"The series started with the Dodgers dropping the first two games in the Bronx before storming back to win the next three in Brooklyn. The Yankees forced Game 7, and the Dodgers prevailed in a shutout on Johnny Podres's second complete game of the Fall Classic. In what became a franchise form, the Dodgers clinched the Fall Classic on the road."
"the real story in this series was the creativity that Dodgers' Manager Walter Alston had to rely on to get the Dodgers their first championship. Modernly, one only has to look back to the 2024 championship club to see a Dodgers manager make do with a hodgepodge pitching staff. Most notably, the 2024 team and the 1955 team had to use a hodgepodge of pitchers in the rotation due to injuries."
The 1955 World Series saw the Brooklyn Dodgers lose the first two games in the Bronx, win the next three in Brooklyn, and clinch Game 7 with Johnny Podres's shutout and second complete game. Both clubs produced similar offense, with Brooklyn slashing .260/.358/.426 and the Yankees .248/.321/.392. The decisive factor was Walter Alston's creative handling of an injury-depleted pitching staff. The pitching rotation depended heavily on a few arms: Johnny Podres, Clem Labine, Don Bessent, and Karl Spooner, while Don Newcombe was injured and took the Game 1 loss. Sandy Koufax was on the roster but did not play, and the Dodgers failed to repeat in 1956, losing to the Yankees in seven games.
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