The space and deal for a stadium was an easy one to figure out for the Dodgers, and the desire for a team was strong. With a failure in ownership, that leaves the future of the franchise in question.
So what are the chances the team would move back to Brooklyn? It's certainly worth taking the time to sit down and debate. Mark Cuban's name has been thrown in the mix as a possible buyer as usual, but what about Mikhail Prokhorov? No, he hasn't been linked to the Dodgers at all, but he is certainly a person with enough money to buy another team. Combined with Jay-Z, the two could certainly raise the funds for a move to Brooklyn quickly.
The Russian billionaire has certainly created a buzz over moving the Nets to Brooklyn. But if he, or any owner for that matter, would move the Dodgers to Brooklyn, it would overshadow the Nets easily. In short, the team, founded in , was an institution. Smith, a German-born chemist. Everyone agreed that Ebbets Field, the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, was getting old. The team designed a new, 55,seat stadium to be located in Brooklyn, according to the New York Daily News. Few people likely remember Moses, but he may be as much to blame as anyone for the Dodgers now playing in Chavez Ravine.
An urban planner with an incredible amount of power, Moses never held elected office but controlled millions of dollars in public funds. He is considered the father of the suburbs, having favored the building of roads over public transportation.
Moses wanted the new stadium in Flushing Meadows in Queens, where new parkways were being constructed. He began looking for new sites for his team. He bought the Los Angeles Stars. He sold the rights to Ebbets Field. But fans knew it was over. Only about 6, showed up for the game.
West Coast baseball fans were overjoyed, and the people of New York City were heartbroken. In , the Dodgers were in the midst of an impressive run; they had won five pennants and one World Championship in eight years.
They were also splitting a massive radio and television pie with their rival Giants and the hated Yankees, who had beaten them in the World Series six times in seven tries. The Giants were an up-and-down team leading up to , both fiscally and on the field. In spite of winning the World Series in , the team could not draw fans as consistently as their Brooklyn rivals did.
Owner Horace Stoneman thought the relocation to San Francisco would revitalize the team, but they continued to suffer from inconsistent play and attendance even after the move. Once just a subway ride away, the teams were now separated by miles. The Yankees and Mets did not face each other as the Giants and Dodgers had until inter-league play began in The Yankees prevailed, four games to one.
But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! The National League was open to the idea of a move. The Giants suffered the same home field troubles as their Brooklyn rivals. The two New York teams did not make their plans public until near the end of the season. Brooklyn fans were crushed, and the Dodgers winning their final game at Ebbets Field did not make them feel any better. Dodgers, Three days later at their own inaugural home game in L.
Ebbets Field was torn down in with a wrecking ball painted like a baseball. In its place a large apartment complex was built.
In , the same wrecking ball was used to demolish the Polo Grounds. A public housing project sprung up in its place in
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