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LOS ANGELES When center fielder Ken Landreaux caught Bob Watson’s fly ball for the final out of the 1981 World Series, Yankee Stadium was silent.
Years of heartbreak came to an end. The Dodgers finally had beaten the New York Yankees on the World Series stage, and it was time to pop champagne.
Forty years later, former reliever Tom Niedenfuer remembers the silence that filled the stadium in the Bronx as Game 6 concluded. He remembers celebrating in the clubhouse with his teammates. He doesn’t remember when the night turned to morning, however, but the champagne on the plane to Los Angeles remains a fond memory. But that’s to be expected when your team wins its first World Series title in 16 years.
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