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| West Division titles (9) [1][2] | 2004 • 1995 • 1988 • 1985 1983 • 1981 • 1978 • 1977 1974 | ||
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[1] - In 1981, a players' strike in the middle of the season forced the season to be split into two halves. The 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season features the Dodgers celebrating their Golden Anniversary in Southern California under new manager Joe Torre as Champions National League: Boston Beaneaters American Association: Philadelphia Athletics Inter-State Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball Champions World Series: Brooklyn Bridegrooms 3 Louisville Colonels 3 1 tie National League: Brooklyn Bridegrooms The National League Western Division, or NL West, is one of the three divisions of Major League Baseball 's National League. Champions Major League Baseball The most notable part of the 1969 season were the Miracle Mets World Series: New York Mets Harold Henry "Pee Wee" Reese ( July 23 1918 - August 14 1999) was an American professional Baseball player who Thomas Charles Lasorda (born September 22 1927 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher and Edwin Donald "Duke" Snider (born September 19, 1926 in Los Angeles California) Nicknamed "The Silver Fox" James William Gilliam ( October 17 1928 - October 8 1978) was an American second and Third baseman and coach Donald Howard Sutton (born April 2, 1945) is a former Major League Baseball player and current Television Sportscaster. Walter Emmons Alston ( December 1, 1911 - October 1, 1984) nicknamed "Smokey" was an American Baseball player Sanford Koufax (ˈkoʊfæks (born Sanford Braun, on December 30, 1935) is an American Left-handed former Pitcher in Roy Campanella ( November 19, 1921 – June 26, 1993) nicknamed " Campy " was an American Baseball Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31 1919 – October 24 1972 was a Baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Donald Scott Drysdale ( July 23, 1936 – July 3, 1993) was an American Right-handed Pitcher in Major League Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Milwaukee Braves (4-3 Bob Turley, MVP Champions World Series: New York Yankees over Chicago Cubs (4-0 Negro League World Series: Pittsburgh Crawfords Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Milwaukee Braves over New York Yankees (4-3 Lew Burdette, MVP Champions World Series: Boston Braves over Philadelphia Athletics (4-0 Awards and honors Chalmers Champions World Series: St Louis Cardinals over Philadelphia Athletics (4-3 Awards and honors Champions World Series: Philadelphia Athletics over New York Giants (4-1 Awards and honors Champions World Series: Philadelphia Athletics over New York Giants (4-2 Awards and honors Champions World Series: Boston Red Sox over New York Giants (4-3-1 Awards and honors Chalmers Champions National League: Brooklyn Superbas National League final standings Events Champions World Series: Philadelphia Athletics over Chicago Cubs (4-1 Awards and honors Champions National League: Boston Beaneaters American Association: Boston Reds Major League Champions Temple Cup: Cleveland Spiders defeated Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 1 National League: Baltimore Champions World Series: New York Giants 6 St Louis Browns 4 National League: New York Giants Champions World Series: Brooklyn Bridegrooms 3 Louisville Colonels 3 1 tie National League: Brooklyn Bridegrooms Champions Temple Cup: Baltimore Orioles defeated Cleveland Spiders, 4 games to 0 National League: Baltimore Champions National League: Boston Beaneaters National League final standings Events Champions Post-season playoff Chicago White Stockings played St Champions World Series Detroit Wolverines 10 St Louis Browns 5 (15 game series National League: Detroit Champions First World's Championship Series: Providence Grays over New York Metropolitans (3-0 National League Dodger Stadium is a large outdoor ballpark in Los Angeles California at Chávez Ravine. The 1962 season is perhaps most notable for the dismal 40-120 record of the New York Mets, which has been a continuing source of humor among baseball fans as well as comedians such as The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports Stadium in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles California at Exposition Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Milwaukee Braves (4-3 Bob Turley, MVP Headline Event of the Year Roger Maris hits 61 home runs breaking Babe Ruth 's record Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball park located in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York, USA. Champions World Series: Philadelphia Athletics over New York Giants (4-1 Awards and honors Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Milwaukee Braves over New York Yankees (4-3 Lew Burdette, MVP This article is about the baseball stadiums in Brooklyn New York Champions National League: Boston Beaneaters National League final standings Events Champions World Series: Boston Red Sox over New York Giants (4-3-1 Awards and honors Chalmers Eastern Park was a Baseball park in Brooklyn, New York in the 1890s Champions National League: Boston Beaneaters American Association: Boston Reds Major League Champions Temple Cup: Baltimore Orioles defeated Boston Beaneaters, 4 games to 1 National League: Boston Beaneaters Ridgewood Park is a former Baseball ground located in Ridgewood, New York City, New York ( USA) Champions World Series St Louis Browns 4 Chicago White Stockings 2 National League: Chicago White Stockings Champions World Series: New York Giants 6 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 3 National League: New York Giants This article is about the baseball stadiums in Brooklyn New York Champions First World's Championship Series: Providence Grays over New York Metropolitans (3-0 National League Champions World Series: Brooklyn Bridegrooms 3 Louisville Colonels 3 1 tie National League: Brooklyn Bridegrooms The 1988 World Series matched the Oakland Athletics against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Dodgers upsetting the heavily favored A's to win the Series in five The 1981 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers, marking their third meeting in the Series in five years The 1965 World Series featured the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the American League champion Minnesota Twins, who The 1963 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Dodgers sweeping the Series in four games The 1959 World Series featured the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers beating the American League champion Chicago White Sox, The 1955 World Series matched the Brooklyn Dodgers against the New York Yankees, with the Dodgers winning the Series in 7 games to capture their first championship Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Yankees (4-2 Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero The 1981 Major League Baseball strike was the fifth work stoppage in Major League Baseball since the 1972 Major League Baseball strike Los Angeles had the best record in the West Division when play was stopped and was declared the first-half division winner. The Dodgers had the second best record in the division when considering the entire season, four games behind Cincinnati. The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA | |||
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles, California, USA. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The team is in the Western Division of the National League. The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known as the Brooklyn Dodgers, before moving to Los Angeles before the 1958 season. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Team History
Early Brooklyn baseball
Brooklyn was home to outstanding baseball clubs in the mid-1850s. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Events and Trends Industry Production of Steel revolutionized by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman Eight of 16 participants in the first convention were from Brooklyn, including the Atlantic, Eckford and Excelsior clubs that combined to dominate play for most of the 1860s. The National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP was the first organization governing American Baseball. The Atlantic Base Ball Club of Brooklyn ("Atlantic" or the "Brooklyn Atlantics" was baseball's first champion and its first dynasty Eckford of Brooklyn, or simply Eckford, was an American Baseball club from 1855 to 1872 Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was completed in 1869 Brooklyn helped make baseball commercial, as the locale of the first paid admission games, a series of three all star contests matching New York and Brooklyn in 1858. Baseball "All New York" and "All Brooklyn" Nines play three matches at the Fashion Race Course in Brooklyn, with the All New York Nine Brooklyn also featured the first two enclosed baseball grounds, the Union Grounds and the Capitoline Grounds; enclosed, dedicated ballparks accelerated the evolution from amateurism to professionalism. Union Grounds was a Baseball park located in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn New York. Capitoline Grounds was a Baseball park in Brooklyn New York in the 1860s and 1870s An amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit study or science without formal training or pay This article is about people called professionals For the Movie, see The Professional or Leon.
Despite the success of Brooklyn clubs in the first Association, officially amateur until 1869, they fielded weak teams in the succeeding National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, the first professional league formed in 1871. The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NAPBBP or simply the National Association (NA was founded in 1871 and lasted through the 1875 season Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Excelsiors no longer challenged for the amateur championship after the war and never entered the professional NA. The Eckfords and Atlantics declined to join until 1872 and thereby lost their best players; Eckford survived only one season and Atlantic four, with losing teams. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year
The National League replaced the NA in 1876 and granted exclusive territories to its eight members, excluding the Atlantics in favor of the New York Mutuals who had shared the same home grounds. The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball The Mutual Base Ball Club of New York was a leading American Baseball club almost throughout its 20-year history When the Mutuals were expelled by the League, the Hartford Dark Blues club moved in, changed its name to The Brooklyn Hartfords and played its home games at Union Grounds in 1877 before disbanding. The Hartford Dark Blues were a 19th century Baseball team The team was based in Hartford Connecticut. They were also the Brooklyn Superbas for a little while.
Brooklyn Dodgers
The Brooklyn baseball club that eventually became the NL Dodgers was established in 1883, and the team joined the upstart American Association the following year. This article refers to the former Baseball major league that existed from 1882 to 1891 Originally the Brooklyn team was known as the "Atlantics" (a reference to the earlier National Association team), and later as the "Grays. " After several of the team's players were married in succession in 1888, the press began referring to the team as the "Brooklyn Bridegrooms. " The Bridegrooms won the AA pennant in 1889. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Upon switching to the National League in 1890, the franchise became the first of only three major league sports teams, and the only major league baseball team, to win championships in different leagues in consecutive years. The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common (The other two sports teams to win consecutive sufis in different leagues were the 1948-1949 Minneapolis Lakers and the 1949-1950 Cleveland Browns. The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association (NBA team based in Los Angeles, California. The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. ) Eight years passed before any more success followed. Because of joint ownership between the two clubs, several Hall of Fame players were sold to Brooklyn by the soon-to-be-defunct Baltimore Orioles, along with their manager, Ned Hanlon. The Baltimore Orioles were a 19th-century American Association and National League team from 1882 to 1899. Edward Hugh "Ned" Hanlon ( August 22, 1857 - April 14, 1937) was a 19th century Major League Baseball player and This catapulted Brooklyn to instant contention, and "Brooklyn Superbas" (as the team was known in the late 1890s because the manager shared a surname with "Hanlon's Superbas," a popular acrobatic troupe at the time) lived up to their name, winning pennants in 1899 and 1900. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar
Teams of this era played in two principal ballparks, Washington Park and Eastern Park. This article is about the baseball stadiums in Brooklyn New York Eastern Park was a Baseball park in Brooklyn, New York in the 1890s They first earned the nickname "Trolley Dodgers," later shortened to Dodgers, while at Eastern Park during the 1890s because of the difficulty fans (and players) had in reaching the ballpark due to the number of trolley lines in the area. Trolley dodger was a Pejorative term of Manhattanites for residents of Brooklyn New York from the late 19th century to the middle of the 20th Eastern Park was a Baseball park in Brooklyn, New York in the 1890s The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the " Mauve Decade" because William Henry Perkin 's aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that The name "Trolley Dodgers" is recorded separately in two newspapers on September 3, 1895. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year [1] The club also engaged in a series of mergers during this period, acquiring the New York Metropolitans in 1888 for territorial protection and star contracts, merging with the Brooklyn Wonders in 1891 as part of the Players League settlement, and merging with the Baltimore Orioles (NL) in 1900 as part of the National League's consolidation of clubs. The Metropolitan Club (the New York Metropolitans or the Mets) was a 19th century Professional Baseball team that played in New York Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Westchester Phantoms are a professional basketball team in the Blue (Eastern Conference of the American Basketball Association based in Westchester Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Players' National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, popularly known as the Players' League (sometimes rendered as Players League) was a short-lived but The Baltimore Orioles were a 19th-century American Association and National League team from 1882 to 1899. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball
In 1902, Hanlon expressed his desire to buy a controlling interest in the team and move it (back, effectively) to Baltimore. His plan was blocked by a lifelong club employee, Charles Ebbets, who put himself heavily in debt to buy the team and keep it in the borough. See Charles C Ebbets the photographer Charles Hercules Ebbets ( October 29, 1859 &ndash April 18, 1925 Ebbets' ambition did not stop at owning the team. He desired to replace the dilapidated Washington Park with a new ballpark, and again invested heavily to finance the construction of Ebbets Field, which would become the Dodgers' home for 45 seasons starting in 1913 and ending after the 1957 season. This article is about the baseball stadiums in Brooklyn New York Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball park located in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York, USA. Baseball World Series - Philadelphia Athletics defeat New York Giants, 4 games to 1
Rivalry with the Giants
The historic and heated rivalry between the Dodgers and the Giants is more than a century old, and is the longest rivalry in baseball history, having begun when both clubs played in New York City (the Dodgers in Brooklyn and the Giants in Manhattan). The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York When both franchises moved to California in 1958, the rivalry was easily transplanted with them, as the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco have long been rivals in economic, cultural, and political arenas throughout the history of the State of California. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city
“Uncle Robbie” and the “Daffiness Boys”
Manager Wilbert Robinson, another former Oriole, popularly known as “Uncle Robbie,” restored the Brooklyn team to respectability, with his “Brooklyn Robins” winning pennants to reach the 1916 and 1920 World Series, losing both, but contending perennially for several seasons. The Baltimore Orioles were a 19th-century American Association and National League team from 1882 to 1899. In the 1916 World Series, the Boston Red Sox beat the Brooklyn Robins (a In the 1920 World Series, the Cleveland Indians beat the Brooklyn Dodgers, then known interchangeably as the Robins in reference to their manager Wilbert Charles Ebbetts and Ed McKeever died within a week in 1925, and Robbie was named president while still field manager. Upon assuming the title of president, however, Robinson’s ability to focus on the field declined, and the teams of the late 1920s were often fondly referred to as the “Daffiness Boys” for their distracted, error-ridden style of play. The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada Outfielder Babe Herman was the leader both in hitting and in zaniness. Floyd Caves "Babe" Herman ( June 26 1903 - November 27 1987) was an American Right fielder in Major After his removal as club president, Robinson returned to managing, and the club’s performance rebounded somewhat.
When Robinson retired in 1931, he was replaced as manager by Max Carey. Max George Carey ( January 11, 1890 &ndash May 30, 1976) was an American Center fielder in Major League Baseball Although some suggested renaming the "Robins" the "Brooklyn Canaries," after Carey (whose last name was originally "Carnarius"), the name "Brooklyn Dodgers" returned to stay following Robinson's retirement. It was during this era that Willard Mullin, a noted sports cartoonist, fixed the Brooklyn team with the lovable nickname of “Dem Bums. Willard Mullin ( September 14 1902 &ndash December 20 1978) was an American sports Cartoonist. A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing Cartoons Traditionally much of this work was and still is humorous and is intended primarily for entertainment purposes ” After hearing his cab driver ask "So how did those bums do today?" Mullin decided to sketch an exaggerated version of famed circus clown Emmett Kelly to represent the Dodgers in his much-praised cartoons in the New York World-Telegram. Emmett Leo Kelly ( December 9, 1898 &ndash March 28, 1979) a native of Sedan Kansas, was an American circus performer The New York World-Telegram, later known as the New York World-Telegram and Sun, was a New York City newspaper from 1931 to 1966 Both the image and the nickname caught on, so much so that many a Dodger yearbook cover, from 1951 through 1957, featured a Willard Mullin illustration with the Brooklyn Bum.
Perhaps the highlight of the Daffiness Boys era came after Wilbert Robinson had left the dugout. In 1934, Giants player/manager Bill Terry was asked about the Dodgers’ chances in the coming pennant race and cracked infamously, “Is Brooklyn still in the league?” Managed now by Casey Stengel (who played for the Dodgers in the 1910s and would go on to greatness managing another team), the 1934 Dodgers were determined to make their presence felt. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over Detroit Tigers (4-3 All-Star Game William Harold Terry ( October 30, 1898 - January 9, 1989) was a Major League Baseball First baseman and manager Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel ( July 30, 1890 - September 29, 1975) nicknamed "The Old Professor" was an American The 1910s decade ran from January 1 1910 through December 31 1919 The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. As it happened, the season ended with the Giants tied with the St. Louis Cardinals for the pennant, with the Giants’ remaining games against the Dodgers. The St Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards " or "the Redbirds " are a professional Baseball team based in St Stengel led his Bums to the Polo Grounds for the showdown and they beat the Giants twice to knock them out of the pennant race. The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different Stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City used by Baseball 's New York Giants The “Gashouse Gang” Cardinals nailed the pennant by beating the Cincinnati Reds those same two days. The Gashouse Gang was a nickname applied to the St Louis Cardinals Major League Baseball team of. The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA
One key development during this era was the 1938 appointment of Leland Stanford MacPhail — better known as Larry MacPhail — as the Dodgers' general manager. Leland Stanford "Larry" MacPhail Sr ( February 3 1890 - October 1 1975) was an American executive and innovator in MacPhail, who brought night baseball to MLB as general manager of the Reds, also introduced Brooklyn to night baseball and ordered the successful refurbishing of Ebbets Field. He also brought Reds voice Red Barber to Brooklyn as the Dodgers' lead announcer in 1939, just after MacPhail broke the New York baseball executives' agreement to ban live baseball broadcasts, enacted because of the fear of what effect the radio calls would have on the home teams' attendance. Walter Lanier "Red" Barber ( February 17, 1908, Columbus Mississippi – October 22, 1992) was an American
MacPhail remained with the Dodgers until 1942, when he returned to the Armed Forces for World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including (He later became one of the New York Yankees' co-owners, bidding unsuccessfully for Barber to join him in the Bronx as announcer. The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. ) MacPhail's surviving son Leland Jr. (Lee MacPhail) and surviving grandson Andy MacPhail also became MLB execs. Leland Stanford MacPhail Jr (born October 25, 1917 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a former administrator in Major League Baseball Andy MacPhail (born April 5, 1953) is the president of baseball operations for the Baltimore Orioles.
The first major-league baseball game to be televised was Brooklyn’s 6-1 victory over Cincinnati at Ebbets Field on August 26, 1939. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Batting helmets were introduced to Major League Baseball by the Dodgers in 1941. batting helmet is the protective headgear worn by batters in a game of Baseball or Softball. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Breaking the color barrier
For most of the first half of the 20th century, no Major League Baseball team employed an African-American player. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa A parallel system of Negro Leagues developed, but most of the Negro League players were denied a chance to prove their skill before a national audience. Part of the History of baseball in the United States series The Negro leagues were American professional Baseball leagues Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play for a Major League Baseball team when he played his first major-league game on April 15, 1947, as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31 1919 – October 24 1972 was a Baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It happened mainly due to General Manager Branch Rickey's efforts. Wesley Branch Rickey ( December 15 1881 &ndash December 9 1965) was an innovative Major League Baseball executive best known The deeply religious Rickey's motivation appears to have been primarily moral although business considerations were also present. Rickey was a member of The Methodist Church, the antecedent denomination to The United Methodist Church of today, which was a strong advocate for social justice and active later in the Civil Rights movement. The Methodist Church was the name adopted by the Methodist denomination formed in the United States by the reunion in 1939 of the northern The United Methodist Church is the largest Methodist denomination and the second largest Protestant denomination in the United States. Social justice, sometimes called civil justice, refers to the concept of a Society in which Justice is achieved in every aspect of society rather than See also Protests of 1968 Historically the civil rights movement was a concentrated period of time around the world of approximately twenty years (1960-1980 in (The New York Times: "Branch Rickey, 83, Dies in Missouri". )
This event was the harbinger of the integration of sports in the United States, the concomitant demise of the Negro Leagues, and is regarded as a key moment in the history of the American Civil Rights movement. Part of the History of baseball in the United States series The Negro leagues were American professional Baseball leagues The American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968 refers to the reform movements in the United States aimed at abolishing racial discrimination against African Robinson was an exceptional player, a speedy runner who sparked the whole team with his intensity, and was given the inaugural Rookie of the Year award, which is now named the Jackie Robinson award in his honor. In Baseball, a stolen base occurs when a Baserunner successfully advances to the next base while the Pitcher is delivering the ball to Home plate In Major League Baseball, the Rookie of the Year Award is given annually to one player from each league as voted upon by the Baseball Writers Association of America Robinson would eventually go on to become the first African-American elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.
“Wait ’til next year!”
After the wilderness years of the 1920s and 1930s, the Dodgers were rebuilt into a contending club first by general manager Larry MacPhail and then the legendary Branch Rickey. Leland Stanford "Larry" MacPhail Sr ( February 3 1890 - October 1 1975) was an American executive and innovator in Wesley Branch Rickey ( December 15 1881 &ndash December 9 1965) was an innovative Major League Baseball executive best known Led by Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson and Gil Hodges in the infield, Duke Snider in center field, Roy Campanella behind the plate, and Don Newcombe on the pitcher's mound, the Dodgers won pennants in 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, and 1953, only to fall to the New York Yankees in all five of the subsequent World Series. Harold Henry "Pee Wee" Reese ( July 23 1918 - August 14 1999) was an American professional Baseball player who Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31 1919 – October 24 1972 was a Baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Gilbert Raymond Hodges ( April 4 1924 – April 2 1972) was an American First baseman and manager in Major Edwin Donald "Duke" Snider (born September 19, 1926 in Los Angeles California) Nicknamed "The Silver Fox" Roy Campanella ( November 19, 1921 – June 26, 1993) nicknamed " Campy " was an American Baseball Donald Newcombe (born June 14, 1926 in Madison New Jersey) nicknamed "Newk" is an American former Major League Baseball The 1941 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers, with the Yankees winning in five games to capture their fifth title in six years The 1947 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers, with the Yankees winning the Series in 7 games for their first title since The 1949 World Series featured the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, with the Yankees winning in five games for their second defeat of the Dodgers in The 1952 World Series featured the three-time defending champion New York Yankees beating the Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games The 1953 World Series matched the four-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers in a rematch of the 1952 Series. The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. The annual ritual of building excitement, followed in the end by disappointment, became a common pattern to the long suffering fans, and “Wait ’til next year!” became an unofficial Dodger slogan.
While the Dodgers generally enjoyed resounding success during this period, in 1951 they fell victim to one of the largest collapses in the history of baseball. Headline Event of the Year Baseball's Shot Heard 'Round the World gives the New York Giants the National League Pennant in the third game of a best-of-three-games On August 11, Brooklyn led the National League by an enormous 13½ games over their archrivals, the Giants. Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation However, while the Dodgers went 26-22 from that time until the end of the season, the Giants went on an absolute tear, winning an amazing 37 of their last 44 games, including their last seven in a row. At the conclusion of the season, the Dodgers and the Giants were tied for first place, forcing a three-game playoff for the pennant. The Giants took Game 1 by a score of 3-1 before being shut out by the Dodgers' Clem Labine in Game 2, 10-0. Clement Walter Labine ( August 6 1926 – March 2 2007) was an American right-handed Relief pitcher in Major League It all came down to the final game, and Brooklyn seemed to have the pennant locked up, holding a 4-2 lead in the bottom of the ninth inning. However, Giants third baseman Bobby Thomson hit a stunning three-run walk-off home run off the Dodgers' Ralph Branca to secure the NL Championship in dramatic fashion for New York. Robert Brown Thomson (born October 25, 1923 in Glasgow, Scotland) nicknamed The Staten Island Scot, is a Scottish In Baseball, a walk-off home run is a Home run that ends the game Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca (born January 6, 1926 in Mount Vernon New York) is a former Starting pitcher in Major League Baseball Today, this home run is known as the Shot Heard 'Round The World. In Baseball, the " Shot Heard 'Round the World " is the term given to the Walk-off home run hit by New York Giants
In 1955, by which time the core of the Dodger team was beginning to age, “next year” finally came. The 1955 World Series matched the Brooklyn Dodgers against the New York Yankees, with the Dodgers winning the Series in 7 games to capture their first championship The fabled “Boys of Summer” shot down the "Bronx Bombers" in seven games, led by the first-class pitching of young left-hander Johnny Podres, whose key pitch was a changeup known as “pulling down the lampshade” because of the arm motion used right when the ball was released. John Joseph Podres ( September 30 1932 &ndash January 13 2008) was an American left-handed Starting pitcher in Major A changeup is a type of pitch in Baseball. Other names include change-of-pace and simply change. Podres won two Series games, including the deciding seventh. The turning point of Game 7 was a spectacular double play that began with left fielder Sandy Amoros running down Yogi Berra’s long fly, then throwing perfectly to shortstop Pee Wee Reese, who doubled up a surprised Gil McDougald at first base to preserve the Dodger lead. Edmundo "Sandy" Amorós ( January 30 1930 - June 27 1992) was a Cuban Left fielder in Major League Baseball Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra (born May 12 1925 in St Louis Missouri) is a former Major League Baseball player and manager Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and Third base. Harold Henry "Pee Wee" Reese ( July 23 1918 - August 14 1999) was an American professional Baseball player who Gilbert James McDougald (born May 19, 1928) is a former Major League Baseball Infielder. The Dodgers won 2-0.
Although the Dodgers lost the World Series to the Yankees in 1956 (during which the Yankees pitcher Don Larsen pitched the only postseason perfect game in baseball history), it hardly seemed to matter. The 1956 World Series of Major League Baseball was played between the New York Yankees (representing the American League) and the defending champion Donald James Larsen (born August 7, 1929 in Michigan City Indiana) was a Major League Baseball pitcher for 14 seasons A perfect game is defined by Major League Baseball as a game in which a Pitcher (or combination of pitchers pitches a victory that lasts a minimum Brooklyn fans had their memory of triumph, and soon that would be all they were left with – a victory that decades later would later be remembered in the Billy Joel single "We Didn't Start the Fire," which included the line, "Brooklyn's got a winning team. William Martin Joel (born May 9 1949 is an American Pianist and Singer-songwriter. " We Didn't Start the Fire " is a song by Billy Joel that makes reference to a catalog of headline events during his lifetime from March 1949 to 1989 when the "
Move to California
Real estate businessman Walter O'Malley had acquired majority ownership of the Dodgers in 1950, when he bought the shares of his co-owners, the estate of the late John L. Walter Francis O'Malley (October 9 1903 &ndash August 9 1979 was an American Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Smith and Branch Rickey. Wesley Branch Rickey ( December 15 1881 &ndash December 9 1965) was an innovative Major League Baseball executive best known Before long he was working to buy new land in Brooklyn to build a more accessible and better arrayed ballpark than Ebbets Field. Beloved as it was, Ebbets Field had grown old and was not well served by infrastructure, to the point where the Dodgers could not sell the park out even in the heat of a pennant race (despite largely dominating the league from 1946 to 1957). Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox (4-3 All-Star Game Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Milwaukee Braves over New York Yankees (4-3 Lew Burdette, MVP
New York City Construction Coordinator Robert Moses, however, sought to force O'Malley into using a site in Flushing Meadows, Queens – the site for what eventually became Shea Stadium. Robert Moses ( December 18 1888 – July 29 1981) was the "master builder" of mid-20th century New York City, Long Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, often referred to as Flushing Meadow Park or Flushing Meadows Park, is located in northern Queens, New York City William A Shea Municipal Stadium, usually shortened to Shea Stadium or just Shea (ʃeɪ̪ is a Stadium located in the New York City borough Moses' vision involved a city-built, city-owned park, which was greatly at odds with O'Malley's real-estate savvy. When it became clear to O'Malley that he was not going to be allowed to buy any suitable land in Brooklyn, he began thinking elsewhere.
Meanwhile, non-stop transcontinental air travel had become routine during the years since the Second World War, and teams were no longer bound by much slower railroad timetables. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Because of these transportation advances, it became possible to locate teams further apart – as far west as California – while maintaining the same game schedules.
When Los Angeles officials attended the 1956 World Series looking to entice a team to move to the City of Angels, they were not even thinking of the Dodgers. The 1956 World Series of Major League Baseball was played between the New York Yankees (representing the American League) and the defending champion Their original target had been the Washington Senators (who would in fact move to Bloomington, Minnesota to become the Minnesota Twins in 1961). Bloomington is the fifth largest city in the US state of Minnesota in Hennepin County, and the third core city of the Minneapolis-St The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Headline Event of the Year Roger Maris hits 61 home runs breaking Babe Ruth 's record At the same time, O'Malley was looking for a contingency in case Moses and other New York politicians refused to let him build the Brooklyn stadium he wanted, and sent word to the Los Angeles officials that he was interested in talking. Los Angeles offered him what New York would not: a chance to buy land suitable for building a ballpark, and own that ballpark, giving him complete control over all its revenue streams.
Meanwhile, Giants owner Horace Stoneham was having similar difficulty finding a replacement for his team's antiquated home stadium, the Polo Grounds. Horace C Stoneham ( April 27 1903 — January 7 1990) was the principal owner of Major League Baseball 's New York/San Francisco The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different Stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City used by Baseball 's New York Giants Stoneham was considering moving the Giants to Minneapolis, but was persuaded instead to move them to San Francisco, ensuring that the Dodgers would have a National League rival closer than St. Louis. So the two arch-rival teams, the Dodgers and Giants, moved out to the West Coast together after the 1957 season.
The Brooklyn Dodgers played their final game at Ebbets Field on September 24, 1957, which the Dodgers won 2-0 over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball park located in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York, USA. Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Milwaukee Braves over New York Yankees (4-3 Lew Burdette, MVP The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On June 24, 2007 spectators at KeySpan Park in Brooklyn, home of the New York Mets Single-A team, the Brooklyn Cyclones, watched Danny McDevitt, who threw the last pitch for the Brooklyn Dodgers re-enact that moment with his catcher Joe Pignatano, who caught McDevitt's ball in 1957. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Minor League Baseball KeySpan Park is a Minor league baseball Stadium in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, New York City, USA. "Mets" redirects here For the medical term see Metastasis. The New York - Penn League is a Minor league baseball league which operates in the northeastern United States. The Brooklyn Cyclones are a minor league Baseball team in the Short-Season A classification New York - Penn League, affiliated with the New York Daniel Eugene McDevitt (born November 18, 1932 in New York New York, USA was a Pitcher in Major League Baseball. Joseph Benjamin Pignatano (born August 4, 1929 in Brooklyn New York) was a Catcher in Major League Baseball. 'Brooklyn' Dodgers Celebrate 50th Anniversary
On April 18, 1958, the Los Angeles Dodgers played their first game in LA, defeating the former New York and now new San Francisco Giants, 6-5, before 78,672 fans at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Milwaukee Braves (4-3 Bob Turley, MVP The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports Stadium in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles California at Exposition
A 2007 HBO film, Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush, is a documentary covering the Dodgers history from early days to the beginning of the Los Angeles era. Brooklyn Dodgers The Ghosts of Flatbush is a documentary about the Brooklyn Dodgers, focusing mainly from them winning the pennant in 1941 how Jackie Robinson
Who is to Blame?
There has been much controversy over the move of the Dodgers to California, perhaps more than over any other franchise move of that era. Walter O'Malley, in particular, is described as villainous by old Brooklyn Dodger fans and is considered a hero by Angelenos for bringing a big-league team to their city. (An old Brooklyn barb is that the three greatest villains of the Twentieth Century were Hitler, Stalin, and O'Malley. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party The joke is if a fan was locked in a room with the three and had only two bullets who would he shoot? The Answer? O'Malley. Twice. )[2] The old Brooklyn Dodgers fans further believe he demonstrated some measure of selfishness and greed, but the same might also be said of the New York City politicians who opposed him. Both sides were quite stubborn and fatally misjudged each other. It also should be noted that Brooklyn had declined in many ways, under various social pressures, and was a much less desirable location for a baseball team than it had been. In fact, both sides in the stadium dispute proposed to remove the Dodgers from Brooklyn (Moses' plan for a team in Flushing Meadows was realized several years later, with little alteration, when the New York Mets began playing in Shea Stadium). "Mets" redirects here For the medical term see Metastasis. O'Malley also deserves credit as a visionary. Until 1958, cities in Missouri had generally been the westernmost outpost of Major League Baseball, whereas 12 of baseball's 30 teams now have their homes farther west. Missouri ( or) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee
On the opposite side, the Dodgers were the second-most profitable team in the National League in the 1950s, even with the deficiencies of Ebbets Field. Other teams (like the Boston Red Sox) proved successful in facilities that were as old as Ebbets Field, and the New York Yankees still drew large crowds to the Bronx, in a neighborhood facing many of the changes and problems as Brooklyn. The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. Moses' motives for opposing O'Malley's stadium may not have been without foundation: the Dodgers' owner wanted to drop a cookie-cutter domed stadium at the busy intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues in Prospect Heights, which would have required a massive urban renewal project that would have been politically and financially problematic. The Brooklyn Dodgers proposed domed stadium was to replace Ebbets Field for the Brooklyn Dodgers to allow them to stay in New York City. Prospect Heights is a Neighborhood in the northwest of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Urban Renewal (similar to Urban Regeneration in British English) is a controversial U [3] Moses also felt the development there would create a "China Wall" of traffic. The site remains problematic: The proposed Atlantic Yards development in Prospect Heights, including an arena across the street from the proposed Dodger Stadium site that would house the NBA's New Jersey Nets team, has run into opposition from Brooklyn politicians and community activists, who say its scale could ruin the neighborhood's character. The Atlantic Yards is a mixed-use commercial and residential development project of 16 high-rise buildings currently proposed in the neighborhoods of Prospect Heights and The New Jersey Nets are a professional Basketball team in the National Basketball Association that plays in the Eastern Conference 's Atlantic
Many writers have suspected O'Malley of deliberately making his stadium proposal impractical, in order to bolster his claim that New York politicians drove him out of Brooklyn. It has been noted that O'Malley kept a model of the Dodgers' new stadium on his desk and publicly touted its merits while privately negotiating with Los Angeles politicians. Many Moses scholars would, however, point to Moses' almost pathologically uncompromising nature; Moses was openly dismissive of public and press criticism of his projects, and the political structure of New York City in the 1950s was such that he nearly always got his way. Still, prominent New York leaders learned how to deal with Moses for mutually beneficial projects: Francis Cardinal Spellman was even able to pressure Moses to build a Manhattan expansion for Fordham University. Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman ( May 4, 1889 – December 2, 1967) wasthe ninth Bishop and sixth Archbishop of the Fordham University is a private University in the United States, with three campuses located in and around New York City. By the 1950s, only Queens had large undeveloped areas of land in New York City (not counting Staten Island, as the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge would not be completed until 1964), a fact of which O'Malley was keenly aware. Staten Island (ˌstætənˈaɪlənd is a borough of New York City situated primarily on the island of the same name The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is a double-decked Suspension bridge that connects the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn in New
Moreover, O'Malley was hardly the first team owner to see the possibilities of Los Angeles. The St. Louis Browns were attempting to move to LA after the 1941 season. The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. A vote on the proposed relocation was to take place at an owners' meeting scheduled for December 8, 1941. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This was canceled due to the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor the previous day. Pearl Harbor is a Harbor on the Island of O{{okina}}ahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. Kansas City Athletics owner Arnold Johnson was rumored to have parked the A's in Kansas City while waiting to move the team out to California (they ultimately moved to Oakland, giving the Giants an A. The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. Oakland (ˈoʊklənd founded in 1852 is the eighth-largest city in the U L. rival), and the American League would expand to Los Angeles in 1961 with the Angels (giving the Dodgers an A. Headline Event of the Year Roger Maris hits 61 home runs breaking Babe Ruth 's record The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. L. rival).
During the 2000 World Series, Roger Kahn wrote an Op-Ed for the Los Angeles Times in which he recalled sitting on a panel of New York State and City officials to explore the purchase of the Dodgers. The 2000 World Series featured a crosstown matchup between the two-time defending champion New York Yankees and the New York Mets, with the Yankees winning 4 Roger Kahn (born October 31, 1927 in Brooklyn New York) is one of America 's leading Writers about Sport - especially The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed The O'Malley family put the team up for sale in 1998, and the panel was charged with exploring the possibility of moving the Dodgers back to Brooklyn. Headline events of the year Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr Kahn said the officials came up with a preliminary offer that was rejected by the O'Malleys; the figure, he said, was larger than the price Rupert Murdoch eventually paid for the team. is gay Bold text' Keith Rupert Murdoch', AC, KCSG (born Melbourne, March 11 1931 usually known as Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-American Kahn argued that the O'Malleys rejected the offer because the story of the Dodgers being "thrown out of New York" was an essential part of the team's mythology. Kahn said the O'Malleys needed the myth more than the money. Peter O'Malley has stated he would only sell the team to someone who kept a commitment to Los Angeles and Southern California[1]Time. For other uses see Time (disambiguation Time is a component of a measuring system used to sequence events to compare the durations of
Despite the passage of 50 plus years since departing from Brooklyn, many in the borough, and the nation, continue efforts to encourage a move back east. Many of these efforts take the shape of letter writing campaigns, online petitions and nostalgic articles. [4] Brooklyn Dodgers merchandise is still popular among fans as well. Major League Baseball estimates $9 million in sales every year. The Baseball Hall of Fame reports that Brooklyn photos and broadcasts are the museum's second biggest sellers behind the Yankees, eBay lists close to 1,000 items a day relating to the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the Library of Congress has over 100 books on the Brooklyn teams, third only to the Yankees and Red Sox. eBay Inc is an American Internet company that manages eBaycom an Online auction and shopping Website in which people and businesses buy and The Library of Congress is the De facto National library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress [5]
New start
The process of building Walter O'Malley's dream stadium soon began in semi-rural Chavez Ravine, in the hills just north of downtown L. Chávez Ravine is the current site of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. A. There was some political controversy, as the residents of the ravine, mostly Hispanic and mostly poor, resisted the eminent domain removal of their homes (land which had been previously condemned for a public housing project, Elysian Park Heights) and gained some public sympathy. Hispanic (hispano hispánico hispânico Hispānus adjective from ''Hispānia'', the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula) is a term that historically Eminent domain ( United States) compulsory purchase ( United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ireland) resumption/compulsory acquisition Elysian Park is a Park and adjacent Neighborhood in the City of Los Angeles California. Still, O'Malley and the city government were determined, and construction proceeded. The resistance of the residents against their removal was known as the Battle of Chavez Ravine. The Battle of Chavez Ravine refers to approximately ten years of violence (1951-1961 over the Mexican-American community of Los Angeles ' Chavez Ravine.
In the meantime, the Dodgers played their home games from 1958 to 1961 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, a gargantuan football and track-and-field stadium that had been built to host the 1932 Summer Olympics. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Milwaukee Braves (4-3 Bob Turley, MVP Headline Event of the Year Roger Maris hits 61 home runs breaking Babe Ruth 's record The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports Stadium in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles California at Exposition The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1932 The Coliseum's dimensions were not optimal for baseball, and the only way to fit a diamond into the oval-shaped stadium was to lay the third-base line along the short axis of the oval, and the first-base line along the long axis. See picture. This resulted in a left-field fence that was only some 250 feet from home plate, and a 40-foot screen was erected to prevent home runs from becoming too easy to hit. Still, the 1958 season saw 182 home runs hit to left field in the Coliseum, while only 3 were hit to center field and 8 to right field. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Milwaukee Braves (4-3 Bob Turley, MVP Dodgers outfielder Wally Moon, newly acquired for the 1959 season, became adept at launching lazy fly balls over the screen, which became known as "Moon shots. Wallace Wade Moon, known popularly as Wally Moon, (born April 3, 1930, in the small town of Bay in Craighead County, Arkansas Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over Chicago White Sox (4-2 Larry Sherry, MVP "
In 1959, the season ended in a tie between the Dodgers and the Milwaukee Braves, and the Dodgers won the tie-breaking playoff. 1959 also saw a team other than the Yankees win the A. The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. L. pennant, one of only two such years in the 16-year stretch from 1949 through 1964. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-1 All-Star Game Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees (4-3 Bob Gibson, MVP In a lively World Series, the Dodgers defeated the "Go-Go" White Sox in six games, thoroughly cementing the bond between the team and its new California fans. The 1959 World Series featured the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers beating the American League champion Chicago White Sox, The Chicago White Sox are a professional Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois.
Commemorating their 50th year in Los Angeles, the Dodgers again played in the Coliseum on March 29, 2008 for a charity exhibition game. The crowd of 115,300, the largest in baseball history, saw the Dodgers lose to the Boston Red Sox, 7-4. The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. Due to subsequent renovations, the Coliseum's left field corner was reduced to only 191 feet, necessitating an even taller net of 60 feet. Kevin Youkilis of the Red Sox and James Loney of the Dodgers hit home runs over the net. Kevin Edmund Youkilis (ˈjuːkəlɪs (born March 15, 1979 in Cincinnati Ohio) nicknamed "Youk" and "The Greek God of Walks" is Loney is a Surname that may refer to James Loney (peace activist, a Canadian activist who was once held hostage in Iraq James
The 1960s: Pitching, defense, and speed
Construction on Dodger Stadium was completed in time for Opening Day 1962. Dodger Stadium is a large outdoor ballpark in Los Angeles California at Chávez Ravine. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. With its clean, simple lines and its picturesque setting amid hills and palm trees, the ballpark quickly became an icon of the Dodgers and their new California lifestyle, and it remains one of the most highly-regarded stadiums in baseball even today. Despite the fact that the Dodgers have played in Dodger Stadium longer than they had played in Ebbett's Field, the stadium remains surprisingly fresh. O'Malley was determined that there would not be a bad seat in the house, achieving this by cantilevered grandstands that have since been widely imitated. A cantilever is a beam supported on only one end The beam carries the load to the support where it is resisted by moment and Shear stress. More importantly for the team, the stadium's spacious dimensions, along with other factors, gave defense an advantage over offense, and the Dodgers moved to take advantage of this by assembling a team that would excel with its pitching. In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of
The core of the team's success in the 1960s was the dominant pitching tandem of Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale, who combined to win 4 of the 5 Cy Young Awards from 1962 to 1966, during a time in which only one award was given to the top pitcher from either of the two major leagues. Sanford Koufax (ˈkoʊfæks (born Sanford Braun, on December 30, 1935) is an American Left-handed former Pitcher in Donald Scott Drysdale ( July 23, 1936 – July 3, 1993) was an American Right-handed Pitcher in Major League In Baseball, the Cy Young Award is an honor given annually to the best Pitcher in Major League Baseball (one each for American and National Top pitching also came from Claude Osteen, an aging Johnny Podres, and reliever Ron Perranoski. Claude Wilson Osteen (born August 9, 1939 in Caney Springs Tennessee near Chapel Hill) is a former left-handed Starting pitcher in John Joseph Podres ( September 30 1932 &ndash January 13 2008) was an American left-handed Starting pitcher in Major Ronald Peter Perranoski (born April 1, 1936 in Paterson New Jersey) is a former left-handed Major League Baseball Relief pitcher, The hitting attack, on the other hand, was not impressive, and much of the offensive spark came from the exploits of speedy shortstop Maury Wills, who led the league in stolen bases every year from 1960 to 1965, and set a modern record with 104 thefts in 1962. Maurice Morning Wills (born October 2 1932 in Washington DC) is a former Major League Baseball Shortstop and switch-hitting In Baseball, a stolen base occurs when a Baserunner successfully advances to the next base while the Pitcher is delivering the ball to Home plate Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Dodgers' strategy was once described as follows: "Wills hits a single, steals second, and takes third on a grounder. A sacrifice fly brings him home. Koufax or Drysdale pitches a shutout, and the Dodgers win 1-0. " Although few games followed this model exactly, the Dodgers won their first World Series the year after they came out to LA.
The 1962 pennant race ended in a tie, and the Dodgers were defeated by the archrival Giants in the tie-breaking playoff, but the Dodgers proceeded to win the pennant in three of the next four years. The 1962 season is perhaps most notable for the dismal 40-120 record of the New York Mets, which has been a continuing source of humor among baseball fans as well as comedians such as The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division. The 1963 World Series was a 4-game sweep of the Yankees, in which the Dodgers were so dominant that the vaunted Bronx Bombers never even took a lead against Koufax, Podres, and Drysdale. The 1963 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Dodgers sweeping the Series in four games The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. After an injury-plagued 1964, the Dodgers bounced back to win the 1965 World Series in a thrilling 7 games against the Minnesota Twins. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees (4-3 Bob Gibson, MVP The 1965 World Series featured the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the American League champion Minnesota Twins, who The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Game 1 happened to fall on Yom Kippur, and Koufax (who is Jewish) refused to pitch on the holy day, a decision for which he was widely praised. Yom Kippur (יוֹם כִּפּוּר ˈjɔm kiˈpur also known in English as the Day of Atonement, is the most solemn and important of the Jewish holidays Its PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ The Dodgers rebounded from losing the first two games, as Koufax pitched shutouts in Games 5 and 7 (with only two days rest in between) to win the crown and the World Series MVP Award. In team sports in American English a shutout (a clean sheet in Soccer) refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring The World Series MVP Award is given to the player who most contributes to his team's success in the World Series - the Most Valuable Player.
The Dodgers again won the pennant in 1966, but the team was running out of gas and was swept in the World Series by the upstart Baltimore Orioles (who went on to a successful run through the late '60s and early '70s). Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-0 Frank Robinson, The 1966 World Series matched the Baltimore Orioles against the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Orioles sweeping the Series in 4 games to capture The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. Koufax retired that winter, his career cut short by arthritis in the elbow of his pitching arm, and Wills was traded away after offending Walter O'Malley. Drysdale continued to be effective, setting a record for consecutive scoreless innings in 1968, but he too retired early due to injuries. The Year of the Pitcher In Major League Baseball, the trend throughout the 1960s was of increased pitching dominance caused by enforcing a larger strike zone (top of armpit While the Dodgers were subpar for several seasons thereafter, a new core of young talent was developing in their farm system. Part of the History of baseball series Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of Professional baseball leagues in North They won another pennant in 1974, and although they were quickly dismissed by the dynastic Oakland Athletics in the World Series, it was a sign of good things to come. Champions Major League Baseball 1974 World Series: Oakland Athletics over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-1 Rollie Fingers The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. The 1974 World Series matched the two-time defending champion Oakland Athletics against the Los Angeles Dodgers with the A’s winning the Series in 5 games
The late 1970s: The early Lasorda years
For 23 years, beginning in 1954, the Dodgers had been managed by Walter Alston, a quiet and unflappable man who commanded great respect from his players. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Giants over Cleveland Indians (4-0 All-Star Game Walter Emmons Alston ( December 1, 1911 - October 1, 1984) nicknamed "Smokey" was an American Baseball player Alston's tenure is the third-longest in baseball history for a manager with a single team, after Connie Mack and John McGraw. Cornelius Alexander Mack ( December 22, 1862 – February 8, 1956) born Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy, was an American His retirement near the end of the 1976 season, after winning 7 pennants and 4 World Series titles over his career, cleared the way for an entirely different personality to take the helm of the Dodgers. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds over New York Yankees (4-0 Johnny Bench, MVP
Tommy Lasorda was a 49-year-old former minor-league pitcher who had been the team's top coach under Alston, and before that had been manager of the Dodgers' top minor league team. Thomas Charles Lasorda (born September 22 1927 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher and He was colorful and gregarious, an enthusiastic cheerleader in contrast to Alston's taciturn demeanor. He quickly became a larger-than-life personality, associating with Frank Sinatra and other celebrities, with a penchant for eating Italian food in large volumes. Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12 1915 &ndash May 14 1998 was an American singer and actor He became well-known for sayings such as, "If you cut me, I bleed Dodger blue," and for referring to God as "the Great Dodger in the sky. Dodger blue, a Web color, is a shade of the color Blue named for its use in the Uniform of the Los Angeles Dodgers. God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. " Although some considered his persona to be a schtick and found it wearing, his enthusiasm won him a reputation as an "ambassador for baseball," and it is impossible to think of the Dodgers from the late '70s to the early '90s without thinking of Lasorda. A shtick ( Yiddish: שטיק) (or schtick) is a comic theme or Gimmick.
Another transition had recently occurred, higher up in the Dodgers management. Walter O'Malley passed control of the team to his son Peter, who would continue to oversee the Dodgers on his family's behalf through 1998. This article is about Peter O'Malley the baseball executive for the Australian golfer see Peter O'Malley (golfer Peter O'Malley (born in Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
New blood had also been injected into the team on the field. The core of the team was now the infield, composed of Steve Garvey (1B), Davey Lopes (2B), Bill Russell (SS), and Ron Cey (3B). Steven Patrick Garvey (born December 22, 1948) is a former Major League Baseball First baseman, and current Southern California David Earle Lopes (loʊ̪ps born May 3, 1945 in East Providence Rhode Island) is a former Second baseman and manager in Major William Ellis Russell (born October 21 1948, in Pittsburg Kansas) is a former Shortstop, coach and manager in Major Ronald Charles (Ron Cey (seɪ born February 15, 1948 in Tacoma, Washington) is a former Third baseman in Major League Baseball These four remained in the starting lineup together from 1973 to 1981, longer than any other infield foursome in baseball history. The pitching staff remained strong, anchored by Don Sutton and Tommy John. Donald Howard Sutton (born April 2, 1945) is a former Major League Baseball player and current Television Sportscaster. Thomas Edward John Jr (born May 22 1943 in Terre Haute Indiana) is a former left-handed Pitcher in Major League Baseball whose 288 The Dodgers won NL West titles in both 1977 and 1978, and defeated the Philadelphia Phillies both years in the National League Championship Series, only to be defeated in the World Series both years by the Yankees. The National League Western Division, or NL West, is one of the three divisions of Major League Baseball 's National League. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2 Reggie Jackson, Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2 Bucky Dent, MVP The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. In 1980, they swept a three game series from the Houston Astros in the final weekend of the regular season (including Don Sutton's brilliant save) and were in a first place tie in the National League West, but lost to the Astros 7-1 in the one-game playoff. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Philadelphia Phillies over Kansas City Royals (4-2 Mike Schmidt, MVP The Houston Astros are a Professional baseball team based in Houston Texas.
The 1980s: Fernandomania and the Bulldog
The Opening Day starting pitcher for 1981 was a 20-year-old rookie from Mexico: Fernando Valenzuela. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea (born November 1, 1960, Etchohuaquila, Sonora, Mexico) is a former Left-handed Pitcher Pressed into service due to an injury to Jerry Reuss, Valenzuela pitched a shutout that day, and proceeded to win his first 8 decisions through mid-May. Jerry Reuss (born June 19 1949 in St Louis Missouri) -- pronounced "royce" -- is a former left-handed Pitcher in Major League In team sports in American English a shutout (a clean sheet in Soccer) refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring The youthful left-hander, speaking only Spanish but sporting a devastating screwball, became a sensation. A screwball is a Baseball pitch that is thrown so as to break in the opposite direction of a Slider. “Fernandomania” gripped both Southern California, where huge crowds turned out to see him pitch, as well as in his home country of Mexico, where the number of radio stations that carried Dodger games increased that year from 3 stations to 17. [6] Valenzuela became the only pitcher ever to be named Rookie of the Year and win the Cy Young Award in the same season. In Major League Baseball, the Rookie of the Year Award is given annually to one player from each league as voted upon by the Baseball Writers Association of America In Baseball, the Cy Young Award is an honor given annually to the best Pitcher in Major League Baseball (one each for American and National The Dodgers' torrid start assured them of a playoff berth in the strike-shortened split season. The 1981 Major League Baseball strike was the fifth work stoppage in Major League Baseball since the 1972 Major League Baseball strike After defeating the Montreal Expos with the help of a ninth-inning two-out home run by Rick Monday in the 5th and deciding game of the National League Championship Series they proceeded to defeat the Yankees in the World Series in six games, with the World Series MVP award split three ways among Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager. Franchise history Creation of the franchise In 1960 Montreal lost its International League team the Montreal Royals (an affiliate of Rick Monday (born Robert James Monday Jr on November 20, 1945 in Batesville Arkansas) is a former Center fielder in Major The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. The 1981 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers, marking their third meeting in the Series in five years Ronald Charles (Ron Cey (seɪ born February 15, 1948 in Tacoma, Washington) is a former Third baseman in Major League Baseball Pedro Guerrero may refer to Pedro E Guerrero, photographer Pedro Guerrero (baseball, baseball player Stephen Wayne "Steve" Yeager (born November 24, 1948, in Huntington West Virginia) is an American Right-handed former
The Dodgers won NL West titles in 1983 and 1985, but lost in the NLCS both those years (to the Phillies and Cardinals, respectively). The National League Western Division, or NL West, is one of the three divisions of Major League Baseball 's National League. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Philadelphia Phillies (4-1 Rick Dempsey, Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Kansas City Royals over St The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The St Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards " or "the Redbirds " are a professional Baseball team based in St The 1985 NLCS was particularly memorable for Game 6, in which the Dodgers were protecting a 5-4 lead in the ninth inning, hoping to force a deciding seventh game. With two runners on and first base open, Lasorda elected not to walk Cards slugger Jack Clark, who proceeded to hit a home run off Tom Niedenfuer and send St. A base on balls ( BB) is credited to a batter and against a pitcher in Baseball statistics when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire Jack Anthony Clark (born November 10, 1955 in New Brighton Pennsylvania) also known as “Jack the Ripper” is a former Major League Baseball Tom Niedenfuer (born August 13, 1959 in St Louis Park Minnesota) is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues primarily Louis to the World Series.
After seven years of high strikeout totals, and a 21-win season in 1986, Valenzuela sat out for most of the 1988 season. In Baseball or Softball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by SO or K) occurs when a batter receives three strikes Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) See also 1988 Major League Baseball season Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers Plagued by arm troubles that were widely blamed on his being overused by Lasorda, his effectiveness faded before he turned 30. The new anchor of the pitching staff was a bespectacled string-bean of a right-hander named Orel Hershiser. Orel Leonard Hershiser IV (born September 16, 1958) is a former Right-handed Pitcher in Major League Baseball. He had been given the nickname "Bulldog" by Lasorda, more as a hopeful motivational tool than an objective description of his personality, but by 1988 he had matured into one of baseball's most effective pitchers. That year he won 23 games and the Cy Young Award, and broke Don Drysdale's major league record by tossing 59 consecutive scoreless innings, ending with a 10-inning shutout on his final start of the season. In Baseball, the Cy Young Award is an honor given annually to the best Pitcher in Major League Baseball (one each for American and National Donald Scott Drysdale ( July 23, 1936 – July 3, 1993) was an American Right-handed Pitcher in Major League In team sports in American English a shutout (a clean sheet in Soccer) refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring
1988 World Series Championship Team
The 1988 Championship won by the Dodgers is all the more magical for the fact that the Dodgers were hardly baseball's best team on paper. The 1988 World Series matched the Oakland Athletics against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Dodgers upsetting the heavily favored A's to win the Series in five They enjoyed career years from several players, and were inspired by the fiery intensity of newcomer Kirk Gibson (the league's Most Valuable Player that year), as well as the quiet but steady Hershiser and the always ebullient Lasorda. Kirk Harold Gibson (born May 28 1957) is a former Major League Baseball player best known for his clutch home run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series The Most Valuable Player Award (commonly known as the MVP award is an annual award given to one outstanding player in each league of Major League Baseball. Although they entered the NLCS as decided underdogs to the powerful New York Mets, who they were 1-10 against during the regular season, the Dodgers prevailed in a thrilling back-and-forth series that went the entire 7 games and saw Hershiser come on for the save in game 4. "Mets" redirects here For the medical term see Metastasis. The World Series matched them with an even more powerful opponent, the Oakland Athletics, who owned baseball's best regular-season record with 104 wins against only 58 defeats. The 1988 World Series matched the Oakland Athletics against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Dodgers upsetting the heavily favored A's to win the Series in five The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. Featuring the "Bash Brothers" duo of Mark McGwire and José Canseco, the A's took an early lead in Game 1 on a grand slam by Canseco, and led 4-3 going into the bottom of the ninth inning. Mark David McGwire (born October 1 1963 in Pomona California) is a former professional baseball player who played the majority of his Major League career with the José Canseco y Capas Jr (born July 2, 1964 in Havana, Cuba) is a former Outfielder and Designated hitter in Major In the Sport of Baseball, a grand slam (or just slam for short is a Home run hit with all the bases occupied by baserunners, thereby With two outs, pinch-hitter Mike Davis drew a base on balls from formidable closer and future Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley. Michael Dwayne Davis (born June 11, 1959 in San Diego, California) is a former Major League Baseball player Dennis Lee Eckersley (born October 3 1954 nicknamed "Eck" is a former American Major League Baseball player During Davis' at-bat, Lasorda had the light-hitting infielder Dave Anderson on deck so the Athletics would pitch to Davis more carefully. Dave Anderson may refer to Dave Anderson (actor Dave Anderson (football David Anderson (UK politician Then, Gibson, hobbled by injuries to both his legs that included a strained MCL and a severely pulled hamstring, came in to pinch hit. For other uses see Pinch hitter (cricket. In Baseball, a pinch hitter is a substitute batter. After fighting off several pitches and working the count full, Gibson got the backdoor slider he was looking for and pulled it into the right field pavilion for a two-run, walk-off home run, winning the game for the Dodgers, 5-4. In Baseball, a walk-off home run is a Home run that ends the game Easily one of the most memorable and improbable home runs in baseball history, Gibson's dramatic home run was his only appearance of the entire series, and it set the tone for the following four games. Hershiser dominated the Athletics in Games 2 and 5, and was on the mound when the Dodgers completed their stunning 4 games to 1 upset of the A's, capping off an incredible personal season by being named the Series MVP. Few remember that the Dodgers were so injury riddled during their World Series appearance. They won the Series in Game 5 with lifetime reserves Danny Heep and Mickey Hatcher in the starting lineup.
The 1990s: Rookies and the Fox Era
After 1988, the Dodgers did not win another postseason game until 2004, though they did reach the playoffs in 1995 and 1996, narrowly missed in 1991 and 1997, and led the NL West when the end of the 1994 season was cancelled by a strike. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The 1994 Major League baseball strike was the eighth work stoppage in Baseball history as well as the fourth in-season work stoppage Hershiser, like Valenzuela before him, suffered an arm injury in 1990 due to overwork, which took the edge off his effectiveness for the remainder of his career. From 1992 to 1996, five consecutive Dodgers were named Rookie of the Year: Eric Karros, Mike Piazza, Raúl Mondesí, Hideo Nomo, and Todd Hollandsworth, which is a record. In Major League Baseball, the Rookie of the Year Award is given annually to one player from each league as voted upon by the Baseball Writers Association of America Eric Peter Karros (born November 4, 1967 in Hackensack New Jersey) is a former American baseball player who played in Major League Baseball Michael Joseph Piazza (pʰiˈɑːʦə or /pʰiˈɑːzə/ born September 4, 1968 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is a former American Raúl Ramón Mondesí Avelino (born March 12, 1971 in San Cristóbal Dominican Republic) is a former Major League Baseball player is a Japanese former Right-handed Pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball. Todd Mathew Hollandsworth (born April 20, 1973 in Dayton Ohio) is a former Outfielder in Major League Baseball. After nearly 20 years at the helm, Lasorda retired in 1996, though he still remained with the Dodgers as an executive vice-president. He was replaced as manager by longtime Dodgers shortstop Bill Russell. William Ellis Russell (born October 21 1948, in Pittsburg Kansas) is a former Shortstop, coach and manager in Major
Nearly a half-century of unusual stability (only two managers 1954-1996, owned by a single family 1950-1998) finally came to an end. After L. A. city officials rejected a proposal to bring an NFL stadium and franchise to Chavez Ravine in 1998, the O'Malley family sold the Dodgers to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, owner of the Fox network (which also owns broadcast rights to MLB games) and 20th Century Fox. is gay Bold text' Keith Rupert Murdoch', AC, KCSG (born Melbourne, March 11 1931 usually known as Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-American News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) (,,) is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies by Market capitalisation Major League Baseball on FOX or MLB on FOX is a weekly presentation of Major League Baseball games on the Fox television network Among the new ownership's early moves were trading away popular catcher Piazza, and replacing Russell with celebrity manager Davey Johnson. David Allen "Yox" Johnson (born January 30 1943 in Orlando Florida) is a former Second baseman, Designated hitter, and Johnson's volatile tenure ended two years later, and he was followed as manager by Jim Tracy. James Edwin Tracy (born December 31 1955 in Hamilton, Ohio) is a former manager in Major League Baseball who most recently To fans accustomed to the personal touch of the O'Malleys, the Fox corporate ownership often seemed clumsy and distracted. Huge contracts were awarded to injury-prone pitchers Kevin Brown and Darren Dreifort, unprofitably tying up money that could have improved the team in many other areas. Kevin Brown may refer to Kevin Brown (Runningback (b 1970 for the Miami Hurricanes Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens Kevin Brown (right-handed Darren James Dreifort (born May 3, 1972 in Wichita Kansas) is a former Major League Baseball Pitcher whose career was cut short by Fox made the first changes to the home uniform since the club moved from Brooklyn and introduced the team's first alternate jersey and cap, adding silver to the team's official colors (although they have rarely been used since). The team became more steady on the field in the early 2000s, with four consecutive winning seasons under the leadership of manager Tracy, starting pitcher Chan Ho Park, slugger Shawn Green, third baseman Adrián Beltré, and catcher Paul Lo Duca. Chan Ho Park (born June 30, 1973 in Gongju, South Korea) is a Major League Baseball Pitcher who currently pitches for the Shawn David Green (born November 10, 1972 in Des Plaines Illinois) is a former Major League Baseball player Adrián Beltré Pérez (born April 7, 1979 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball Third baseman Paul Anthony Lo Duca (born April 12, 1972 in Brooklyn New York) is a Major League Baseball Catcher with the Florida Marlins The 2002 season was marked by the emergence of Éric Gagné as one of baseball's top relief pitchers. Éric Serge Gagné ( IPA:) (born January 7 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Relief pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers A relief pitcher or reliever is a Baseball or Softball Pitcher who enters the game after the Starting pitcher is removed due to injury Gagné later won the Cy Young Award in 2003, converting all 55 of his save opportunities that year, and holding the league to a 1. In Baseball, the Cy Young Award is an honor given annually to the best Pitcher in Major League Baseball (one each for American and National 20 ERA and striking out 137 batters in 82 1/3 innings. In Baseball statistics, earned run average ( ERA) is the Mean of Earned runs given up by a Pitcher per nine Innings pitched Gagné would later establish a new major league record for consecutive saves, with 84 saves spanning parts of the 2002, 2003 and 2004 seasons.
The Sabermetric Experiment
In 2004, the Dodgers were returned to family ownership, as News Corp sold the team to Boston real estate developer Frank McCourt. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Frank McCourt is the sole owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers. In, he purchased a controlling interest of the Dodgers from Fox Entertainment Group, owned by Rupert McCourt immediately hired Paul DePodesta as his new general manager, replacing Dan Evans. Paul DePodesta (born December 16, 1972) is a baseball front-office assistant for the San Diego Padres. Dan Evans (born 27 January 1960 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American Major League Baseball executive As an assistant general manager in Oakland under Billy Beane, DePodesta favored a highly statistical approach to evaluating prospects and potential free-agents. There is another former major league player named Billy Bean. Statistics is a mathematical science pertaining to the collection analysis interpretation or explanation and presentation of Data. This sabermetric approach, widely publicized in the book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis, led many to believe that new owner McCourt was unwilling to pay for high priced talent, and would thus reduce the Dodgers to a status similar to small-market teams such as Oakland. Sabermetrics is the analysis of Baseball through objective evidence especially Baseball statistics. Moneyball The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (ISBN 0-393-05765-8 is a book by Michael M Michael Lewis (born October 15, 1960, New Orleans Louisiana) is an American contemporary Non-fiction author With a team largely assembled by DePodesta's predecessors, and augmented by some acquisitions of his own, DePodesta saw the Dodgers near the top of the standings through much of 2004. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " In an effort to put the team over the top that year, DePodesta pulled off a number of mid-season trades, including sending away three key players (including popular team leader LoDuca), while obtaining several new players. The Dodgers did manage to win the NL West in 2004, but bowed out quickly in four games in the Division Series to the eventual National League champion St. Louis Cardinals. The National League Western Division, or NL West, is one of the three divisions of Major League Baseball 's National League. The St Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards " or "the Redbirds " are a professional Baseball team based in St
During the winter of 2004-05, the team parted ways with several more longtime players, including Beltré and Green. Their replacements included starting pitcher Derek Lowe, outfielder J. D. Drew, and the run-producing, but aging second baseman Jeff Kent. Derek Christopher Lowe (born June 1, 1973 in Dearborn Michigan) is a Major League Baseball Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers David Jonathan "J D" Drew (born November 20 1975 in Valdosta Georgia) is a Major League Baseball Right fielder for the Boston Red Sox Jeffrey Franklin Kent (born March 7, 1968 in Bellflower, California) is a Major League Baseball Second baseman for DePodesta's radical overhaul did not bear fruit in 2005, as the Dodgers suffered from clubhouse strife and stifling injuries, finishing with their second-worst record in Los Angeles history. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The club also faced an overwhelming number of injuries that quickly scuttled the team's hopes of repeating as division champions. Among them were Drew's broken wrist, All-Star shortstop Cesar Izturis's injury that required Tommy John Surgery, and closer Gagné's deteriorating elbow condition that would also require surgery and force him to miss much of the 2005 season. César David Izturis (ɪsˈtʊərɪs (born February 10, 1980 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela) is Tommy John surgery known by doctors as ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction (or UCL) is a surgical procedure in which a Ligament in the Manager Jim Tracy also parted ways with the team at the end of the 2005 season, citing irreconcilable differences with DePodesta. However, DePodesta himself was fired by McCourt less than a month later, with McCourt later citing DePodesta's lack of leadership and personal skills. Ned Colletti was hired as the new Dodger GM on 16 November 2005. Ned Louis Colletti Jr is the General Manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Colletti and Little
Newly hired Ned Colletti was responsible for a tangible change in attitude and guided the Dodgers' resurgence in the 2006 season. Ned Louis Colletti Jr is the General Manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He hired former Red Sox manager Grady Little to lead the team and also traded oft-troubled Milton Bradley for rookie phenom Andre Ethier. William Grady Little (born March 30, 1950) is a former manager in Major League Baseball. Milton Obelle Bradley Jr (born April 15, 1978 in Harbor City, California) is a Major League Baseball Outfielder For the Canadian rock singer/songwriter see Andre Ethier (musician. His off season acquisitions also included former Atlanta Brave shortstop Rafael Furcal and former Red Sox third baseman Bill Mueller. Rafael Antoni Furcal (born October 24, 1977 in Loma de Cabrera, Dominican Republic) nicknamed "Fookie" is a Shortstop William Richard Mueller (ˈmɪlɚ born March 17, 1971) is a former Major League Baseball Third baseman. Coletti also signed former All-Star shortstop Nomar Garciaparra, even though the team already had two other former All-Star shortstops (Furcal and the then-injured Cesar Izturis). Anthony Nomar Garciaparra (ˈnoʊ̪mɑɹ ɡɑɹˈsiəˌpɑɹə born July 23 1973 in) is an American Baseball player who currently plays shortstop for the Los Angeles César David Izturis (ɪsˈtʊərɪs (born February 10, 1980 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela) is Garciaparra agreed to play first base and adjusted quite well in the field and remained productive at the plate, producing several key hits in Dodger victories.
Due to the crowded infield, untimely injuries and several players' lack of production, the team was rebuilt during the season. The flurry of trading saw Cesar Izturis go to the Chicago Cubs for Greg Maddux while Willy Aybar and Danys Baez went to Atlanta for Wilson Betemit. Gregory Alan Maddux (born April 14, 1966 in San Angelo Texas) is a Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Wilson Betemit, pronounced Bay-tah-mee, though many broadcasters mispronounce it Bet-uh-mit, (born November 2, 1981 in Santo Domingo Dominican A series of rookies were called up and provided substantial everyday contributions. Among them were catcher Russell Martin, who won the starting catching job after being called up in May and starting pitcher Chad Billingsley, who had several quality starts in August and September. Russell Nathan Jeanson Coltrane Martin Jr (born February 15 1983 in East York Ontario, Canada is a professional Baseball player for the Los Angeles Chad Ryan Billingsley (born July 29, 1984, in Defiance Ohio) is a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher with the Los Angeles Andre Ethier led the team in batting with a . For the Canadian rock singer/songwriter see Andre Ethier (musician. 308 batting average as the team's everyday left fielder through much of the season. Rookie first baseman James Loney hit very well in his short time with the team, tying Gil Hodges’ 56-year-old Dodgers record with 9 RBI in one game on 28 September. James Anthony Loney (born May 7 1984 in Houston, Texas) is a First baseman in Major League Baseball who plays for Another key move was handing the closer's role to rookie (but Japanese League veteran) Takashi Saito, where he flourished, notching 24 saves in 26 opportunities while posting a 2. is an All-Star Relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is currently the team's closer, having played that role since. 07 ERA.
After a heated pennant race, in which the most memorable moment occurred when the Dodgers hit four consecutive home runs on September 18th to tie the score in the ninth inning and then won the game on a tenth-inning walk-off homer by Nomar Garciaparra, the Dodgers entered the 2006 playoffs in the National League's Wild Card spot, having tied the San Diego Padres for the division lead but having lost 13 of 18 head-to-head meetings with the Padres. Anthony Nomar Garciaparra (ˈnoʊ̪mɑɹ ɡɑɹˈsiəˌpɑɹə born July 23 1973 in) is an American Baseball player who currently plays shortstop for the Los Angeles They were eventually swept, 3-0, by the New York Mets in the 2006 National League Division Series. "Mets" redirects here For the medical term see Metastasis. The National League Division Series ( NLDS) the opening round of the 2006 National League playoffs began on Tuesday October 3, and ended on
In 2007, the Los Angeles Dodgers sent three players (Brad Penny, Takashi Saito, and Russell Martin) to the all-star game, and at one point, the Dodgers had a record of 54-41, which was then the best record in the National League. Bradley Wayne Penny (born May 24, 1978 in Blackwell Oklahoma) is a Starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Los is an All-Star Relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is currently the team's closer, having played that role since. Russell Nathan Jeanson Coltrane Martin Jr (born February 15 1983 in East York Ontario, Canada is a professional Baseball player for the Los Angeles The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball After a hitting slump, the Dodgers fell to 60-59, and seven games out of first place in the N.L. West. The National League Western Division, or NL West, is one of the three divisions of Major League Baseball 's National League. The Dodgers were able to rebound, however, and had a 79-69 record with three weeks left in the season. At this point, the Dodgers trailed the San Diego Padres by 1 1/2 games in the wild card slot, and the Arizona Diamondbacks by 3 1/2 games. The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego California since their founding in 1969 The Arizona Diamondbacks (also referred to as the D-backs) are a professional baseball team based in Phoenix Arizona. However, the Dodgers lost 10 of their next 11 games, which eliminated the Dodgers from post season play, and would finish the season with a disappointing 82-80 record. The last few weeks of the season were disrupted further by public complaints in the media by some of the veteran ballplayers about the lack of respect afforded them by some of the younger players on the team. This led to a divided clubhouse, as younger players consistently got more playing time at the expense of the veterans. After the season and weeks of media speculation, Grady Little resigned as manager, citing personal reasons [2]. William Grady Little (born March 30, 1950) is a former manager in Major League Baseball. A few days later, on November 1, 2007, the Dodgers announced the hiring of former New York Yankees skipper Joe Torre to be the team's new manager. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. Joseph Paul Torre (ˈtɔɹi born July 18, 1940 in Brooklyn New York) is the current manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers and a former Major [7]
Other historical notes
Tournament of Roses Parade
On January 1, 2008, The Dodgers kicked off their 50th year in Los Angeles by building a float for the 119th annual Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, CA. The Tournament of Roses Parade was established and first held on January 1 1890 in Pasadena California, eight miles (13 km northeast of Downtown Los Angeles Pasadena ( is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The riders on the float contained past and current Dodgers, including Tom Lasorda, Nomar Garciaparra,Don Newcombe, Fernando Valenzuela, Steve Garvey, Eric Karros, James Loney, Takashi Saito, Hong-Chih Kuo, and Brad Penny. Donald Newcombe (born June 14, 1926 in Madison New Jersey) nicknamed "Newk" is an American former Major League Baseball Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea (born November 1, 1960, Etchohuaquila, Sonora, Mexico) is a former Left-handed Pitcher Steven Patrick Garvey (born December 22, 1948) is a former Major League Baseball First baseman, and current Southern California Eric Peter Karros (born November 4, 1967 in Hackensack New Jersey) is a former American baseball player who played in Major League Baseball Loney is a Surname that may refer to James Loney (peace activist, a Canadian activist who was once held hostage in Iraq James is an All-Star Relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is currently the team's closer, having played that role since. Hong-Chih Kuo ( Traditional Chinese: 郭泓志 Pinyin: Guō Hóngzhì (born July 23 1981 in Tainan City, Taiwan) is a Major League Bradley Wayne Penny (born May 24, 1978 in Blackwell Oklahoma) is a Starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Los Also on the float was Vin Scully, the Dodgers announcer of 59 years and the Dodgers organist, Nancy Bea Hefley. Vincent Edward "Vin" Scully (born November 29, 1927 in The Bronx, New York) is an American Sportscaster,
Attendance
The Dodgers were the first MLB team to attract more than 3 million fans in a season (in 1978), and accomplished that feat 6 more times before any other franchise did it once. [8] On 3 July 2007, Dodgers management announced that total franchise attendance, dating back to 1901, had reached 175 million, a record for all professional sports. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [9]
The Dodgers also recently set the world record for the greatest attendance for a single baseball game during an exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in honor of the Dodger's 50th anniversary in Los Angeles with over 115,000 fans in attendance. The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports Stadium in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles California at Exposition All proceeds from the game benefitted the official charity of the Dodgers, ThinkCure! which supports cancer research at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and City of Hope. ThinkCure is a Los Angeles non-profit charitable organization launched in 2007 dedicated to raising funds for cancer research at City of Hope and Childrens Hospital Childrens Hospital Los Angeles is a private non-profit teaching hospital in Los Angeles.
Asian Players
The Dodgers have been groundbreaking in their signing of players from Asia; namely, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Former owner Peter O'Malley began reaching out in 1980 by starting clinics in China and Korea, building baseball fields in two Chinese cities, and in 1998 becoming the first major league team to open an office in Asia. This article is about Peter O'Malley the baseball executive for the Australian golfer see Peter O'Malley (golfer Peter O'Malley (born in The Dodgers were the first team to start a Japanese player in recent history, pitcher Hideo Nomo, a Korean player, pitcher Chan Ho Park, and the first Taiwanese player, Chin-Feng Chen. is a Japanese former Right-handed Pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball. Chan Ho Park (born June 30, 1973 in Gongju, South Korea) is a Major League Baseball Pitcher who currently pitches for the Chin-Feng Chen (born October 28, 1977, in Tainan City, Taiwan) ( Traditional Chinese: 陳金鋒 Pinyin: Chén Jīnfēng In the 2008 season the Dodgers currently have the most Asian players on its roster of any major league team with five. They include Japanese pitchers Takashi Saito and Hiroki Kuroda; Korean pitcher Chan Ho Park; and Taiwanese pitcher Hong-Chih Kuo and infielder Chin-Lung Hu. is an All-Star Relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is currently the team's closer, having played that role since. is a professional baseball player from Osaka, Japan. He is a starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Chan Ho Park (born June 30, 1973 in Gongju, South Korea) is a Major League Baseball Pitcher who currently pitches for the Hong-Chih Kuo ( Traditional Chinese: 郭泓志 Pinyin: Guō Hóngzhì (born July 23 1981 in Tainan City, Taiwan) is a Major League Chin-Lung Hu ( Traditional Chinese: 胡金龍 Pinyin: Hú Jīnlóng) (born February 2, 1984 in Tainan City, Taiwan [10]
Celebrity fans
Given the team's proximity to Hollywood, the large Dodgers fanbase includes many celebrities, most of whom can regularly be seen at Dodger Stadium during home games. Dodger Stadium is a large outdoor ballpark in Los Angeles California at Chávez Ravine. Some of these fans include:
- Mackenzie Astin, Actor [3]
- Jason Bateman, Actor [4]
- Victoria Beckham, Singer [5]
- Dyan Cannon, Actress
- Bryan Cranston, Actor [6]
- Ice Cube, Rapper/Actor
- Carson Daly, Late-night talk show host
- James Denton, Actor
- Dr. Dre, Rapper/Producer
- The Game, Rapper
- Greg Grunberg, Actor, Heroes [7]
- Linda Hamilton, Actress
- Ron Howard, Actor, Director
- Larry King, Award-winning writer, journalist, and broadcaster, host of Larry King Live on CNN. Mackenzie Alexander Astin (born May 12, 1973) is an American Actor. Jason Kent Bateman (born January 14, 1969) is a Golden Globe -winning and Emmy Award -nominated American Actor. Victoria Caroline Beckham (née Adams; born 17 April 1974 is an English pop Singer, Songwriter, Dancer turned Fashion Dyan Cannon (born Samille Diane Friesen on January 4 1937) is an American Film and Television actress, Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7 1956) is an American actor Voice actor, writer and director. O'Shea Jackson (born June 15 1969 better known by his Stage name Ice Cube, is an American Actor, Screenwriter, producer, and Carson Jones Daly (born June 22, 1973) is an American Television host. James Denton may refer to James Denton (actor, American actor who appears in the television series Desperate Housewives James Denton Andre Romelle Young (born February 18 1965 primarily known by his stage name Dr Jayceon Terrell Taylor (born November 29 1979 better known by his Stage name The Game, is an American Rapper. Gregory Phillip "Greg" Grunberg (born July 11 1966 is an American Television Actor. Heroes is an American Science fiction television drama series created by Tim Kring, which premiered on NBC on September Linda Carroll Hamilton (born September 26, 1956) is a Saturn Award -winning Emmy - and Golden Globe -nominated American Ronald William Howard (born March 1 1954 is a director and producer as well as an Actor. Larry King (born November 19, 1933) is an American television/radio host Larry King Live is an American talk show hosted by Larry King on CNN. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner
- Shia LaBeouf, Actor
- Matt Leinart, NFL Football player, former Heisman Trophy winner
- Jay Leno, Late-night talk show host
- George Lopez, Actor, Comedian, Producer
- Al Michaels, TV sportscaster
- Alyssa Milano, Actress
- Freddie Prinze, Jr., Actor [8]
- Axl Rose, Singer [9]
- Christian Slater, Actor
- Ice-T, Rapper/Actor
- Chuck Todd, MSNBC analyst, college professor
- Tiger Woods, Pro golfer [10]
- Robert Wuhl, Actor [11]
- Dwayne Johnson, Actor and former WWE Wrestler
Vin Scully
Vin Scully began broadcasting for the then Brooklyn ball club during the 1950 season and is a beloved figure among the fans to this very day. Shia Saide LaBeouf (ˈʃaɪə ləˈbʌf "SHY-uh luh-BUFF" born June 11 1986 is an American actor and Comedian. Matthew Stephen Leinart (born May 11, 1983) is an American football Quarterback (QB for the Arizona Cardinals of the National James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno (born April 28 1950 is an Emmy Award -winning American Stand-up comedian and Television host George Lopez (born April 23, 1961) is a Mexican American Comedian and Actor. Alan Richard Michaels (born November 12, 1944) is an American Television Sportscaster. Alyssa Jayne Milano (born December 19, 1972) is an American actress and former singer Freddie James Prinze Jr (born March 8, 1976) is an American Actor and contributing member of World Wrestling Entertainment 's W Axl Rose (born William Bruce Rose Jr; February 6 1962 frequently called Axl Rose, is an American Musician, best known as the Frontman Christian Slater (born August 18, 1969) is an American Actor who has starred in films such as Heathers, Chuck Todd is a political analyst and author as well as the political director and on-air analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. MSNBC is a 24-hour cable television news channel based in the United States and available in Canada. Background and family Woods was born in Cypress, California to Earl (1932-2006 and Kultida (Tida Woods Robert Wuhl (born October 9, 1951) is an American comedian turned actor/writer World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, Vincent Edward "Vin" Scully (born November 29, 1927 in The Bronx, New York) is an American Sportscaster, Vincent Edward "Vin" Scully (born November 29, 1927 in The Bronx, New York) is an American Sportscaster, In 1976, he was selected by Dodgers fans as the Most Memorable Personality (on the field or off) of the team's history in L. A. He is also a recipient of the Baseball Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasters (inducted in 1982). The Ford C Frick Award is an award bestowed annually by the National Baseball Hall of Fame in the United States to a Broadcaster for "major contributions In 2008, he will begin his 59th year with the team.
Radio and television
As noted above, Vin Scully has called Dodgers games since 1950. Vincent Edward "Vin" Scully (born November 29, 1927 in The Bronx, New York) is an American Sportscaster, His longtime partners were Jerry Doggett (1956-1987) and Ross Porter (1977-2004). Jerry Doggett ( September 14, 1916 &ndash July 7, 1997) broadcast Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers baseball Ross Porter (born November 29, 1938) is an American Sportscaster. Unlike the modern style in which multiple sportscasters have an on-air conversation (usually with one functioning as play-by-play announcer and the other(s) as color commentator), Scully and Doggett and Porter generally called games solo, trading with each other inning-by-inning. Play-by-play, in Broadcasting, is a North American term and means the reporting of a Sporting event with a Voiceover describing the details of the action A color commentator, sometimes known as a color analyst, is a member of the Broadcasting team for a sporting event who assists the Play-by-play In the 1980s and 90s, Scully would call the entire radio broadcast except for the 3rd and 7th inning; allowing the other Dodger commentators to broadcast an inning.
Scully continues to call Dodgers games without a color commentator.
When Doggett retired after the 1987 season, he was replaced by Hall-of-Fame Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale, who previously broadcasted games for the crosstown California Angels. Donald Scott Drysdale ( July 23, 1936 – July 3, 1993) was an American Right-handed Pitcher in Major League The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. Drysdale died in his hotel room following a heart attack before a game in 1993, resulting in a very difficult broadcast for Scully and Porter, and was replaced by former Dodgers outfielder Rick Monday. Rick Monday (born Robert James Monday Jr on November 20, 1945 in Batesville Arkansas) is a former Center fielder in Major Porter's tenure was terminated somewhat controversially after the 2004 season, after which the current format of play-by-play announcers and color commentators was installed, led by newcomer Charley Steiner as well as Scully and Monday. Charles Harris "Charley" Steiner (born July 17, 1949) is an American sportscaster and Broadcast journalist.
Today, Scully calls a limited schedule of games (all home games and road games in NL West ballparks) for both flagship radio station KABC and television outlets KCAL and FSN Prime Ticket. The National League Western Division, or NL West, is one of the three divisions of Major League Baseball 's National League. flagship is the lead ship in a fleet of vessels a designation given on account of being either the largest fastest newest most heavily armed or for publicity purposes the most well This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. KABC 790 AM is a Los Angeles radio station and a West Coast flagship station for the Citadel Broadcasting company KCAL-TV, channel 9 is an independent television station in Los Angeles California, owned by the CBS Corporation. Scully is simulcast for the first three innings of each of his appearances, then announces only for the TV audience. Simulcast is a Portmanteau of " simul taneous broad' cast' " and refers to programs or events broadcast across more than one
If Scully is calling the game, Charley Steiner takes over play-by-play on radio beginning with the fourth inning, with Rick Monday as color commentator. Charles Harris "Charley" Steiner (born July 17, 1949) is an American sportscaster and Broadcast journalist. Rick Monday (born Robert James Monday Jr on November 20, 1945 in Batesville Arkansas) is a former Center fielder in Major A color commentator, sometimes known as a color analyst, is a member of the Broadcasting team for a sporting event who assists the Play-by-play If Scully is not calling the game, Steiner and Steve Lyons call the entire game on television while Monday (now as play-by-play) and Jerry Reuss do the same on radio. Steve Lyons is the name of Steve Lyons (writer, British writer Steve Lyons (baseball (born 1960 baseball player and former Fox baseball Jerry Reuss (born June 19 1949 in St Louis Missouri) -- pronounced "royce" -- is a former left-handed Pitcher in Major League
The Dodgers also broadcast on radio in Spanish, and the play-by-play is handled by another Ford C. Frick Award winner, Jaime Jarrin. The Ford C Frick Award is an award bestowed annually by the National Baseball Hall of Fame in the United States to a Broadcaster for "major contributions Jaime Jarrin is the Ecuadorian born Spanish language voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Jarrin has been with the Dodgers since 1959. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over Chicago White Sox (4-2 Larry Sherry, MVP The color analyst for some games is Fernando Valenzuela, for whom Jarrin once translated postgame interviews. Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea (born November 1, 1960, Etchohuaquila, Sonora, Mexico) is a former Left-handed Pitcher The Spanish-language flagship is KHJ. KHJ Radio in Los Angeles, California broadcasts Spanish-language entertainment programming as La Ranchera.
Live traffic reports pertaining to Dodger Stadium are broadcast from the Dodgers Transportation Center inside the ballpark. Dodger Stadium is a large outdoor ballpark in Los Angeles California at Chávez Ravine. KABC radio's Captain Jorge Jarrin (son of Dodger broadcaster Jaime Jarrin) and Doug Dunlap handle those duties during the pre-game and post-game shows as well as during Dodger Talk following the game. Jaime Jarrin is the Ecuadorian born Spanish language voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Doug Dunlap is a long-time traffic reporter in Los Angeles California.
In 2006 the Dodgers introduced an on demand channel on Time Warner Cable called "Dodgers on Demand", it is hosted by Tony Kinkela. Time Warner Cable ( (formerly Warner Cable Communications) is an American national cable television company that operates in 27 states and has 31 operating divisions
Public Address Announcers
From the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles from Brooklyn in 1958, the Dodgers employed a handful of well-known public address announcers; the most famous of which was John Ramsey, who served as the PA voice of the Dodgers from 1958 until his retirement in 1982; as well as announcing at other venerable Los Angeles venues, including the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Sports Arena, and the Forum. John Ramsey may refer to John Ramsey (dramatist, British dramatist John Bennett Ramsey, father of JonBenét Ramsey The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports Stadium in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles California at Exposition The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena is a multipurpose sports Arena in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles California at Exposition The Forum, known for a time as the Great Western Forum, is an indoor arena in Inglewood California, a suburb of Los Angeles. Ramsey died in 1990.
Dennis Packer, Nick Nickson, Pete Arbogast and Mike Carlucci also served as Dodger Stadium announcers following Ramsey's retirement. Arbogast and Packer were emulators of John Ramsey, using the same style of announcing Ramsey was famous for. Indeed, Ramsey was the best, but Carlucci was easily second best, because he combined the emulation of Ramsey along with personality, in which made him sound more professionally exciting and part of the game.
The current Dodgers public address announcer is Eric Smith.
Quick facts
- Founded: 1855, as a member of the National Association of Baseball Players and minor Inter-State League. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year The National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP was the first organization governing American Baseball. The team moved up to the American Association in 1884 and transferred to the National League in 1890. This article refers to the former Baseball major league that existed from 1882 to 1891 Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
- Chairman: Frank McCourt
- Vice Chairman and President: Jamie McCourt
- Special Advisor to the Chairman: Tommy Lasorda
- Chief Operating Officer:
- General Manager: Ned Colletti
- Logo design: cursive "Dodgers" superimposed over a red streaming baseball
- Uniform: Cap is "Dodger blue" with white "LA" (letters overlapped) centered on front of cap; home is "Dodger blue" on "wedding gown" white, jersey has cursive "Dodgers" (similar to logo but without baseball) across chest; away is "Dodger blue" on gray, jersey has similar cursive "Los Angeles" across chest; names were printed on back of home or away jerseys from circa 1970 to 2004. Frank McCourt is the sole owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers. In, he purchased a controlling interest of the Dodgers from Fox Entertainment Group, owned by Rupert Thomas Charles Lasorda (born September 22 1927 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher and Ned Louis Colletti Jr is the General Manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The names on the back are restored as of the 2007 season, after a two-year absence[11]. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- Radio: KABC
- Local Television: FSN Prime Ticket (Formerly FSN West 2), KCAL
- Spring Training Facility: Holman Stadium, Vero Beach, FL (moving to Glendale, AZ in 2009)
- World Series Wins: 6 (1 Brooklyn, 5 Los Angeles)
- Rivals: San Francisco Giants Arch-Rivals in both New York City and California. KABC 790 AM is a Los Angeles radio station and a West Coast flagship station for the Citadel Broadcasting company Holman Stadium is a Baseball Stadium in Vero Beach Florida, built in 1953 to accommodate Spring training for the Dodgers as part Vero Beach is a city in Indian River County, Florida, USA. According to the U Glendale ( is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, located about nine miles northwest from Downtown Phoenix. The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division. (Division), San Diego Padres SoCal N. The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego California since their founding in 1969 L. Clubs (Division) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Crosstown Rival (Interleague), New York Yankees Numerous World Series Meetings (Interleague)
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Baseball Hall of Famers
Retired numbers
 Pee Wee Reese SS, Coach July 1, 1984 |  Tommy Lasorda P, M, GM Aug 15, 1997 |  Duke Snider OF July 6, 1980 |  Jim Gilliam 2B, 3B, Coach Oct 10, 1978 |  Don Sutton P Aug 14, 1998 |
 Walter Alston Manager June 5, 1977 |  Sandy Koufax P June 4, 1972 |  Roy Campanella C June 4, 1972 |  Jackie Robinson 2B June 4, 1972 |  Don Drysdale P July 1, 1984 |
Since 1997, Robinson's #42 has been retired throughout Major League Baseball in honor of his breaking the color barrier in 1947. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. 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Frank Robinson (born August 31, 1935 in Beaumont Texas) is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball player Edwin Donald "Duke" Snider (born September 19, 1926 in Los Angeles California) Nicknamed "The Silver Fox" Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel ( July 30, 1890 - September 29, 1975) nicknamed "The Old Professor" was an American Donald Howard Sutton (born April 2, 1945) is a former Major League Baseball player and current Television Sportscaster. Clarence Arthur "Dazzy" Vance ( March 4, 1891 - February 16, 1961) was a star Major League Baseball pitcher during Joseph Floyd "Arky" Vaughan ( March 9, 1912 - August 30, 1952) was a Professional baseball Shortstop. 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Koufax, Campanella, and Robinson were the first Dodgers to have their numbers retired. They were all retired in a ceremony at Dodger Stadium on June 4, 1972.
Gilliam died suddenly in 1978 at the age of 49. The Dodgers retired his number promptly after his death, making him the only non-Hall-of-Famer to have his number retired with the Dodgers.
Presidents
- Charlie Byrne 1883-1897
- Charles Ebbets 1898-1925
- Edward J. Charles H Byrne (born September 1843 in New York New York, died January 4, 1898)was a New York realtor who was one of the original founders of the team See Charles C Ebbets the photographer Charles Hercules Ebbets ( October 29, 1859 &ndash April 18, 1925 McKeever 1925-1925 (interim)
- Wilbert Robinson 1925-1929
- Frank B. Wilbert Robinson ( June 29, 1863 – August 8, 1934) nicknamed "Uncle Robbie" was an American Catcher, coach York 1930-1932
- Stephen J. McKeever 1933-1938
- Larry MacPhail 1939-1942
- Branch Rickey 1943-1950
- Walter O'Malley 1950-1970
- Peter O'Malley 1970-1997 (sold franchise to NewsCorp in 1998)
- Bob Graziano 1998-2004
- Frank McCourt (co-chairsperson; bought franchise from NewsCorp in 2004)
- Jamie McCourt 2004-Present (co-chairsperson; appointed president by her husband Frank)
Managers
Since 1884, the Dodgers have used a total of 29 Managers. Leland Stanford "Larry" MacPhail Sr ( February 3 1890 - October 1 1975) was an American executive and innovator in Wesley Branch Rickey ( December 15 1881 &ndash December 9 1965) was an innovative Major League Baseball executive best known Walter Francis O'Malley (October 9 1903 &ndash August 9 1979 was an American This article is about Peter O'Malley the baseball executive for the Australian golfer see Peter O'Malley (golfer Peter O'Malley (born in News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) (,,) is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies by Market capitalisation Bob Graziano is a former president of the Los Angeles Dodgers of American Major League Baseball. Frank McCourt is the sole owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers. In, he purchased a controlling interest of the Dodgers from Fox Entertainment Group, owned by Rupert Owners Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell (1883-1890 Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell, George Chauncey (1891-1897 Joe Torre, the current Manager of the Dodgers, has held the position since 2008. Joseph Paul Torre (ˈtɔɹi born July 18, 1940 in Brooklyn New York) is the current manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers and a former Major Calendar Major League Baseball See also 2008 Major League Baseball season Postseason October 1 – ALDS and
The managers of the Los Angeles Dodgers (1958-present) are as follows:
- Walter Alston (1958-1976) [in Brooklyn since 1954]
- Tommy Lasorda (1976-1996)
- Bill Russell (1996-1998)
- Glenn Hoffman (1998)
- Davey Johnson (1999-2000)
- Jim Tracy (2001-2005)
- Grady Little (2006-2007)
- Joe Torre (2008-Present)
General Managers
- Larry MacPhail (1938-1942)
- Branch Rickey (1943-1950)
- Buzzie Bavasi (1950-1968)
- Fresco Thompson (1968-1968)
- Al Campanis (1968-1987)
- Fred Claire (1987-1998)
- Tommy Lasorda (1998)
- Kevin Malone (1999-2001)
- Dave Wallace (2001)
- Dan Evans (2001-2004)
- Paul DePodesta (2004-2005)
- Ned Colletti (2005-present)
Current roster
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Minor league affiliations
- AAA: Las Vegas 51s, Pacific Coast League
- AA: Jacksonville Suns, Southern League
- Advanced A: Inland Empire 66ers, California League
- A: Great Lakes Loons, Midwest League
- Rookie: Ogden Raptors, Pioneer League
- Rookie: GCL Dodgers, Gulf Coast League
- Rookie: Santo Domingo Dodgers, Dominican Summer League
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Further reading
- Red Barber, Rhubarb in the Catbird Seat
- Stanley Cohen, Dodgers! The First 100 Years
- Robert W. Juan M Gonzalez (born February 23, 1982 in Valencia Venezuela) is an Infielder in Minor League Baseball who plays for the Russell Lance Mitchell (born February 15, 1985 in Rome Georgia) is an Infielder in Minor League Baseball who plays for the John Shoemaker (born August 18 1956 in Chillicothe OH USA is a former minor league baseball player and current manager of the Double-A Jacksonville Luis Ernesto Salazar Garcia (born May 19, 1956 in Barcelona, Anzoátegui State, Venezuela) is a former Third baseman and Glenelg Edward Dishman (born November 5, 1970 in Baltimore Maryland) is a former Major League Baseball Pitcher and current James Edward Adkins (born November 26, 1985 in Nashville Tennessee) is a Pitcher who plays for the Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino are a Minor league baseball team in San Bernardino California, USA. Christian Y Lara (born April 11, 1985 in El Tigre, Venezuela) is an Infielder in Minor League Baseball who plays for the Thomas Monroe Giles Jr (born August 28, 1983 in Vero Beach Florida) is an Outfielder in Minor League Baseball who plays for the John William Valentin (ˈvælɨntɪn born February 18 1967 in Mineola New York) is a former Shortstop and Third baseman in Charles Oliver (Charlie Hough (rhymes with "tough" or "rough" (born January 5, 1948 in Honolulu Hawaii) is a former Knuckleball Henry (Acosta Cruz (born February 27, 1952 in Christiansted U Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Juan Bustabad (born August 16, 1961 in Havana Cuba) is a Minor League Baseball player and manager who currently manages the Great Lakes Daniel Wayne "Danny" Darwin (born October 25, 1955 in Bonham, Texas) known as the "Bonham Bullet" is a former Pitcher Garey Lamar Ingram (born July 25, 1970, in Columbus Georgia) was a Major League Baseball infielder and outfielder Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Anthony Michael Brumley (born April 9, 1963 in Oklahoma City Oklahoma) is a former Infielder / Outfielder in Major League Baseball Craig Bjornson is a Pitching coach in Minor League Baseball who currently coaches for the Los Angeles Dodgers Rookie-class team the Ogden Raptors Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Brian Deskins (born April 5, 1972 in Yakima Washington) known as "Casey" is a former Minor League Baseball Pitcher Creamer, Stengel: His Life and Times
- D'Agostino, Dennis; Bonnie Crosby (2007). Through a Blue Lens: The Brooklyn Dodgers Photographs of Barney Stein, 1937-1957. Triumph Books. ISBN 1572439521.
- Steve Delsohn, True Blue: The Dramatic History of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Told By the Men Who Lived It
- Carl Erskine and Vin Scully, Tales From the Dodger Dugout: Extra Innings
- Harvey Froemmer, New York City Baseball
- Cliff Gewecke, Day by Day in Dodgers History
- Andrew Goldblatt, The Giants and the Dodgers: Four Cities, Two Teams, One Rivalry
- Peter Golenbock, Bums: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers
- Doris Kearns Goodwin, Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir
- Frank Graham, The Brooklyn Dodgers: An Informal History
- Orel Hershiser with Jerry B. Orel Leonard Hershiser IV (born September 16, 1958) is a former Right-handed Pitcher in Major League Baseball. Jenkins, Out Of The Blue
- Donald Honig, The Los Angeles Dodgers: Their First Quarter Century
- Roger Kahn, The Boys of Summer
- Roger Kahn, The Era 1947-1957: When the Yankees, the Giants and the Dodgers Ruled the World
- Mark Langill, The Los Angeles Dodgers
- Tommy Lasorda with David Fisher, The Artful Dodger
- Jane Leavy, Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy
- Joseph McCauley, Ebbets Field: Brooklyn's Baseball Shrine
- William McNeil, The Dodgers Encyclopedia
- Tom Meany (editor), The Artful Dodgers
- Andrew Paul Mele, A Brooklyn Dodgers Reader
- John J. Roger Kahn (born October 31, 1927 in Brooklyn New York) is one of America 's leading Writers about Sport - especially The Boys of Summer is a book by Roger Kahn, recounting the history of the Brooklyn Dodgers Baseball team up to their victory in the 1955 Monteleone (editor), Branch Rickey's Little Blue Book
- Thomas Oliphant, Praying for Gil Hodges: A Memoir of the 1955 World Series and One Family's Love of the Brooklyn Dodgers
- David Plaut, Chasing October: The Dodgers-Giants Pennant Race of 1962
- Carl E. Prince, Brooklyn's Dodgers: The Bums, The Borough and The Best of Baseball
- Jackie Robinson, I Never Had It Made
- Gene Schoor, The Complete Dodgers Record Book
- Gene Schoor, The Pee Wee Reese Story
- Duke Snider with Bill Gilbert, The Duke of Flatbush
- Michael Shapiro, The Last Good Season: Brooklyn, The Dodgers, and Their Final Pennant Race Together
- Glen Stout, The Dodgers: 120 Years of Dodgers Baseball
- Neil J. Sullivan, The Dodgers Move West
- Jules Tygiel, Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy
- John Weaver, Los Angeles: The Enormous Village, 1781-1981
See also
- All-Time roster
- List of Los Angeles Dodgers people
- Los Angeles Dodgers Season-by-Season Records
- 1988 Los Angeles Dodgers
- Freeway Series - Dodgers-Angels interleague rivalry
- Dodger Dog
- Dodgers award winners and league leaders
- Dodgers statistical records and milestone achievements
- List of Los Angeles Dodgers broadcasters
- Managers and ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers
- 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season
- Los Angeles Dodgers Minor League Affiliations
External links
- Los Angeles Dodgers Official Website
- Los Angeles Dodgers Opening Day Lineups
- Dodgers Blog
- Photograph of Boys of Summer that appeared in SPORT magazine. The following is a list of players both past and current who appeared at least in one game for the Los Angeles Dodgers This is a list of people who have been associated with the Los Angeles Dodgers team in Major League Baseball. Season-by-Season Records The 1988 Major League Baseball season was a Cinderella season for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The term Freeway Series refers to a series of Baseball games played between Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of the The Dodger Dog is a Hot dog named after the Major League Baseball franchise that sells them (the Los Angeles Dodgers) Awards Most Valuable Player Brooklyn Dolph Camilli (1941 Roy Campanella (1951 1953 Single Season Records Batting Records Batting Average: Babe Herman,. Current broadcasters One constant in the Dodgers ' broadcast booth since their move from Brooklyn New York has been Vin Scully. Owners Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell (1883-1890 Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell, George Chauncey (1891-1897 The 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season features the Dodgers celebrating their Golden Anniversary in Southern California under new manager Joe Torre as List of all Los Angeles Dodgers Minor League Affiliates in the teams history SPORT magazine was the original major general interest American sports magazine
- Los Angeles Team Building - Dodger's Mentoring
- Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball Reference
References
- ^ Barry Popik blog, "Trolley Dodgers National League Baseball Team Now in Los Angeles
- ^ In the HBO documentary Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush, a fan is quoted as saying, "You're in a room with Hitler, Stalin and Walter O'Malley and you have a gun with two bullets: Who do you shoot? And of course the Dodger fans would say, 'You shoot O'Malley twice. '" Another says, "Walter O'Malley is down there in the seventh ring of Dante's Hell on the list of the most vile people of the 20th century. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on " Others defend O'Malley's move, blaming Robert Moses and other New York City officials. Robert Moses ( December 18 1888 – July 29 1981) was the "master builder" of mid-20th century New York City, Long The City of New York
- ^ Ballparks That Never Were
- ^ Brooklyn Dodgers | PARADE Magazine
- ^ Ghosts of Flatbush alive 50 years after Dodgers' exit - USATODAY.com
- ^ The true phenoms: Five pitchers who became national sensations 4 August 2006
- ^ The Official Site of The Los Angeles Dodgers: News: Los Angeles Dodgers News
- ^ Ballparks of Baseball: MLB Attendance
- ^ Jayson Addcox. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. "Dodgers surpass attendance milestone", MLB. com, 4 July 2007. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2008-02-15. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor
- ^ Baxter, Kevin. "Dodgers lead the league in Asian players", Los Angeles Times, April 16, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-04-17. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor.
- ^ KABC-TV:Dodger Stadium Debuts New Parking Plan Mar. 29, 2007 Retrieved Apr. 8, 2007
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