It was a momentous year of change outside of baseball - the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the civil rights movement march on Washington in search of a "Dream" and Beatlemania sweeping the UK on its way across the world - but on the diamond, two old and familiar foes found their way to the Fall Classic once again, as the American League Champion New York Yankees (104-57) face off (again) against the National League Champion Los Angeles Dodgers (99-63) . . .
World Series Time Machine: 1941
It was a summer of legends - Joe DiMaggio hit safely in an unthinkable 56 consecutive games and Ted Williams hit .406 with a 6-for-8 performance on the season's final afternoon. Two one-hundred win behemoths also powered their way to pennants, as the American League Champion New York Yankees (101-53) face off (again) against the National League Champion Brooklyn Dodgers (100-54) in the first-ever Subway Series between the two New York clubs . . .
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