by Geoff Cobb 
When you speak to anyone who was a Dodger fan you feel their love for the team and the wound they felt when the team left for Los Angeles. The Dodgers left Brooklyn in 1957 and many die-hard fans could never come to terms with their departure. Part of the mystique of the Dodgers was a legendary local band that helped create an unrivaled and unforgettable part of being at the…
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I hate to sound like an old fogey but this is one area where the good old days were better than today.
The app. 5os thru 70s were the golden age of baseball when racial discrimination ended with the advent of Jackie Robinson and baseball had not yet been corrupted by money and PEDs (drugs). My family had a middle class summer cottage in the Rockaways and my next store neighbor was the dodger great Carl Furillo.
I went to Yankee games and got the best field level box seat in the house for $3.50. Now they cost thousands of dollars.
Sluggers would pray to make the home run derby contest to make extra money. Now stars routinely skip it because they are not given millions of dollars.
Agree Paul,
Very cool.