Henrich's home run off Don Newcombe was not only the first walk-off home run in World Series history but remains the only walk-off home run in a 1-0 game in the World Series (there have been just ...

It’s not as if the Dodgers have Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale on the mound. Don Newcombe isn’t around. Orel Hershiser is long retired. Clayton Kershaw is on the injured list. Yet, here is ...

when Henrich earned his nickname by hammering a walk-off homer off hard-luck Don Newcombe to give the Yankees a 1-0 win in Game 1. “It was different with the Dodgers than it was with the Red Sox ...

The opening game of the 1949 Series was a classic. The two teams were scoreless through eight innings with Brooklyn’s Don Newcombe dueling the Allie Reynolds. Tommy Henrich led off the bottom of ...

Yankees first baseman Tommy Henrich led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a walk-off homer against Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe. Newcombe had 11 strikeouts on the day, tying the World Series ...

Peter Dobens just wanted to verify what his dad, Ray, had told him all those years about the 1940s, and integrating professional baseball in Nashua, New Hampshire. So, Dobens, then the assignment ...

The Dodgers are wearing a “Fernando 34” patch on their jersey for the World ... (1993), Pee Wee Reese (1999), Duke Snider ...

Game 7 was a disaster for the Dodgers. Don Newcombe gave up two two-run homers to Yogi Berra and a solo shot to Elston Howard. Bill Skowron hit a grand slam in the seventh off of Roger Craig as ...