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Legendary baseball executive Buzzie Bavasi passes away
93 years old, he was one of the legendary executives behind the Brooklyn Dodgers who helped the Dodgers franchise become the power that they were in the '50s and 60's...
The behind the scenes man who made Jackie Robinson's, Don Newcombe's and Roy Campenella's path the big leagues easier... and the man who kept Koufax an Drysdale with the Dodgers, the first executive of the San Diego Padres organization, instrumental in building that club from up, Bavasi was truly a front office legend.
Baseball truly lost a great man... 93 years old, he was one of the legendary executives behind the Brooklyn Dodgers who helped the Dodgers franchise become the power tha... more -
Jackie Robinson
April 15, 2007 marked the 60th Anniversary of the day Jackie Robinson took the field for first time as a Brooklyn Dodger, effectively breaking Major League Baseballs color barrier. It was the single greatest day in the history of American sports and an event that was certainly before its time. Jackie's accomplishments on and off the field changed the landscape of sports forever and brought the issue of segregation to every city he played in. Fans, players and organizations around the country paid tribute last Sunday to a true American hero. April 15, 2007 marked the 60th Anniversary of the day Jackie Robinson took the field for first time as a Brooklyn Dodger, effectively ... more
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Is the new Citi Field honoring the Brooklyn Dodgers more than it is the Mets?
Shea Stadium was notorious for being one of the eyesores of baseball architecture.
But there is a lot of history with that goofy big apple rising up, the worst bleacher situation in all of all baseball and did I mention Shea was an eyesore?
But is it right that Citi Field design-wise honors the Dodgers more so than the Mets?
(They probably honor the old Dodger legacy more than the actual Dodgers franchise does- we have dense post-O'Malley ownerships to thank for that)
The Mets were a franchise awarded to New York after the Dodgers and Giants bolted for the west.
But the thing was, the Giants were Manhattan's gem, and the Dodgers were Brooklyn's but too close to the Bronx.
Queens/Long Island thus became Mets territory... Shea Stadium was notorious for being one of the eyesores of baseball architecture. ... more -
1955 World Series hero/Dodgers legend Johnny Podres passed away
The man who carried the Dodgers to their their first and only World Series
championship in Brooklyn highlighted by his Game 7 shutout of the Yankees in
1955.
Tommy Byrne, the opposing starting pitcher for the Yankees in that World
Series Game 7 in 1955 passed away just two weeks earlier.
He was there to win 2 more World Series with the Dodgers in 1959 and 1963, after the club had moved to L.A.
One of the first of many Dodgers to bring glory to that franchise.
Podres also served as a pitching coach when he was older, helping develop Frank Viola when he was with the Minnesota Twins and Curt Schilling when he was on the Philadelphia Phillies staff. The man who carried the Dodgers to their their first and only World Series ... more -
Walter Alston and Dick Williams amongst 5 Veterans Committee inductees into the Ha...
No one was greater and more deserving executive in the history of baseball to get into the hall than Walter Alston...
Yes he moved the Dodgers away from beloved Ebbets Field and Brooklyn...
He is every reason why the Dodgers history is so revered today...
He owned the team from 1944-1979, an era where he ushed in Jackie Robinson, brought the first of a number of World Series titles to the franchise with their unforgetable 1955 championship...
Every Dodger fan whether in Brooklyn or L.A. owe an insurmountable ammount of gratitude to this man...
And it's about time he gets recognized for what he's done...
His sone took over the team in 1979 and ran the team well... ushering in Fernando-mania and Nomo-mania... before realizing the third generation of O'Malleys were inept turds and was forced to sell to Rupert Murdoch who later defacated onto the franchise and ruined almost everything the O'Malley's accomplished...
There is no way in hell Frank McCourt can fill these shoes no matter how many ex-Red Sox and ex- Yankees he brings to town...
And Dick Williams was just an awesome manager throughout the 70's and 80's with the A's, Red Sox, and Padres- taking 3 World Series with 3 teams... No one was greater and more deserving executive in the history of baseball to get into the hall than Walter Alston... ... more
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