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May 28, 2007^2:48pm
Jaydawg^7
Fifty years ago today, baseball voted to move the Dodgers and Giants to California, establishing franchises west of the Mississippi for the first time
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     I may be a little biased here, but I think we Angelenos scored the better franchise.  I couldn't imagine going to Chavez Ravine to salute a team in Halloween costumes.  But, even today, there's still some old-timer Brooklynites who are steamed at Walter O'Malley for taking away 'dem Bums.  It's not O'Malley's fault that Robert Moses wouldn't allow him to build a new ballpark.  It was a brilliant on O'Malley's part to move the team to L.A., the country's third largest city at the time.  
     Speaking of the Giants, I never hear about Manhattanites being disgruntled at Horace Stoneham for moving them to S.F.  For the most part, they're die-hard Yankee fans today.