Yankees vs Dodgers World Series victories: Which team has more wins in this classic MLB rivalry?

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who became cross-country rivals, the Yankees and Dodgers renew their starry struggle in the for the first time in . "When you're playing for the Dodgers and playing for the Yankees, it better feel different," LA manager said at Yankee Stadium last June. " .

" Two of baseball's most successful teams face each other starting Friday at , the Yankees coming off their 41st American League pennant and the Dodgers their 25th National League championship. New York is seeking its 28th World Series title but first since 2009, the Dodgers their eighth and second in a five-year span. Yankees pinstripes vs.

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Dodger Stadium in sunny Chavez Ravine, with the San Gabriel Mountains beyond the pavilions. "It's kind of what the people wanted, what we all wanted," Dodgers star said. "It's going to be a battle of two good teams, a lot of long flights across the country.

" Yankees have paternity over Dodgers in World Series New York is 8-3 against the Dodgers in the most frequent World Series matchup, including 6-1 against Brooklyn and 2-2 since the rivalry became against Tinseltown. Mickey Owen, Al Gionfriddo, Cookie Lavagetto, Sandy Amoros, Johnny Podres, Don Larsen, Sandy Koufax and Reggie Jackson created indelible images in the matchup, which started in with one of the wackiest World Series turns. Trailing 2-1 in the Series, Brooklyn led 4-3 with two outs in the ninth inning at Ebbets Field when Tommy Henrich swung and missed at strike three from Hugh Casey.

The ball bounced away from Owen and rolled toward the Dodgers dugout as Henrich reached on the dropped third strike. singled, Charlie Keller hit a two-run double and Joe Gordon added another two-run double later in the inning as the Yankees won 7-4 and went on to win the title in five games. Lavagetto's two-out, pinch walk-off double in the ninth ended Bill Bevens' no-hit bid in 1947's Game 4 and two games later Gionfriddo robbed DiMaggio of a tying three-run homer.

New York beat the Dodgers again in 1949, 1952 and 1953, frustrating the fans in Flatbush, but Brooklyn finally won the title in 1955 when Podres pitched a Game 7 shutout at Yankee Stadium and Gil Hodges drove in both runs. Amoros preserved the lead when he made a running catch of Yogi Berra's sixth-inning drive in the left-field corner with two on and relayed to shortstop Pee Wee Reese, who threw to Hodges at first and doubled up Gil McDougald. Those players were celebrated in Roger Kahn's 1972 book " .

" Larsen pitched the World Series' only perfect game in 1956's fifth game in the Bronx, Berra jumping into his arms after the final out, and the Yankees won Game 7 behind Johnny Kucks' three-hit shutout in what turned out to be the last World Series game at Ebbets Field. moved the Dodgers to California after the 1957 season, and Koufax had an interlocking "LA" on his cap instead of a "B" when he struck out a then-Series record 15 in the 1963 opener at Yankee Stadium. The rivalry didn't resume until 1977 with the first of three matchups in a five-year span.

Jackson's three home runs led the Yankees to a clinching win in . The Yankees won another six-game Series the following year, highlighted by third baseman Graig Nettles' diving stops on Reggie Smith, Steve Garvey and Davey Lopes. Los Angeles lost the first two games in the Bronx in 1981, and then won four in a row - capped by a 9-2 victory that had Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda dancing.

The defeat prompted Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, his right hand bandaged after an alleged fight with Dodgers fans in a hotel elevator, to issue a written apology "to the people of New York and to the fans of the New York Yankees everywhere." Both teams created by their predecessors. "You put that jersey on and those pinstripes, it just feels different," Yankees slugger Juan Soto said.

Los Angeles took two of three when they met in a much-hyped series in June. Roberts is reminded of the history when he approaches Dodger Stadium. " I'm driving up Vin Scully Way, when I go to work," he said.

"It's overwhelming, but I try not to let my head go there too often; I just try to do my job.".