They Bled Blue may be the rollicking yarn from the Los Angeles Dodgers’ crazy 1981 season, a watershed campaign that cemented the team’s place and reputation as fitting thoroughly within the encompassing LA culture. It culminated in an unlikely World Series win-during a divide season demarcated by a strike, no less-is not one of the most interesting point about this team.

The Dodgers were led with the garrulous Tommy Lasorda, whose office hosted a regular blast of Hollywood royalty. That they had Steve about They Bled Blue: Fernandomania, Strike-Season Mayhem, as well as the Weirdest Championship Baseball Got Ever Seen: The 1981 LA Dodgers Garvey, the 1st baseman using the movie-star visual appearance. Garvey was teamed with Ron Cey, Davey Lopes, and Expenses Russell in one of the most long lasting infield in main league history, with 1981 presenting their final possibility to earn a championship as a unit. The difference manufacturer was entirely unexpected twenty year previous and nearly straight out of Mexico, having a outrageous delivery and a screwball as his flippin’ out pitch. Fernando Valenzuela didn’t speak very much British, but his baseball capability broke down cultural barriers and helped fill Dodger Stadium towards the brim having a Southern California Latino population that had been thirsting for such successful story.