October,1947

penncentralpete · **Posted:** Sat Nov 28, 2009 2:24 pm

tonypug wrote:

I wonder if Groucho Marx ever went to Ebbets Field? He would have fit right in.

Ironically, it was Groucho who spearheaded the telethon in Los Angeles to get the referendum passed for Chavez Ravine to be "Dodgerland"................

kramer_47 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 29, 2009 3:43 am

Just think I like that sob Groucho and he was one of the big backers of the Dodgers to LA LA land.

penncentralpete · **Posted:** Sun Nov 29, 2009 4:35 pm

He wasn't a big backer of the Dodgers moving. He was a big backer once they were already THERE and fighting for a new stadium.

tonypug · **Joined:** Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:45 pm **Posts:** 10642

The ironic thing was that almost all the Hollywood stars who appeared on the "telethon" couldn't vote on the issue because they lived outside the county.

kramer_47 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:40 am

Their pressure probably got O'M his free stadium out there.

tonypug · **Joined:** Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:45 pm **Posts:** 10642

It was a very close, vote, and this "telethon" was probably the deciding event.

penncentralpete · **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:31 pm

tonypug wrote:

It was a very close, vote, and this "telethon" was probably the deciding event.

If he didn't get it, O'Malley was set to return to Brooklyn.

kramer_47 · **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:29 pm

His new dome stadium in Flushing or do you thing Robert Moses and the NYC politicians would have given in to 4th ave and Atlantic ave.

penncentralpete · **Posted:** Thu Dec 03, 2009 2:28 am

He still had options in Brooklyn. By now (2010) the Bums would be out at the Cyclones' site.

kramer_47 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 03, 2009 3:12 am

You think they would have built a third Ebbets field in Coney Island, well the second field would have been older then Shea so yo probably are right.

tonypug · **Joined:** Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:45 pm **Posts:** 10642

O'Malley wasn't going back to Brooklyn, That was another rash of O'Malley BS.

kramer_47 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:27 am

That is something I can't understand Tony, why wouldn't O'M want to go back or stay in Brooklyn if he had a stadium in the right place meaning alot of parking and public transportation. Brooklyn was and is a much better baseball town then LA they come late leave early where we stayed and cheered the whole game.

tonypug · **Joined:** Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:45 pm **Posts:** 10642

Once he left, he wasn't coming back to Brooklyn.Something else would have been worked out in Southern Cal.

kramer_47 · **Posted:** Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:33 am

NYC is the capitol of the world no place is better or bigger, Brooklyn is bigger then the 4th largest city in the USA, why this moron couldn't work it out here is beyond me.

penncentralpete · **Posted:** Sat Dec 05, 2009 4:39 am

Walter was everything EXCEPT a moron.

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