 06/19/2004 2:44 AM ET
Yanks, Dodgers renew rivalry
FOX Saturday broadcast features historic foes
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| Lefty Johnny Podres was World Series MVP when the Dodgers finally beat the Yanks in 1955. (AP)
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LOS ANGELES -- Of all the conceivable Interleague series, none has the postseason history and coast-to-coast appeal of the Dodgers and the Yankees.
Game 2 of their first regular-season series will also be the Saturday FOX Game of the Week, with Joe Buck and Tim McCarver calling the action from Dodger Stadium. First pitch is 3:10 p.m. ET (12:10 PT), with Brad Halsey of the Yankees opposing Hideo Nomo of the Dodgers.
Who better to summarize the rivalry than Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully?
"The one thing you have to remember was the origin of the rivalry, which would be the Brooklyn Dodgers -- the hapless trolley Dodgers, the borough that elicited laughs whenever mentioned -- and the lordly pinstripers in the Bronx," said Scully, at the Dodger mike since 1950.
"Every time they faced each other, it was David and Goliath, only in the past, Goliath always won. Sometimes it was very close, but Goliath always won. I know that for some of us, the feeling is still there, if not a rivalry, at least your appetite is whetted when the Yankees come back here. "
Although the teams have never met during the regular season, they have played 11 times in the World Series. The Yankees won the first eight meetings, but the Dodgers have won two of the last four, including the only sweep (1963) and most recently in 1981.
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