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MLB -- Inside Kirk Gibson's World Series home run 30 years later
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Will Smith homers off Will Smith as Dodgers edge Braves in Game 5
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The day Fernando Valenzuela threw 146 pitches in a complete-game
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How Many Times Have the Dodgers Been to the World Series? A
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Dodgers-Yankees: Watch the 1981 World Series Game 6 with us - True
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LA Dodgers and Atlanta Braves complete sweeps to book NLCS clash
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Dodgers History: 41 Years Ago LA Finally Beat the Yankees
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The Dodgers World Series-winning infield from 1981 reunites
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Dodgers and Yankees renew historic rivalry in LA
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Recalling Reggie Jackson, 'Mr. October
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1955 World Series Commemorative Pin - Dodgers vs. Yankees
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1981 World Series, Game 6
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