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Posted by MATHA531 on Mon Jul 23 14:16:28 2007, in response to Re: Brooklyn Dodgers (on topic), posted by Wallyhorse on Mon Jul 23 13:52:59 2007. I really don't think it would have been pragmatic for the Giants as such to move to Shea....the Brooklyn fans simply would never have been able to swallow that in the same way the vast majority could not swallow the thought of becoming Yankee fans, as that wonderful human piece of garbage, the Commissioner of baseball suggested.The only thing that could have worked is O'Malley being allowed to move his franchise to Los Angeles but being forced to leave the name Dodgers where it belonged in Brooklyn....the Giants one way or another were history in NY, no amount of anythng could bring back their fan base or whatever. Brookyn could then have been awarded an expansion franchise called the Brooklyn Dodgers...they could have played in Flushing...fans would probably have grumbled a bit but when they realized the wonderful site that was (three major highways, the LIRR and the number 7 train right next door) and while there might be a bit of a blank on the pages of Brooklyn Dodger historical records, today we would have Fred Wilpon owning the Brooklyn Dodgers, perhaps the franchise moving back to Brooklyn (Coney Island) or staying put, opening up Ebbets Citi Field or Citi Ebbets Field whichever and while many would still lament the loss of the real Dodgers, by 1969 when the new Dodgers would have beaten the Baltimore Orioles to win the World Series, all would have been forgiven! But for that to have happened, we would have need a baseball commissioner with a large pair of you know whats, something Ford C. Frick sorely lacked. He should have stuck to doing the 6:45 PM sports report on WOR radio before Stan Lomax too that time slot. |
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