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ROY CAMPANELLA NIGHT

* It meant nothing, it was only an exhibition, but don’t tell that to the record baseball crowd of 93,103 at the Coliseum that paid tribute to the paralyzed Hall of Fame catcher.

DODGERS SWEEP YANKEES IN 1963 WORLD SERIES

* Sandy Koufax pitched two complete games, Don Drysdale pitched one and Johnny Podres went 8 1/3 innings in the other game.

SANDY KOUFAX’S 1965 PERFECT GAME

* The Dodgers got only one hit against the Cubs, but it didn’t factor in the run in the 1-0 victory at Dodger Stadium, the fourth no-hitter in as many years for Koufax.

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DON DRYSDALE PITCHES SIX CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTS

* Big D broke Walter Johnson’s record of 56 scoreless innings, taking it all the way to 58 2/3 . . . with the help of umpire Harry Wendelstedt, who ruled that the Giants’ Dick Dietz didn’t try to get out of the way of a pitch that hit him.

FERNANDOMANIA

* Desperation was the mother of sensation, as the 20-year-old rookie left-hander, filling in as the Dodgers’ opening day starter, shut out the Astros and went on to throw five shutouts in his first eight starts.

RICK MONDAY’S 1981 PENNANT-WINNING HOMER

* The outfielder was already a favorite with Dodgers fans for saving the flag when he was still a member of the Cubs, but he cemented his place in team lore with a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning of Game 5 of the NLCS at Montreal.

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KIRK GIBSON’S 1988 WORLD SERIES HOME RUN

* “And look who’s coming up!” “I don’t believe what I just saw!” Brake lights in the parking lot. “In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened!”

OREL HERSHISER’S SCORELESS INNINGS STREAK

* Before Gibson’s homer, Hershiser helped carry the team during the 1988 season, his 59 innings breaking the mark of Drysdale, who congratulated him in San Diego.

STEVE FINLEY’S GRAND SLAM

* Oh, what a feeling! The veteran needed only a fly ball, but it went over the fence to cap a seven-run ninth-inning rally against the Giants, clinching the 2004 NL West title at Dodger Stadium.

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FOUR CONSECUTIVE HOME RUNS

* Sept. 18, 2006. The ultimate rally. With the Dodgers trailing the Padres, 9-5, in the ninth inning, Jeff Kent, J.D. Drew, Russell Martin and Marlon Anderson went deep to tie it, and Nomar Garciaparra’s two-run shot won it in the 10th.

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