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Vin Scully's Last Innings

Robert E. Murphy | Posted 09.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Bob Gibson, Gil Hodges, Spotsman's Park, Vin Scully, Los Angeles Dodgers, Ebbets Field, Sandy Koufax, Walter O'Malley, Red Barber. Jonathan Schwartz, Fordham, Curt Smith, Ireland, Brooklyn Dodgers, Dodger Stadium, New York News
Robert E. Murphy

Vin Scully, if he is as decent a man as I think he is, must know that the Dodgers' flight from Brooklyn for 300 acres of central Los Angeles was a shameful maneuver.

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The Birth of Distrust

John Sexton | Posted 08.10.2009 | New York

Read More: Walter-Omalley, New York Yankees, Religion, Washington-Square-Park, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York City, New York News
John Sexton

The unraveling of our civilization can be traced to that point. If the blessed and beloved Dodgers could leave Brooklyn, what theory, what tale, what conjecture was too outrageous to be believed?

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Ebbets Field, Redux

Michael Shapiro | Posted 05.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Ebbets Field, Baseball, Shea Stadium, William Shea, Walter O'Malley, Branch Rickey, New York-New York, Entertainment News
Michael Shapiro

Last night, in an arena where Shea's name fittingly joins the retired numbers of Seaver, Stengel, Hodges and Jackie Robinson, baseball witnessed a return to the past. We're back where we started.

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