The Real Story of the Brooklyn Dodgers
American Thinker,
by
Mike Konrad
Original Article
Posted By: GustoGrabber,
12/29/2022 7:33:37 AM
The fifties seem to have been the time that New York City peaked. By the sixties, California was on the ascent. And the critical blow that seems to have taken the heart out of the city was moving the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles.
To this day, there are people who are bitter about it. Many of them were not even born when the Dodgers left, but they have inherited the marks of survivor's trauma.
These individuals, who are generations removed from Ebbets Field, will still curse Walter O'Malley, the then team owner, for relocating the team.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
paral04 12/29/2022 8:24:38 AM (No. 1366712)
He is right. I haven't slept well since they left. I am riddled with grief.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 12/29/2022 8:38:36 AM (No. 1366724)
What wasn't mentioned in the article was that in order for O'Malley to make West Coast baseball feasible, he needed a partner to move to California with him. That turned out to be the Giants. So, as a result of Moses' stubbornness, he cost NYC not one, but two teams. After Shea was built, MLB created the expansion Mets, whose team colors are blue (from the Dodgers) and orange (from the Giants).
Oh, and for the gazillionth time, Jackie Robinson was not the first Black player in the majors. That honor goes to Moses Fleetwood Walker, who played in the majors some 60 years before Robinson. Walker's brother Weldy played alongside him for a short time. Robinson is at best third, fourth if you count the case of William Edward White, a half white/half black player who identified as white.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 12/29/2022 9:16:17 AM (No. 1366756)
He could foresee that Brooklyn would head downhill within a decade. At the time LA was brimming with optimism and opportunities.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
MDConservative 12/29/2022 9:22:22 AM (No. 1366761)
Lou Perini, owner of the Boston Braves, opened the door in 1953 with his move to Milwaukee, where his team drew over 2 million fans a year. This was an era when some teams struggled to draw 500,000. The plain fact is owners saw $$$ in fresh markets, where they often already had a farm team. Local governments were thrilled to grab an opportunity to prove themselves "big league".
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
red1066 12/29/2022 9:23:07 AM (No. 1366762)
O'Malley saw the shift coming in population and just moved to the greener pastures of California. So did millions of hippies who have turned the state into a socialist hell hole that we see today.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
FJB 12/29/2022 9:30:44 AM (No. 1366769)
A Brooklynite and Spanish-American War vet, Grandpa, took Nana, Mother, and me from our apartment in Great Neck to Ebbett's Field to see the Bums play fairly often. And I enjoyed MLB, at least until they bought the BLM's (Buy Large Mansions) leftist criminal garbage. Not once since.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 12/29/2022 10:21:57 AM (No. 1366836)
FTA: "To this day, there are people who are bitter about it."
Bitter? No - - I'm FURIOUS!
To this day - - when people ask me which part of Brooklyn I came from - - I reply, "Ebbet's Field." My father was secretary to the president of a newspaper syndicate - - so each year he wrangled anywhere from two to four press passes for the Dodgers' season home games. As a result - - I attended hundreds of games played by those marvelous teams - - up through 1957. The Duke, Pee Wee. Jackie, Skoonj, Campy, Big Gil, Oisk, Newcombe, The Preacher - - what a team!
And yes - - Robert "Bob The Big Builder" Moses was the true villain. O'Malley was willing to use his own money to build a beautiful, new stadium - - in the heart of Brooklyn - - but the pompous, arrogant Moses put his own ego above the welfare of Brooklynites - - and all was lost.
Sounds familiar - - don't it?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
TJ54 12/29/2022 10:28:38 AM (No. 1366840)
Moving from one Dem sh-thole to another
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For anyone who is interested, “The Power Broker” by Robert Caro is a must read.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 12/29/2022 10:52:05 AM (No. 1366861)
Re #7. My favorite team before the move. I still have most of those guys’ BB cards. Still mad they left.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Italiano 12/29/2022 11:53:13 AM (No. 1366916)
In the category of "destroying communities," the history of Dodger Stadium is interesting as well.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec 12/29/2022 12:53:24 PM (No. 1366953)
'Survivor's Trauma' is an apt term. Reminds me of people today who insist on reparations for slavery which became illegal 157 years ago and that which they never experienced. Get a life.
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