The irony, of course, is that 40 years later, Los Angeles would lose both NFL teams at one stroke. On the other hand, the fans in LA could basically give two figs for the NFL, being first and foremost a USC town
new york lost two teams that year. it must have felt like armageddon.
you aren't the only ones, almost every city has been screwed over by private owners. now a days the greedy mf's hold cities and fans hostage for public money. millions in public money needed for teachers. sanitation, and infrastructure sucked off to subsidize sports owners. new stadiums payed for by the tax payers, but owned and used as cash cows by private owners.
I wouldn't pin the entire blame on O'Malley. He had cleared land for other ballparks in Brooklyn, including plans for a retractable roof stadium, but Robert Moses wouldn't allow it, offering land in Flushing Meadows in Queens instead. When Los Angeles offered what Moses and Brooklyn couldn't, he packed up the team and left. O'Malley didn't end the Brooklyn Dodgers era, Robert Moses did.
They should have changed the name too. Hard to explain, how they got the name "Dodgers" It was because of the Brooklyn Trolley. Nothing to do with Los Angeles.
O'Malley needed help to get a new stadium in Brooklyn but NYC planning director Robert Moses would give him none, instead offering a site in Queens that ended up hosting Shea Stadium.
In spite of who was at fault it is one of the great sports tragedies of all time. Imagine losing your team no matter what city you are in. It is no wonder they become more mythical as time goes on.
@wjb4341 Yep. Sandy was a wild young reliever in those days. Had blazing speed but no control. He could throw 100 MPH but no guarantee it would be anywhere near the strike zone! He started developing control when he got to LA and by 1961 he was the greatest pitcher in baseball.
@FiddlePig It is amazing. I also think that the best thing the Dodgers ever did was move to Los Angeles. The Dodgers are my favorite non-Detroit baseball team. Their last game in Brooklyn was played on September 24, 1957, and I was born 11 days later, on October 4, 1957. I consider the Los Angeles experience to be the start of a new era.
It's sad all the way around and I'm a lifelong Dodger fan. And it just kept on in all sports.......Just look at those used furniture salesmen (The Irsays) who stole the Colts outta Baltimore and snuck off to Indianpolis. No wonder every Baltimore Colt who had his uniform retired and wound up in the HOF said to NEVER let Indy take credit for it. And so it goes. Country club owners are everywhere..........except maybe Art Rooney who was the best.
The last out was made by Dee Fondy, not Bob Skinner. For the Pirates in the top of the 9th inning: Groat flied out, Skinner struck out and Fondy grounded out. I think Duke Snider hit the last homerun there a couple of days before.
You can't honestly blame O'Malley for the move. He wanted a new, domed (!) ballpark near the Atlantic Ave. LIRR terminal. But Robert Moses said no and tried to steer the Dodgers to Flushing Meadows in Queens.
Robert Moses & Former Mayor Robert Wagner were the real Goats to allow "The Dodgers" to leave Brooklyn. New York Politicians loved "The Yankees". The New York Politicians hardly pay any attention to the Baseball New York Giants. The City & State Of New York will forever be known as the "Butterbrained " City & State who allowed "The Dodgers" to leave Brooklyn. Brooklyn is the real big looser because its in New York City. Sorry Brooklyn, No more Dodgers. The City Of New York did you in.
I keep hearing that the Dodgers were so beloved by Brooklyn and that they were such a huge part of Brooklyn. If that's true, then why could they only get 6,702 people to show up for their last game ever in Brooklyn? If they were really such huge fans of the Dodgers, then they would have sold out the entire stadium for the final game ever. The Dodgers were better off moving to Los Angeles....
That is absolutely correct. The Dodgers may have been better off financially moving to LA, but it was the end of sports, especially baseball, franchises being seen as being more than simply a business. Yet, it is baseball which still enjoys the anti-trust exemption!
@avengemm9dog no Moses built those roads leading out of New York--I would have settled for where the Mets stadium is now--or the could have fixed up ebbets field O'Malley was an ass but Moses was the real villain check it out
Because why would they put money in the pockets of the owner (Walter O'Malley) who betrayed them? This isnt a trend limited to just the Brooklyn Dodgers: The Original Cleveland Browns, The Houston Oilers, The Charlotte Hornets and countless others failed to sell out their final games as the fans kept their money to themselves as their way of sticking it to the backstabbing owners
Would it matter? So what if Ebbetts Field was sold out for the final "Dodger" game. What would it profit Brooklyn? NOTHING.
The Brooklyn Baseball Organization had its mind made up because New York City Developer Robert Moses just couldn't see "The Dodgers' having a new stadium not in Brooklyn, but any where else.
Years Later after The Dodgers left Brooklyn, The Mets didn't have much of a chance to win "the 2007 & 2008 National League East" as John McCain & Sarah Palin didn't win the 2008 U.S. Presidency. The "Phillies" continue to show mockery over the "New York Mets"
Years later, The Mets didn't have much of a chance to win "the 2007 & 2008 National League East" as John McCain & Sarah Palin didn't win the 2008 U.S. Presidency. The "Phillies" continue to show mockery over the "New York Mets"
Fuck Los Angeles i like DODGERS in BROOKLYN good old times 42 =)
michael11895 5 months ago
KEEP THE DODGERS IN BROOKLYN!
charliepoveromo 6 months ago 2
The irony, of course, is that 40 years later, Los Angeles would lose both NFL teams at one stroke. On the other hand, the fans in LA could basically give two figs for the NFL, being first and foremost a USC town
therealjoebloggs 6 months ago
new york lost two teams that year. it must have felt like armageddon.
you aren't the only ones, almost every city has been screwed over by private owners. now a days the greedy mf's hold cities and fans hostage for public money. millions in public money needed for teachers. sanitation, and infrastructure sucked off to subsidize sports owners. new stadiums payed for by the tax payers, but owned and used as cash cows by private owners.
the truth is, you're better off letting them go.
tomitstube 7 months ago
I wouldn't pin the entire blame on O'Malley. He had cleared land for other ballparks in Brooklyn, including plans for a retractable roof stadium, but Robert Moses wouldn't allow it, offering land in Flushing Meadows in Queens instead. When Los Angeles offered what Moses and Brooklyn couldn't, he packed up the team and left. O'Malley didn't end the Brooklyn Dodgers era, Robert Moses did.
PriceRight89 9 months ago
@PriceRight89 Absolutely true. Moses ended the Dodger days in Brooklyn, even if O'malley took the heat
524pmdnyc 7 months ago
There was a joke in Brooklyn that if Hitler, Stalin and O'Mally were in the same room, and you had only two bullets left-who do you shoot?
The answer: O'Mally-twice.
Frank461980 1 year ago 3
I think this is from a 1965 Baseball documentary starring Branch Rickey. That's one I have'nt seen in ages.
alonenjersey 1 year ago
@alonenjersey Thanks. I knew there was no way that voice was Vin Scully.
krezzykrezz 6 months ago
They should have changed the name too. Hard to explain, how they got the name "Dodgers" It was because of the Brooklyn Trolley. Nothing to do with Los Angeles.
idlefonzo201 1 year ago
@idlefonzo201 It was because of the nick name given to young men trying to escape the draft... "Draft Dodgers" duh
1109Woodsie 4 months ago
@1109Woodsie lol, that's a good one
Konatablob 2 months ago
O'Malley needed help to get a new stadium in Brooklyn but NYC planning director Robert Moses would give him none, instead offering a site in Queens that ended up hosting Shea Stadium.
hondasfour 1 year ago
On September 29th, the Dodgers played their last game against the Phillies. The pitcher for them in the last inning (8th)? Sandy Koufax.
Don Drysdale started the first game for the LA Dodgers
Scoclamor 1 year ago
In spite of who was at fault it is one of the great sports tragedies of all time. Imagine losing your team no matter what city you are in. It is no wonder they become more mythical as time goes on.
abj99861 1 year ago
trivia question-who was that Brooklyn Dodger Leftie who threw that last pitch at Ebbets Field?
momike99 2 years ago
@momike99 - Koufax?
wjb4341 1 year ago
@wjb4341 Yep. Sandy was a wild young reliever in those days. Had blazing speed but no control. He could throw 100 MPH but no guarantee it would be anywhere near the strike zone! He started developing control when he got to LA and by 1961 he was the greatest pitcher in baseball.
MegaObserver1 1 year ago
Hard to believe but the Dodgers have now played in Dodger Stadium (since 1962) longer than they did in Ebbetts Field (1913-57).
FiddlePig 2 years ago
@FiddlePig It is amazing. I also think that the best thing the Dodgers ever did was move to Los Angeles. The Dodgers are my favorite non-Detroit baseball team. Their last game in Brooklyn was played on September 24, 1957, and I was born 11 days later, on October 4, 1957. I consider the Los Angeles experience to be the start of a new era.
mindspring57 1 year ago
@FiddlePig and yet they made more history at the shorter time in Ebbets Field, than Dodgers stadium
idlefonzo201 1 year ago
It's sad all the way around and I'm a lifelong Dodger fan. And it just kept on in all sports.......Just look at those used furniture salesmen (The Irsays) who stole the Colts outta Baltimore and snuck off to Indianpolis. No wonder every Baltimore Colt who had his uniform retired and wound up in the HOF said to NEVER let Indy take credit for it. And so it goes. Country club owners are everywhere..........except maybe Art Rooney who was the best.
5dave1 2 years ago
The last out was made by Dee Fondy, not Bob Skinner. For the Pirates in the top of the 9th inning: Groat flied out, Skinner struck out and Fondy grounded out. I think Duke Snider hit the last homerun there a couple of days before.
walrustusks 2 years ago
They hated O'Mally and wanted to say F-YOU by not showing up. This is all common knowledge to any real baseball fan.
loungelizard5000 2 years ago 13
You can't honestly blame O'Malley for the move. He wanted a new, domed (!) ballpark near the Atlantic Ave. LIRR terminal. But Robert Moses said no and tried to steer the Dodgers to Flushing Meadows in Queens.
WhiteCamry 2 years ago 3
@WhiteCamry "The Queens Dodgers" or "The Flushing Meadows Dodgers" would have been odd names for the team.
mindspring57 1 year ago
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Robert Moses & Former Mayor Robert Wagner were the real Goats to allow "The Dodgers" to leave Brooklyn. New York Politicians loved "The Yankees". The New York Politicians hardly pay any attention to the Baseball New York Giants. The City & State Of New York will forever be known as the "Butterbrained " City & State who allowed "The Dodgers" to leave Brooklyn. Brooklyn is the real big looser because its in New York City. Sorry Brooklyn, No more Dodgers. The City Of New York did you in.
Signal337 2 years ago
I keep hearing that the Dodgers were so beloved by Brooklyn and that they were such a huge part of Brooklyn. If that's true, then why could they only get 6,702 people to show up for their last game ever in Brooklyn? If they were really such huge fans of the Dodgers, then they would have sold out the entire stadium for the final game ever. The Dodgers were better off moving to Los Angeles....
crowtservo 3 years ago
Because people in Brooklyn did not want to pay money to a team that was going to move to Los Angeles.
avengemm9dog 2 years ago 10
That is absolutely correct. The Dodgers may have been better off financially moving to LA, but it was the end of sports, especially baseball, franchises being seen as being more than simply a business. Yet, it is baseball which still enjoys the anti-trust exemption!
krezzykrezz 2 years ago
@avengemm9dog no Moses built those roads leading out of New York--I would have settled for where the Mets stadium is now--or the could have fixed up ebbets field O'Malley was an ass but Moses was the real villain check it out
vivascargill 1 year ago
Because why would they put money in the pockets of the owner (Walter O'Malley) who betrayed them? This isnt a trend limited to just the Brooklyn Dodgers: The Original Cleveland Browns, The Houston Oilers, The Charlotte Hornets and countless others failed to sell out their final games as the fans kept their money to themselves as their way of sticking it to the backstabbing owners
thndrct218 2 years ago 3
Would it matter? So what if Ebbetts Field was sold out for the final "Dodger" game. What would it profit Brooklyn? NOTHING.
The Brooklyn Baseball Organization had its mind made up because New York City Developer Robert Moses just couldn't see "The Dodgers' having a new stadium not in Brooklyn, but any where else.
Signal337 2 years ago
What is the original source of this, a film? Who is the narrator?
krezzykrezz 3 years ago
I would guess vin scully
OCdodgerfan88 2 years ago
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Years Later after The Dodgers left Brooklyn, The Mets didn't have much of a chance to win "the 2007 & 2008 National League East" as John McCain & Sarah Palin didn't win the 2008 U.S. Presidency. The "Phillies" continue to show mockery over the "New York Mets"
Signal337 3 years ago
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Years later, The Mets didn't have much of a chance to win "the 2007 & 2008 National League East" as John McCain & Sarah Palin didn't win the 2008 U.S. Presidency. The "Phillies" continue to show mockery over the "New York Mets"
Signal337 3 years ago