This was more then a friendly rivalry between two teams. This defined a generation of New Yorker's and baseball fans. it was blue collar vs. white collar, neighborhood vs. neighborhood, neighbor vs. neighbor, and it was a feud that took a game otherwise measured one season at a time, to an epic of baseball history.

clear, as Opie has captured the magic moment when the Dodgers finally conquered their historic foes, by winning the world series. The feelings that filled Yankee Stadium that October 5th must have been intoxicating, as the long awaited day was finally reached.

As is typical to Opie's paintings, he has given more then a snap-shot of a famous moment. He has woven into it the many stories, big and small, that created it; starting with an homage to one fans day in the sun, who is seen in all the on field celebration photos, the inclusion of the bat boy Charlie DiGiovanni, above the scene the box score on the scoreboard, along with the team line-up and count on the last Yankee hitter up - Elston Howard, Koufax's more then human reaction with his hands over his head, Sandy Omoros running in from left field where he just made the game saving catch, Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson have been painted close to each other showing their important friendship, and a reporter running onto the field representing both the witnessing the long wait for this moment and the artist himself.