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In 1959, the season ended in a tie between the Dodgers and the Milwaukee Braves.The Dodgers won the tie-breaking playoff. 1959 also saw a team other than the Yankees win the A.L. pennant, one of only two such years in the 16-year stretch from 1949 through 1964, and because of the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles, this resulted in the first World Series since 1948 to have no games in New York City.
From the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles from Brooklyn in 1958, the Dodgers employed a handful of well-known public address announcers; the most famous of which was John Ramsey, who served as the PA voice of the Dodgers from 1958 until his retirement in 1982; he was also well known for announcing at other venerable Los Angeles venues, including ...
USA Today front page wall art. World Series MVP Freddie Freeman earned his own commemorative cover with 12 RBI in the World Series, including the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history ...
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the 2024 World Series champions! Relive the storied franchise's triumph over the New York Yankees with an exclusive hardcover commemorative book from USA TODAY. "Blue ...
The New York Public School system has named a middle school after Robinson, [310] and Dorsey High School plays at a Los Angeles football stadium named after him. [311] His home in Brooklyn, the Jackie Robinson House, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976, [312] and Brooklyn residents sought to turn his home into a city landmark. [313]
Brooklyn Dodgers officials and employees pose in front of the club's plane at La Guardia in New York, before taking off for Los Angeles on October 23, 1957. - AP
The Dodgers' first five world championships won in Los Angeles preceded the Giants' first one in San Francisco, in 2010. Before 2020 , all of the Dodgers' world championships were sandwiched by the Giants' final world championship in New York ( 1954 ) and their first in San Francisco ( 2010 ).
The book chronicling the life and legacy of a Dodgers legend is available for presale now. The 160-page coffee-table book features award-winning Times photography and reporting, with select pages ...