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Re: 3 Aerial Photos of 1939 Fairgrounds Showing Subway Station...Re: Railroad to 1939 NY World's Fair |
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Posted by Lou From Middletown NY on Sat Mar 24 17:28:17 2018, in response to Re: 3 Aerial Photos of 1939 Fairgrounds Showing Subway Station...Re: Railroad to 1939 NY World's Fair, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Mar 24 16:17:34 2018. Well, that was O'M's stated reason. One reason that I have always felt, is that O'Malley was not the kind of guy to be someone's tenant - especially not the City....There's literally been fifty billion words written on the subject, and anything we can say on it here won't clear matters up anymore -BUT - it can probably be boiled down to this: I think O'Malley truly believed in his Dodgerdome initially - until his bean counters quietly told him that, at least in 1955 or whatever, it was still a reach technically and financially to do. Meanwhile the Braves had moved to Milwaukee, and were starting to draw over 2 million a year there, and O'M was scared they would be able to build their farm system to be better than the Dodgers' system. Plus California was just sitting there, a rich market just waiting for the picking. So O'Malley continued to feign interest in the domed stadium, started to prepare himself for a possible California move, and make noises about whatever Moses had plans for in Queens. (He also knew it could be a good chance to make Moses and whomever was mayor took REAL bad, too) O'Malley knew SOMEBODY was going to go into L.A., and was determined he was going to be the one, once he made his mind up tp do it. I SORT of feel bad about some of those kids - and adults - who got a much needed life lesson on the realities of business and politics too.. |
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