Dodgers-tory: The history of the Los Angeles Dodgers

1996 - Though baseball hadn't fully recovered from the aftermath of the strike, the Dodgers were locked in, picked in the pre-season to threaten the World Champion Braves for the best team in the NL. But, would Nomo prove to be a one year wonder? Would the three headed monster of Piazza, Karros, and Mondesi live up to their promise? And could the Dodgers keep their string of 4 straight ROY's going?

1995 - The baseball world was in turmoil, as the year began with the players strike in full force. It would be a bumpy road along the way, with the President and Congress getting involved, a salary cap, and replacement players, but we would eventually get baseball, and Dodger fans had reason to come back - Hideo Nomo.

1994 - A busy year for baseball and Americana, beginning with more Darryl drama, and ending with a players strike, the 94 season is a story of "what if"

1993 - After the disastrous 1992 which saw the team lose 99 games, the front office was stuck between a rebuild and a retool, with the big contracts of Strawberry, Hershiser, and Butler on the books, and the exciting talent of Karros, Piazza, and Martinez on the horizon? Which way would the team turn...?

1992 - Despite coming one game away from the playoff the year before, 9 free agents was going to make this a season of change, so GM Fred Claire took the big gamble - trading pitcher Tim Belcher for superstar outfielder Eric Davis. But would the gamble pay off?

1991 - The Dodgers come into the season with the biggest splash of all - signing Daryl Strawberry. Would that be enough to push the team over the hump, after having come so close the year before...

1990 - The Dodgers try to prove the fluke was 1989, not 1988. Join us as we recall the story of the Bulldog, Ramon, and El Toro and the 1990 Dodgers.

The year is 1989 - coming off their first championship in 8 years, the Dodgers hopes were high, and many of those hope rested on the knees and hamstrings of their captain, Kirk Gibson. And as we'll see, those hamstrings weren't able to hold...