was it simply the case that the baseball gods favored the team that would be later known to its detractors as the Evil Empire over the boys in blue? From Don Larsens perfect game in the 1956 World Series, Jackie Robinsons famous steal of home in the 1955 Series, or Reggie Jacksons three-home-run game in the 1977 Series, Read more