Article: Matchup in 1950 was hardly classic.(SPORTS)(THE WAY IT WAS)(Column)

Byline: Dick Heller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The first time the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies met in what used to be called the Fall Classic, it was almost literally a nothing World Series.

The Yankees won four straight in that distant autumn of 1950 for the second of five straight Series championships under Casey Stengel. The teams managed a total of just 16 runs - New York's victories were by scores of 1-0, 2-1, 3-2 and 5-2 - in an uneven matchup between a franchise that had collected 17 pennants since its rival's last 35 years earlier.

The Series was negatively notable for another reason: Three years after Brooklyn's Jackie ...

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