For many New Yorkers, the removal of the Brooklyn Dodgersperhaps the most popular baseball team of all timeto Los Angeles in 1957 remains one of the most traumatic events since World War II. Neil J. Sullivans controversial reassessment of a story that has reached almost mythic proportions in its many retellings shifts responsibility for the move onto the local governmental maneuverings that occurred on both sides of the continent. Conventional wisdom has it that Dodgers owner Walter OMalley coldheartedly abandoned the devoted Brooklyn fans for the easy money of Los Angeles. Sullivan argues that OMalley had, in fact, wanted to stay in Brooklyn, hoping to build a new stadium with his own money. Situated in an increasingly unsafe neighborhood and without parking facilities, Ebbets Field had become obsolete. Yet an uncooperative New York City administration, led by Robert Moses, blocked OMalleys plan to use the ideal site at the Atlantic Avenue Long Island Railroad terminal. A political battle over the Dodgers move also erupted in Los Angeles. Mayor Poulsons suggestion to use Chavez Ravine as the new stadium site triggered opposition from residents concerned about a giveaway. Eventually a telethon campaign that enlisted the help of celebrities such as Groucho Marx, George Burns, and Ronald Reagan enabled the approval of the deal. Set against a backdrop of sporting passion and rivalry, and appearing over thirty years after the Dodgers last season in Brooklyn, this engrossing...

Binding: Paperback;280 pages; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Classification: DNF; Weight: 474 g; Dimensions: 216 x 142 x 18

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