When the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees last met in the World Series in 1981, there was no question which city was top dog.
The New York Yankees had beaten the Los Angeles Dodgers in humiliating fashion in 1977 and 1978 and jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the 1981 Fall Classic as well.
Beyond baseball, New York still held cultural domination. Despite going broke and struggling with crime, the Big Apple strode atop the world as the city, an electric place where anything could happen.
And some New Yorkers loved to mock Los Angeles, from the New Yorker Magazine cover showing L.