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LA Dodgers Win World Series In Game 6, Defeating Tampa Bay 3-1

It was the end of a pandemic-shortened season of only 60 games. Los Angeles won for the first time in 32 years.

The Los Angeles Dodgers won the 2020 World Series in Game 6 Tuesday night, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1.

It was the longest of waits for the LA. That's 32 long years. Yet they have played in three of the last four World Series — including in 2017, losing to the Houston Astros (who, as you may recall, cheated--or more accurately-- to steal signs and relay upcoming pitches to Astros batters).

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