Title: Dodgers–Yankees rivalry
Content:  and praying we would get another shot at him." This led to the Yankees not winning a World Series in the 1980s, one of two decades they would not win a championship since moving to the Bronx (the other being the 2010s). In contrast, the Dodgers were able to defeat the Oakland Athletics in the 1988 World Series. It would be their last post-season meeting to date, the last time ever the Dodgers visited the old Yankee Stadium, and the last meeting between teams from New York City and Los Angeles for a major professional sports championship until the Rangers and the Kings squared off in the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals.
Title: 1981 World Series
Content:  The 1981 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1981 season. The 78th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees and the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers. It marked their third Series meeting in five years and was their 11th overall Series meeting. The Dodgers won the Series in six games, as the Yankees had done in the teams' prior two Series meetings, in and. This was the Dodgers' first title since, their first victory over the Yankees since , and third overall Series win over the Yankees. This is the most recent World Series that a team won after losing the first two games on the road. This was the last meeting between teams from New York City and Los Angeles for a major professional sports championship until the Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers reached the NHL's 2014 Stanley Cup Finals. This remains the most recent meeting between the Dodgers and the Yankees in the World Series, which has been the most frequent matchup in World Series history.
Title: 1981 World Series
Content:  during the 1980s. However, since their 1988 World Series win, the Dodgers would not appear in another World Series until 2017 (which they lost to the Houston Astros), despite reaching the NLCS in 2008, 2009, 2013, and 2016. They would also appear in the World Series in 2018 against the Boston Red Sox, which they also lost. They finally broke their World Series Championship drought by winning in 2020 against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Yankees, on the other hand, appeared in seven World Series (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2009) in that span, winning all but 2001 and 2003.
Title: Dodger Stadium
Content:  The Dodgers won the 1963 World Series over the New York Yankees, sweeping the Yankees by winning game 4 by a score of 2–1. So far, this remains the only time the Dodgers ever clinched a World Series at Dodger Stadium.
Title: Dodgers–Yankees rivalry
Content:  is Burning. Despite the controversy, the Yankees managed to play together and win the pennant to face the Dodgers in the World Series. The Dodgers featured an infield of Steve Garvey at first, Davey Lopes at second, Ron Cey at third, and Bill Russell at shortstop, in addition to slugger Reggie Smith, and pitching duo (Don Sutton and Tommy John). In addition to Jackson and Munson, the Yankees had Bucky Dent and Graig Nettles, Cy Young Award-winning closer Sparky Lyle, young pitcher Ron Guidry, and speedsters Willie Randolph and Mickey Rivers. The Dodgers appeared primed to win the Series, but Reggie Jackson put on his "Mr. October" show as he hit three home runs in Game 6 off three pitches to lead the Yanks to their first World Series championship since.
Title: 2017 World Series
Content:  another World Series appearance the following year in 2018, but lost to the Boston Red Sox in five games, marking the first time the Dodgers lost back-to-back World Series since 1977 and 1978, where they lost both World Series to the New York Yankees. The Astros appeared in the World Series again in 2019, where they lost to the Washington Nationals in seven games. The Nationals also beat the Dodgers on their way to a championship in the NLDS in five games. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Astros played all of their 2020 American League Division Series games at Dodger Stadium against the Athletics, a series they won in four games. There was nearly 
Title: 1955 World Series
Content:  The 1955 World Series matched the Brooklyn Dodgers against the New York Yankees, with the Dodgers winning the Series in seven games to capture their first championship in franchise history. It would be the only Series the Dodgers won while based in Brooklyn, as the team relocated to Los Angeles after the. This was the fifth time in nine years that the Yankees and the Dodgers met in the World Series, with the Yankees having won in, , , and ; the Yankees would also win in the rematch. This Series also marked the end of a long period of invulnerability for the Yankees in the World Series. It was the Yankees' first loss in a World Series since and only their second since. While the Yankees were 15–2 in Series appearances during that time, they would lose again in, , , and , for a record of 4–5 in World Series over the next decade.
Title: 1955 World Series
Content:  For the Yankees, who appeared in and won five consecutive World Series titles from 1949 to 1953, this was the first loss for a Casey Stengel-led team. They won a rematch against the Dodgers the following year, then made three more trips to the World Series during Stengel's tenure, winning in 1958 and losing in 1957 (to Milwaukee) and 1960 (to Pittsburgh). Like this fall classic, Stengel's final four trips as manager went the maximum seven games. For the Dodgers, this was the peak of their success while based in Brooklyn. Three years later, they left Ebbets Field and moved to Los Angeles. Since that time, they have played in 12 World Series, winning six titles, most recently in. Dodgers pitcher Johnny Podres was the recipient of the very first World Series Most Valuable Player award.
Title: 1977 World Series
Content:  The matchup of the Yankees and the Dodgers harkened back to the "Subway Series" matchups between the two teams of the 1940s and 1950s. The two teams had met in eight previous World Series, with the Yankees winning in 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, and 1956 and the Dodgers in 1955 and 1963. The 1963 series was their first meeting after the Dodgers had moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1958. This was the first World Series in which the ceremonial first pitches were from the mound instead of from the Commissioner's box, although this did not become permanent until 1989.
Title: World Series
Content:  and Giants moved to California (although the Yankees subsequently met and beat the now-San Francisco Giants in 1962, and played the now-Los Angeles Dodgers four times, losing to them in a four-game sweep in 1963, beating them back-to-back in 1977 and 1978 and losing to them in 1981). An all-New York Series did not recur until 2000, when the Yankees defeated the New York Mets in five games. Before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the 2020 World Series to be played entirely at a neutral site (Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas), the last World Series played entirely in one ballpark was the 1944 "Streetcar Series" between the St. Louis Cardinals and the 

Question: when was the last time the dodgers played yankees in the world series?
Answer: 1981.