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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Oct 20 12:58:58 2012, in response to What if the Dodgers had never moved?, posted by Wallyhorse on Sat Oct 20 04:12:58 2012. There would be no Mets, of course. My guess is that they would have gotten a new ballpark somewhere in Brooklyn in the 1960's. Basically Shea Stadium on another location. The Giants would still have left, but I doubt they would have went to California by themselves. Minneapolis? Houston? LA would have one team (Angels) and SF would probably have gotten a 1962 expansion team (the one NY got). Would be interesting what their name would have been. It would also be nice to think Vin Scully would have remained in Brooklyn for his entire career, but he's on record as not liking to live in NYC and would have probably moved west to do play by play for an expansion team. Given that the Dodgers left Brooklyn as a pretty good team with a stacked farm system, it would have probably led to many more Subway Series, especially in the early 60's. Imagine those late 70's/early 80's Dodger teams in Brooklyn, battling with the Yankees. Except for a couple years in the 90's and 2000's, the Yankees and Mets have rarely been post-season contenders at the same time, and practically never before the late 90's. Had the Yankees/Dodgers rivalry remained in New York, it would most definitely have been more intense than Mets/Yankees. |
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