the last time yankees played the dodgers in the world series was 1981.
when was the last time yankees played the dodgers in the world series?
1981
major league baseball exhibitionsthe minnesota twins and the houston astros played an exhibition game on april 6, 1976. the new york yankees played exhibition games at the superdome in 1980, 1981, 1982, and 1983. the yankees hosted the baltimore orioles on march 15 and 16, 1980. 45,152 spectators watched the yankees beat the orioles 9–3 on march 15, 1980. the following day, 43,339 fans saw floyd rayford lead the orioles to a 7–1 win over the yankees. in 1981, the yankees played the new york mets, philadelphia philles and pittsburgh pirates in the dome. in 1982, the yankees played the montreal expos and texas rangers and late in 1982, the yankees considered opening the 1983 regular season at the superdome if yankee stadium would not be ready yet after renovations. the 1983 new york yankees also played the montreal expos and toronto blue jays in the superdome that year. the philadelphia phillies and st. louis cardinals closed the 1984 spring training season with two games at the dome on march 31, 1984 and april 1, 1984. in what was a preview of the 1989 world series, the oakland a's played the san francisco giants in two games on march 28–29, 1989. in 1991, the los angeles dodgers played the oakland a's in two games on march 22–23, 1991. the a's also played the new york mets in two contests on march 26–27, 1993. in 1994, the boston red sox played the new york yankees in two games on april 1–2, 1994. the last professional baseball games played in the superdome occurred on april 3–4, 1999, when the chicago cubs and minnesota twins played a two-game series dubbed the "new orleans major league baseball classic."
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the new york yankees purchased babe ruth from the boston red sox after the 1919 season, appeared in their first world series two years later in 1921, and became frequent participants thereafter. over a period of 45 years from 1920 to 1964, the yankees played in 29 world series championships, winning 20. the team's dynasty reached its apex between 1949 and 1964, when the yankees reached the world series 14 times in 16 years, helped by an agreement with the kansas city athletics (after that team moved from philadelphia during 1954–1955 offseason) whereby the teams made several deals advantageous to the yankees (until ended by new athletics' owner charles o. finley). during that span, the yankees played in all world series except 1954, and 1959, winning nine of them. from 1949 to 1953, the yankees won the world series five years in a row; from 1936–1939 the yankees won four world series championships in a row. there are only two other occasions when a team has won at least three consecutive world series: 1972 to 1974 by the oakland athletics, and 1998 to 2000 by the yankees.
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