30 greatest World Series in MLB history
18. New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers, 1947
The 1947 World Series between the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers was one of the most monumental moments in MLB history.
Earlier that season, Jackie Robinson made his major league debut for the Dodgers, becoming the first African-American player to appear in an MLB game. Six months later, Brooklyn reached the Fall Classic, marking the first time that a racially integrated team had reached the World Series.
The contest was one of the greatest that the sport had ever seen, and not just because of the social and historical implications that went along with it.
It was the second of seven World Series matchups between the Yankees and Dodgers throughout the 1940s and 1950s, and the first of four to go to a Game 7.
New York fell behind early during that Game 7, after starting pitcher Spec Shea gave up two runs to start the second inning. The Yankees fought back, however, and took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Left-handed reliever Joe Page entered the game for New York in the top of the fifth. Page had struggled tremendously throughout his first three appearances that series, giving up six earned runs in eight innings, but he was able to redeem himself. He pitched a one-hit shutout throughout the final five innings, and the Yankees picked up their 11th World Series title, and sixth of the past decade.
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