It was Pee Wee Reese and Babe Herman. Oh, the players I wish I had been able to see! This is such a melancholy song. I've been browsing through Duke Snider's autobioraphy, and it is chock-full of wonderful memories. Just re-read one on Gil Hodges--Who needs to be in the Hall. (A bio of him is coming out in August!) The Yankees were admired, but the Dodgers were LOVED.
Hi @BannerBombers - Thanks for tuning in and for your comment! In regard to the last sentance you wrote -- "The Yankees were admired, but the Dodgers were LOVED" -- Truer words were never spoken! Thanks again!
As a young boy, somewhere around the age of 11 to 14 growing up in Bklyn when kids played ball all day in the streets and school l yards, going to Ebbets Field was amazing ... at least for me and my friends. We'd hop on the train ( 15 cents then ) at Livonia Ave and get off at Franklin Ave and walk to the ball park from there. But what a feeling it was being inside Ebbets Field and seeing "The Duke" and company play ball and we all hoped that one day we to could play major league baseball ...
Hi @irwn8945 - Even though Ebbets field has been gone for years now, wonderful memories like the one you just shared with me will keep it alive as long as there are people like you who still remember! Thanks for tuning in and for your comment!
It became a recruiting ground for terrorists - Hampton El had a safe house opposite the Ebbitts Field Housing Project which tipped the neighborhood and cause many Jews to leave including my mother. Ebbitts Field should have been designated a landmark and never torn down even tho its lights shined in my window and kept me awake during night games.
Hi @ajweberman - It's so unfortunate that we live in a world of "Out with the Old and in with the New" because I wholeheartedly agree with you that Ebbetts field should have been designated a "landmark!" Thanks for tuning in and for your comment!
And the pitching! Who can ever forget that great staff of Don Newcombe, Carl Erskine, Ralph Branca, Preacher Roe, Johnny Podres, and yes, even the once hated Sal Maglie, with Joe Black coming out of the bullpen. And of course, one super special rookie and Brooklyn's own native son, Sandy Koufax.
Hi @jkrspecnet - Thanks for tuning in and for your comments! Wow - you really know your Brooklyn Dodgers! I'm really glad to see that my video brought back some good memories for you! Thanks again!
Where else in the world would a kid rather be in the summer than in a 50-cent center field upper deck "bleacher" seat of Ebbets Field, peering down at the Duke? Always had the dream of appearing on Happy Felton's Knothole Gang, but alas I never made it. Who can ever forget Gil Hodges at 1st Base, Jackie Robinson at 2nd, Pee Wee Reese at SS, Billy Cox at 3rd, Andy Pafko in Left Field, Duke Snider in Center, Carl Furillo in Right, and Roy Campanella behind the plate.
I grew up on the West Coast, when there was no major league team, west of St. Louis.. Along with being a Sinatra fan, we routed for the Dodgers.. Little did we know, that one day, LA would be their home..
Hi @zipper179 - Thanks for tuning in and for the comment! I'm glad you liked the Brooklyn Dodgers even before they became the LA Dodgers! Thanks again!
I'm a Yankee fan who hated seeing the Dodgers and Giants leave. Really miss them still. Thanks for this especially because (as an owner of 9,000 LPs) I'd never heard it before. Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! But true.
Hi @encrypter46 - Wow, 9,000 LP's! That's some collection! I'm glad that I was able to show you something that you never heard before - although with that much music at your fingertips it's kind of hard to imagine - Haaaah! ;-) Thanks for tuning in and for your comment!
Hi @divisioneight - Thanks for tuning in and for the comment - I'm so glad you liked my posting! With two greats like Frank Sinatra and the Brooklyn Dodgers how can you go wrong ! ! ! ;-))
Hi again @1959passions - Thanks for the wonderful compliment - It's greatly appreciated! :-) You mentioned that you're a Sinatra fan - me too! - and so I invite you to visit another posting of mine. This one is of the song "It was a very good year." You can either vist my Youtube channel and find it there - or - just Google the song tile - (just the song title) - and my video should come up first. You'll know it's mine because you will see my name - eddiepirrera. Enjoy! - and thanks again!
I've lived in Brooklyn & still do, went to Ebbits field many times was a member of knothold gang as a young boy. Having Frank Sinatra's voice puts the iceing on the cake... The one and only *old *old blue eyes* & them bums (Dodgers) will live in our hearts forever.
First time I heard this was on the Larry King radio_ show--yes, he had a radio show once, and it was better than his TV show. normally I don't care for Sinatra, but this song and "New York New York," are two exceptions.
Hi @musicmandon1 - Thanks for tuning in and for your comment! Frank Sinatras music has touched the lives of so many people in so many ways and although you are not a big Sinatra fan at least you like two of the really good ones! Thanks again for the comment!
Hi @TeriChiafari - Thanks so much for you comment, I'm really glad you found my video and enjoyed it ! ! ! If you liked the emotion of this one I think you might like another one of mine as well. So please feel free to check out my video of "It was a very good year" You can find it on my Youtube channel. if you do take the time to watch it, I do hope you enjoy it - and as always please feel free to comment - thanks again!
I was a child in Brooklyn and at 5 years old I distinctly remember annoying my uncle Benny by bouncing on his foot while he was trying to watch the Dodgers on TV...(12 inch screen).... and he gave me a spanking. The things we remember!!
Hi @joaniesal - Thanks for tuning in and for your comment! Even though Uncle Benny gave you a spanking when you were five, he was a Brooklyn Dodger fan and that makes him a good guy in my book - Haaaah! ;-))
Thanks for the video. Went there with my Dad when I was 5 and remember it well to this day. Got a signed ball from Pewee Reese (short stop) when he hit a homer and shook Duke Snyders hand that day too. Now 65 it brings back good memories, thanks.
Hi @RFLabs - What a great story! I myself was never there, but can only imagine how fantastic it must have been to see the Brooklyn Dodges playing baseball - in Brooklyn! PS - please feel free to check out my video tribue to Sinatra - "It was a very good year" Unfortunately I can't post the link - (Youtube doesn't allow that) - but if you Google the Title of the song - I come up as the #1 search result. Thanks for the comment!
My father LOVED the Dodgers until the day he died. The Mets filled in as his National League baseball team, but he never really got over the Dodgers moving. A short time before he passed, this song came on (I think it was on some television show) and he said "This was the darkest day of my life". This was a man who's seen his parents, and brother die, yet losing the the Dodgers was a more important moment in his life. I can't help but think od my dad whenever I hear this song.
Hi @FatSlobBob - I'm so happy that you found my posting and that it brings back good memories of your dad! Since this is the only posting of mine in which I'm not singing, you're welcome to check out some of my other Sinatra covers - I think you might like them as well. Thanks for the comment ! ! !
Very nice video, it also shows the craziness of American sports where teams can just be moved for more money, not caring that they rip the hearts and souls out of entire communities.
Hi @Jelle1880 - Thanks for the comment! And you are absolutly correct about American sports being "crazy!" If you get a chance, read the story regarding the HUGE battle between Walter O'Malley -- (the owner or the Brooklyn Dodgers) -- who very much wanted the Dodgers to stay in Brooklyn, and Robert Moses, who ran ALL major construction projects in New York and wouldn't let O'Malley build a new stadium in Brooklyn. It's very interesting! Thanks again for the comment ! ! !
Hi @5251nicky - There is a wonderful documentary that I saw on PBS about the Brooklyn Dodgers and the story of how they ultimately left NY. After watching this documentary there is no doubt that the blame can be placed squarely at the feet of Robert Moses! It seems that Walter O'Malley bent over backwards to try to keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn and was stopped at every turn by Mr Moses! Shame on Robert Moses for destroying the great legacy of a great New York team! Thanks for you comment.
Does anyone know of any suicided or distraught behaviors from the Dodgers or Giants moving? ANy old stories? I would have raised hell and its a shame all you hear about is the Dodgers not the Giants.
Hi @IslandersLIFE4 - That's a rather interesting point you've just raised. I don't know enough about the history of the Dodgers or Giants - after the move - to answer your question intelligently, but I do think I'd like to find out. Thanks for the comment.
Hi @goldenoldiesPete - Truly my pleasure ! ! ! I hope you've had the chance to check out my tribute to Frank and his career as it approaches half a million viewings ! ! ! I'm really proud of that one and hope you'll like it as much as you like this one - Thanks for your comment / compliment ! ! !
Hi again @goldenoldiesPete - By the way -- (since I forgot to mention it in my reply) -- the video I was talking about that is approching 500,000 viewings is my video tribute to Frank Sinatra of "It was a very good year" Please feel free to comment on that one as well - Thanks again!
I am looking forward to Citi Field because it looks like Ebbets and I hope it will give me a taste of what Ebbets was like because it was gone nearly 20 years before I was I born.
Hi Eddie, sorry it took me so long to follow up, and I'm glad to see other comements on here as well. I was not even born when the Dodgers left here, and I can still feel the loss, thank you for this wonderful little video, it has touched so many I've shown it to
It's such a shame I grew up on the Brooklyn-Queens border in an area called "CityLine" and there were tons of old time Dodger fans, who never forgave Walter O'Malley for stealing their team. It really broke their hearts.
"The Brooklyn Dodgers are gone forever. Ghosts in a place where they were once gods"
was not something that Moses, with his huge God complex would allow. No one gives Mr. O'Malley credit for the YEARS that he fought the unfightable Robert Moses trying to keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn, stalling his backers in California while he petitioned Moses again and again to be allowed to bulid on that spot on Atlantic Avenue. Again and again Moses told him it was the Flushing Meadow or nothing. The fans would not accept a team playing outside of Kings County as a Brooklyn team. Thnx Moses!
Everyone paints Walter O'Malley as the villin here, the REAL one was Robert Moses! O'Malley wanted to relocate the Dodgers to Downtown Brooklyn, at the terminus of the Long Island Railroad;PLENTY of parking (Ebbets Field had just 700 parking spots) and the Dodgers fanbase, that had moved out to the Island could get there easily. Moses would not allow it, would ONLY consider Flushing Meadow as it fit with his auto centered philosophy and a stadium that could be reached by train by the masses
I know this reply comes rather late - BUT - I'd like to thank you for watching my video & tell you that when I created it I did in fact know ALL about the goings on between Walter O'malley & Robert Moses. Walter O'Maley should have been commended for ALL his efforts to try and keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn and Robert Moses quite simply should have just been SHOT !
So True. The ultimate irony the Mets new ballpark looks like Ebbetts Field and Flushing is where the replacement to Ebbetts was the suggested place to be.
It is ironic that it looks like Ebbetts, but I think its a moving tribute to their Dodgers. I know the Mets are basically a combination NY Giants-Brooklyn Dodgers, but its mostly Dodgers. So many loyal Dodger fans became Met fans, especially where I grew up on the Brooklyn Queens- border.
I think the great shame is , O'Malley didn't have to go to LA, he could have stayed in NY. But he really didn't want to.
I think even if Moses would have said yes, O'Malley still would have left.
One of the more poignant memories of my miscreant youth
thorsHammer430 2 days ago
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EDDIEPIRRERA 1 day ago
It was Pee Wee Reese and Babe Herman. Oh, the players I wish I had been able to see! This is such a melancholy song. I've been browsing through Duke Snider's autobioraphy, and it is chock-full of wonderful memories. Just re-read one on Gil Hodges--Who needs to be in the Hall. (A bio of him is coming out in August!) The Yankees were admired, but the Dodgers were LOVED.
BannerBombers 1 month ago
Hi @BannerBombers - Thanks for tuning in and for your comment! In regard to the last sentance you wrote -- "The Yankees were admired, but the Dodgers were LOVED" -- Truer words were never spoken! Thanks again!
EDDIEPIRRERA 1 month ago
As a young boy, somewhere around the age of 11 to 14 growing up in Bklyn when kids played ball all day in the streets and school l yards, going to Ebbets Field was amazing ... at least for me and my friends. We'd hop on the train ( 15 cents then ) at Livonia Ave and get off at Franklin Ave and walk to the ball park from there. But what a feeling it was being inside Ebbets Field and seeing "The Duke" and company play ball and we all hoped that one day we to could play major league baseball ...
irwn8945 1 month ago
Hi @irwn8945 - Even though Ebbets field has been gone for years now, wonderful memories like the one you just shared with me will keep it alive as long as there are people like you who still remember! Thanks for tuning in and for your comment!
EDDIEPIRRERA 1 month ago
It became a recruiting ground for terrorists - Hampton El had a safe house opposite the Ebbitts Field Housing Project which tipped the neighborhood and cause many Jews to leave including my mother. Ebbitts Field should have been designated a landmark and never torn down even tho its lights shined in my window and kept me awake during night games.
ajweberman 1 month ago
Hi @ajweberman - It's so unfortunate that we live in a world of "Out with the Old and in with the New" because I wholeheartedly agree with you that Ebbetts field should have been designated a "landmark!" Thanks for tuning in and for your comment!
EDDIEPIRRERA 1 month ago
And the pitching! Who can ever forget that great staff of Don Newcombe, Carl Erskine, Ralph Branca, Preacher Roe, Johnny Podres, and yes, even the once hated Sal Maglie, with Joe Black coming out of the bullpen. And of course, one super special rookie and Brooklyn's own native son, Sandy Koufax.
jkrspecnet 2 months ago
Hi @jkrspecnet - Thanks for tuning in and for your comments! Wow - you really know your Brooklyn Dodgers! I'm really glad to see that my video brought back some good memories for you! Thanks again!
EDDIEPIRRERA 2 months ago
Where else in the world would a kid rather be in the summer than in a 50-cent center field upper deck "bleacher" seat of Ebbets Field, peering down at the Duke? Always had the dream of appearing on Happy Felton's Knothole Gang, but alas I never made it. Who can ever forget Gil Hodges at 1st Base, Jackie Robinson at 2nd, Pee Wee Reese at SS, Billy Cox at 3rd, Andy Pafko in Left Field, Duke Snider in Center, Carl Furillo in Right, and Roy Campanella behind the plate.
jkrspecnet 2 months ago
@jkrspecnet that was pee wee herman
ajweberman 1 month ago
Hi @ajweberman - No, Pee Wee Herman didn't play for the Brooklyn Dodgers! Sorry about that! But thanks for tuning in anyway!
EDDIEPIRRERA 1 month ago
Awww, so, so touching, I'm from BKLYN!
Nickie0016 3 months ago
Hi @Nickie0016 - Thanks for the "touching" comment!
EDDIEPIRRERA 3 months ago
I grew up on the West Coast, when there was no major league team, west of St. Louis.. Along with being a Sinatra fan, we routed for the Dodgers.. Little did we know, that one day, LA would be their home..
zipper179 3 months ago
Hi @zipper179 - Thanks for tuning in and for the comment! I'm glad you liked the Brooklyn Dodgers even before they became the LA Dodgers! Thanks again!
EDDIEPIRRERA 3 months ago
I'm a Yankee fan who hated seeing the Dodgers and Giants leave. Really miss them still. Thanks for this especially because (as an owner of 9,000 LPs) I'd never heard it before. Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! But true.
encrypter46 3 months ago
Hi @encrypter46 - Wow, 9,000 LP's! That's some collection! I'm glad that I was able to show you something that you never heard before - although with that much music at your fingertips it's kind of hard to imagine - Haaaah! ;-) Thanks for tuning in and for your comment!
EDDIEPIRRERA 3 months ago
Thanks Boss for the memories.
divisioneight 5 months ago
Hi @divisioneight - Thanks for tuning in and for the comment - I'm so glad you liked my posting! With two greats like Frank Sinatra and the Brooklyn Dodgers how can you go wrong ! ! ! ;-))
EDDIEPIRRERA 5 months ago
@EDDIEPIRRERA Great video, I didn´t knew what Ballpark was it about.
Chau,
Silvia.-
silrosm 4 months ago
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EDDIEPIRRERA 4 months ago
There should be more video like this...Sorry to say many people post that have no sentimental expression....Nice thanks for posting
1959passions 5 months ago
Hi again @1959passions - Thanks for the wonderful compliment - It's greatly appreciated! :-) You mentioned that you're a Sinatra fan - me too! - and so I invite you to visit another posting of mine. This one is of the song "It was a very good year." You can either vist my Youtube channel and find it there - or - just Google the song tile - (just the song title) - and my video should come up first. You'll know it's mine because you will see my name - eddiepirrera. Enjoy! - and thanks again!
EDDIEPIRRERA 5 months ago
Thanks This is a first for me...
I've lived in Brooklyn & still do, went to Ebbits field many times was a member of knothold gang as a young boy. Having Frank Sinatra's voice puts the iceing on the cake... The one and only *old *old blue eyes* & them bums (Dodgers) will live in our hearts forever.
1959passions 5 months ago
Hi @1959passions - Thanks for your comment - I'm so glad you like my video! :-))
EDDIEPIRRERA 5 months ago
First time I heard this was on the Larry King radio_ show--yes, he had a radio show once, and it was better than his TV show. normally I don't care for Sinatra, but this song and "New York New York," are two exceptions.
musicmandon1 6 months ago
Hi @musicmandon1 - Thanks for tuning in and for your comment! Frank Sinatras music has touched the lives of so many people in so many ways and although you are not a big Sinatra fan at least you like two of the really good ones! Thanks again for the comment!
EDDIEPIRRERA 6 months ago
Great video. I can feel the emotion of time that has passed. Thank you.
TeriChiafari 6 months ago
Hi @TeriChiafari - Thanks so much for you comment, I'm really glad you found my video and enjoyed it ! ! ! If you liked the emotion of this one I think you might like another one of mine as well. So please feel free to check out my video of "It was a very good year" You can find it on my Youtube channel. if you do take the time to watch it, I do hope you enjoy it - and as always please feel free to comment - thanks again!
EDDIEPIRRERA 6 months ago
I was a child in Brooklyn and at 5 years old I distinctly remember annoying my uncle Benny by bouncing on his foot while he was trying to watch the Dodgers on TV...(12 inch screen).... and he gave me a spanking. The things we remember!!
joaniesal 6 months ago
Hi @joaniesal - Thanks for tuning in and for your comment! Even though Uncle Benny gave you a spanking when you were five, he was a Brooklyn Dodger fan and that makes him a good guy in my book - Haaaah! ;-))
EDDIEPIRRERA 6 months ago
Thanks for the video. Went there with my Dad when I was 5 and remember it well to this day. Got a signed ball from Pewee Reese (short stop) when he hit a homer and shook Duke Snyders hand that day too. Now 65 it brings back good memories, thanks.
RFLabs 7 months ago
Hi @RFLabs - What a great story! I myself was never there, but can only imagine how fantastic it must have been to see the Brooklyn Dodges playing baseball - in Brooklyn! PS - please feel free to check out my video tribue to Sinatra - "It was a very good year" Unfortunately I can't post the link - (Youtube doesn't allow that) - but if you Google the Title of the song - I come up as the #1 search result. Thanks for the comment!
EDDIEPIRRERA 7 months ago
My father LOVED the Dodgers until the day he died. The Mets filled in as his National League baseball team, but he never really got over the Dodgers moving. A short time before he passed, this song came on (I think it was on some television show) and he said "This was the darkest day of my life". This was a man who's seen his parents, and brother die, yet losing the the Dodgers was a more important moment in his life. I can't help but think od my dad whenever I hear this song.
FatSlobBob 8 months ago
Hi @FatSlobBob - I'm so happy that you found my posting and that it brings back good memories of your dad! Since this is the only posting of mine in which I'm not singing, you're welcome to check out some of my other Sinatra covers - I think you might like them as well. Thanks for the comment ! ! !
EDDIEPIRRERA 8 months ago
Very nice video, it also shows the craziness of American sports where teams can just be moved for more money, not caring that they rip the hearts and souls out of entire communities.
Jelle1880 9 months ago
Hi @Jelle1880 - Thanks for the comment! And you are absolutly correct about American sports being "crazy!" If you get a chance, read the story regarding the HUGE battle between Walter O'Malley -- (the owner or the Brooklyn Dodgers) -- who very much wanted the Dodgers to stay in Brooklyn, and Robert Moses, who ran ALL major construction projects in New York and wouldn't let O'Malley build a new stadium in Brooklyn. It's very interesting! Thanks again for the comment ! ! !
EDDIEPIRRERA 9 months ago
@EDDIEPIRRERA it was robert moses who made the dodgers leave even mayor wagner was pissed at him
5251nicky 6 months ago
Hi @5251nicky - There is a wonderful documentary that I saw on PBS about the Brooklyn Dodgers and the story of how they ultimately left NY. After watching this documentary there is no doubt that the blame can be placed squarely at the feet of Robert Moses! It seems that Walter O'Malley bent over backwards to try to keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn and was stopped at every turn by Mr Moses! Shame on Robert Moses for destroying the great legacy of a great New York team! Thanks for you comment.
EDDIEPIRRERA 6 months ago
Does anyone know of any suicided or distraught behaviors from the Dodgers or Giants moving? ANy old stories? I would have raised hell and its a shame all you hear about is the Dodgers not the Giants.
IslandersLIFE4 9 months ago
Hi @IslandersLIFE4 - That's a rather interesting point you've just raised. I don't know enough about the history of the Dodgers or Giants - after the move - to answer your question intelligently, but I do think I'd like to find out. Thanks for the comment.
EDDIEPIRRERA 9 months ago
Thanks for sharing this tibute of our national pastime and masterpiece of Sinatra.
goldenoldiesPete 11 months ago
Hi @goldenoldiesPete - Truly my pleasure ! ! ! I hope you've had the chance to check out my tribute to Frank and his career as it approaches half a million viewings ! ! ! I'm really proud of that one and hope you'll like it as much as you like this one - Thanks for your comment / compliment ! ! !
EDDIEPIRRERA 11 months ago
Hi again @goldenoldiesPete - By the way -- (since I forgot to mention it in my reply) -- the video I was talking about that is approching 500,000 viewings is my video tribute to Frank Sinatra of "It was a very good year" Please feel free to comment on that one as well - Thanks again!
EDDIEPIRRERA 11 months ago
I am looking forward to Citi Field because it looks like Ebbets and I hope it will give me a taste of what Ebbets was like because it was gone nearly 20 years before I was I born.
NJTank 3 years ago
Hi Eddie, sorry it took me so long to follow up, and I'm glad to see other comements on here as well. I was not even born when the Dodgers left here, and I can still feel the loss, thank you for this wonderful little video, it has touched so many I've shown it to
michaelm742 3 years ago
It's such a shame I grew up on the Brooklyn-Queens border in an area called "CityLine" and there were tons of old time Dodger fans, who never forgave Walter O'Malley for stealing their team. It really broke their hearts.
"The Brooklyn Dodgers are gone forever. Ghosts in a place where they were once gods"
-The Ghosts of Flatbush
MrMojoRisinII 3 years ago
MY SENTIMENTS EXACTLY ! ! !
EDDIEPIRRERA 3 years ago
Go Brooklyn Dodgers Go Pee Wee Rees and Jackie Robinson
redwing161 3 years ago
What a wonderful video, brought tears to my eyes. I don't know what I'd do if they ever did that to my beloved Wrigley Field...
Wonderful job! *applause*
eandttruelove 3 years ago
Thanks so very much for taking the time to watch my vido - I'm glad you liked it !
EDDIEPIRRERA 3 years ago
was not something that Moses, with his huge God complex would allow. No one gives Mr. O'Malley credit for the YEARS that he fought the unfightable Robert Moses trying to keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn, stalling his backers in California while he petitioned Moses again and again to be allowed to bulid on that spot on Atlantic Avenue. Again and again Moses told him it was the Flushing Meadow or nothing. The fans would not accept a team playing outside of Kings County as a Brooklyn team. Thnx Moses!
michaelm742 3 years ago
Everyone paints Walter O'Malley as the villin here, the REAL one was Robert Moses! O'Malley wanted to relocate the Dodgers to Downtown Brooklyn, at the terminus of the Long Island Railroad;PLENTY of parking (Ebbets Field had just 700 parking spots) and the Dodgers fanbase, that had moved out to the Island could get there easily. Moses would not allow it, would ONLY consider Flushing Meadow as it fit with his auto centered philosophy and a stadium that could be reached by train by the masses
michaelm742 3 years ago
I know this reply comes rather late - BUT - I'd like to thank you for watching my video & tell you that when I created it I did in fact know ALL about the goings on between Walter O'malley & Robert Moses. Walter O'Maley should have been commended for ALL his efforts to try and keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn and Robert Moses quite simply should have just been SHOT !
EDDIEPIRRERA 3 years ago
So True. The ultimate irony the Mets new ballpark looks like Ebbetts Field and Flushing is where the replacement to Ebbetts was the suggested place to be.
IPA21 3 years ago
It is ironic that it looks like Ebbetts, but I think its a moving tribute to their Dodgers. I know the Mets are basically a combination NY Giants-Brooklyn Dodgers, but its mostly Dodgers. So many loyal Dodger fans became Met fans, especially where I grew up on the Brooklyn Queens- border.
I think the great shame is , O'Malley didn't have to go to LA, he could have stayed in NY. But he really didn't want to.
I think even if Moses would have said yes, O'Malley still would have left.
MrMojoRisinII 3 years ago