If you were lucky enough to catch the first Game of this year’s World Series, then you know how tense and tight it was. Freddie Freeman put the game on his back with a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 10th inning, marking the first World Series game-ending home run in history and putting the Dodgers up 6-3.
But before Freeman turned Dodger Stadium into Blue Heaven, the tense game was held up by a Yankees bullpen that held Los Angeles to just two hits in the final 10 innings. And before that, a few Yankees sacrifice flies and a game-tying double play by Rafael Belliard helped the Bombers take the lead in the eighth inning.
The 1975 World Series was one of the most dramatic in baseball history. Five of its games were decided by a single run, and four went into extra innings. This was also the first time that a team had won a World Series with just one home run in its entire playoff slate.
And while it may not be as well-known as Game 7 of the ’88 Series, this World Series game still ranks among the greatest in baseball history. It was a classic of its kind, with exciting lead changes and nail-biting turns of events that would eventually lead to Boston breaking a 68-year-old curse.
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