the last time dodgers made it to world series was 1988.
the last time dodgers made it to world series was 1988.
when was the last time dodgers made it to world series?
1988
bullet::::- longtime los angeles dodgers' broadcaster vin scully called the 1988 world series for a national television audience on nbc with joe garagiola. unknown to the fans and the media at the time, kirk gibson was watching the game on television while undergoing physical therapy in the dodgers' clubhouse. at some point during the game, television cameras scanned the dodgers dugout and scully, observed that gibson was nowhere to be found. this spurred gibson to tell dodgers manager tommy lasorda that he was available to pinch hit. gibson immediately returned to the batting cage in the clubhouse to take practice swings. bob costas, who along with marv albert, hosted nbc's world series pregame coverage and handled postgame interviews made on-air statements that enraged many in the dodgers' clubhouse (especially manager tommy lasorda). after the dodgers won game 4, lasorda (during a postgame interview with marv albert) sarcastically said that the mvp of the world series should be bob costas. while kirk gibson was taking practice swings in the dodgers' clubhouse during game 1, orel hershiser set up the hitting tee for his teammate. along the way, costas could hear gibson's agonized-sounding grunts after every hit. costas said that the 1988 dodgers possibly had the weakest hitting line-up in world series history.
list of world series broadcasters
despite a 16-26 start to the season, which saw the team lose shortstop corey seager for the year, the 2018 dodgers made the playoffs for the 6th straight year; winning the division in a game 163 over the rockies. like the 2017 team, the 2018 version saw the dodgers receive surprise contributions from unlikely sources. max muncy, who signed as a minor league free agent in the middle of the 2017 season and who was not on the opening day roster, ended up hitting a team leading 35 homeruns between time at 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. matt kemp, traded back to the dodgers in the off-season in part of a salary dump, led the team in rbis and batting average. rookie starting pitcher walker buehler, who was also not on the opening day roster, helped solidify the rotation by posting a 2.62 era in 24 appearances (23 starts). at the july trade deadline, the team traded for all-star shortstop/third baseman manny machado and a former all-star second baseman brian dozier. in august, former world series mvp david freese was brought in from pittsburgh to strength an already formidable line-up. for the 2nd year in a row, the team broke the record for most homeruns in a season by a dodger team. with a 92–71 record, the team entered the playoffs as a second seed and went on to beat the atlanta braves in four games in the nlds and the milwaukee brewers in a hard-fought seven games in the nlcs, becoming the first team in either league to win game 7 of an lcs on the road since the 2006 cardinals. the dodgers again came up short in the world series, this time losing to the boston red sox in five games.
history of the los angeles dodgers