They first met in 1966, with the Orioles taking the World Series in a four-game sweep that will be celebrated later this summer at Camden Yards. Since then, the O’s have won two more World Series (in 1970 and 1983) and the Dodgers two more as well (1981 and 1988). If the last memory you have of the Dodgers is Kirk Gibson fist-pumping while hobbling around the bases in 1988 that probably means two things: 1) You’re old like me and 2) You don’t watch much National League baseball, also like me.
These aren’t Kirk Gibson’s Dodgers - they aren’t even Don Mattingly’s Dodgers, as the former Yankees player and Dodgers manager parted ways with the club last off-season.