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Posted by #4 Sea Beach Fred on Fri Oct 9 13:22:47 2015, in response to Re: What If The Dodgers had not moved from Brooklyn?, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Oct 9 11:10:23 2015. Late in the season of 1956, Giants owner Horace Stoneham, who owned the Minneapolis franchise and was the Triple AAA farm team of the Giants, had recently completed a brand new open air ballpark which HS eyed greedily knowing his team has No. 3 in New York and sinking fast. He was planning to stay one more year in New York and then leaving town, but on February 21, 1957, O'Malley purchased the Los Angeles minor league franchise from Cubs owner Phil Wrigley and the fat was in the fire. Unable to get the land he needed to stay in Brooklyn and build his new ballpark, it was clear that he was heading West. Stoneham changed his mind within a week and was talked into going to SF to keep the rivalry going. It turned out to be great move for the Giants, even though there were times when it looked the team might not make it out there. They are solidly in SF now and well into the future. |
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