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The Dodgers Leave Brooklyn
No fans ever loved their team the way Brooklyn Dodgers
fans did so it was a real blow when team owner Walter
O’Malley moved the franchise to Los Angeles
before the start of the 1958 season. It was true
that the Dodgers attendance was not stellar and
that the West Coast offered a great opportunity
for legions of new baseball fans. By February 21,
1957, O'Malley had acquired the territorial rights
to Los Angeles. The decision to move the team had
already been made. This letter shows how, at least
publicly, O'Malley wasn't telling the Brooklyn faithful
the full truth about his intentions to relocate
the franchise. 
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