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Posted by MATHA531 on Sat Oct 20 14:56:34 2012, in response to Re: What if the Dodgers had never moved?, posted by mcorivervsaf on Sat Oct 20 14:45:04 2012. Again, in all due respect, they were making more money than any team in baseball. Period. You can look that up. The only team outdrawing them in the NL at the time were the Braves but then again we now know how temporary that was. Milwaukee couldn't begin to match the Dodger revenue when it came to broadcasting rights.......their entire marketing area was cut off in the south by the Chicago teams and in the north by the great lakes. Dodger attendance had declined but then again all through major league baseball. The Yankee attendance had declined.But the Dodgers had far more revenue opportunities than did mjust about any team in baseball. Now I won't argue about Ebbets Field although I will make the side point that Fenway Park and Wrigley Field, ballparks that are older than Ebbets Field, are still going strong today. Read the sports illustrated article from August 1957. Moses did not think O'Malley was bluffing. He just felt it was an inappropriate use of Title I money to use for a privately owned baseball stadium to the benefit of one person only. Also and I don't know how well you know Brooklyn the location was absolutely wrong. The nearest highway is a mile away through cluttered city streets. Can you imagine ther traffic jams as fans were trying to get to the ballpark on a Tuesday night fighting the commuter traffic on the BQE? The country was also changing in terms of automobile as opposed to rapid transit. There would have been 3 hour delays trying to get out of the ballpark. Again, I don't mean to come across as a Robert Moses enthsiast. He was one of the most evil persons who ever lived; but on this situation he takes a fall for the entire aparatus of the NYC government, of the contempt the LA city government had for its citizens and indeed major league baseball's contempt for the Brooklyn fans. I just wish people would try to do a little research and learn the true facts of the dark period in baseball history. And I'll say one other thing Although it was hardly the only reason, if you trace the timeline of the ascending of the NFL as this country's true national pastime, it coincides to a large degree with the removal of the Brooklyn franchise. Many of the Dodger fans, seeing the contempt of mlb for them, simply turned to the NY Giants and it may not be a coincidence that 1958 marked the turning point for the NFL. Can't prove it but I throw it out as something to thik about. |
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