1955: Dodgers won the World Series

The Brooklyn Dodgers finally beat the Yankees in 1955 after losing to them in 1947, 1949, 1952, and 1953.    Of course, those were the days when only 2 teams advanced to the post season.    

I love reading everything about these Dodgers.  The Dodgers had a relationship with the fans of Brooklyn that no other team in baseball ever had, or perhaps never will.  The borough literally lived and died with their team.

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October 1962: The Beatles and their first recording in the UK!

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Over in the UK, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and new drummer Ringo Starr released their first 45 rpm single.    

According to news reports, The Beatles recorded the song in the summer.   It was followed by Brian Epstein's aggressive marketing campaign in Liverpool.    He promoted the 45 at his store and the group's local fans.

It got to #17 in the UK.....not bad for a group's first recording!  Two years later, it hit # 1 in the US when it was released as part of The Beatles' pop chart avalanche of 1964.

The B-side was "P.S. I love you", a much better tune in my opinion.    I'm really surprised that they didn't promote this one rather than "Love me do".     It is clearly a much better song!    

The songs were included in The Beatles' first UK album.   They were subsequently released in the 1964 US "The Early Beatles" album!   

This is a nice book.  I got it from my brother a few years ago.  It makes a great gift for any Beatles' fan:

October 5, 1953: Billy Martin and Yankees won their 5th title in a row

Yogi Berra died a few years ago.  He was one of the Yankees on that team that won their 5th series in a row in 1953.   

Game 7 was tied going in to the bottom of the ninth and Billy Martin drove in the winning run for title # 5.   

By the way, Phil Rizzuto, another one of the 12 who played in all 5 titles, wrote a wonderful book about the legendary teams.   

The 1998-2000 Yankees won 3 in a row and so did the 1972-74 Oakland A's.  No one has come close to winning 5 since!

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1966: Moe Drabowsky's 6 innings of relief in game 1 of the World Series

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The underdog Orioles got off to a great start in the top of the first inning of the 1966 World Series.

Eventual MVP and Triple Crown winner Frank Robinson hit a 2-run HR and Brooks Robinson followed it with a solo shot.    It was suddenly 3-0 Baltimore!

Dave McNally could not get out of the 3rd inning but Moe Drabowsky pitched 6-plus innings of relief to preserve the win.

Final score: Orioles 5, Dodgers 2.    The Dodgers did not score again in the series.

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