| The public was surprised to see baseball's dominance of the New York Yankees finally end. Although, at the time no was could be sure if it was just a pause with an off-year or the start of something new. The Yankees had won 14 of the last 16 American League pennants and captured nine World Series Crowns along-the-way. Complied from our manager's old notebook and from magazines, team yearbooks and newspaper clippings by staff@baseballhistorian.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Contrasting teams faced off in the 1965 World Series. The Minnesota Twins powered by the long ball and a league leading .254 team batting average battled the pitching-rich Los Angeles Dodgers. The Twins were led by batting-stars Harmon Killebrew, Tony Oliva, Bob Allison, Zoilo Versalles. The Dodgers by legend Sandy Koufax 26-8, and his major league leading 382 strikeouts, and Don Drysdale, who went 23-12. Koufax, scheduled to pitch the World Series Opener, sat out Game 1 in observance of a Jewish holiday. Dodger manager Walter Alston then turned to Don Drysdale, who was shelled 8-2, with Zoilo Versalles 3-run homer highlighting the game. Koufax shutout the Twins in Game 5 as the Dodgers won 7-0. In Game 6, Minnesota's pitcher Jim 'Mudcat' Grant single-handedly beat the Dodgers 5-1 in a complete game win, and blasted a 6th inning 3-run home run to-boot. In Game 7, it was Koufax again, hurling another complete game shutout, 2-0, as Los Angeles won its second World Championship in the last three years. ============================================== | 
