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To: Dr. Sivana

You need to study History More. Mr O’Malley(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_O%27Malley) WANTED to stay in NYC(Specifically Brooklyn) HOWEVER Robert Moses(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Moses) wanted a Ball Park in Queens(He got Shea Stadium) and Mr O’Malley wanted to build a new ball park in Brooklyn(Ebbetts Field was falling apart and the area was “going to Seed”). So REALLY Robert Moses FORCED Mr O’Malley and ALSO the Owner of the New York Giants(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Stoneham) west.


12 posted on 06/05/2015 9:39:05 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: US Navy Vet
You need to study History More.

I have read more than Wikipedia articles on it. Besides people who were following the issue at the time, I read the book "Bums" that covered the topic. O'Malley wasn't "forced" to go 3,000 miles away. Yeah, Moses didn't help, but NOT using eminent domain for a different ball park site is not "forcing" anything. Certainly Ebbets Field itself could have been rebuilt at the same site.
41 posted on 06/05/2015 12:09:41 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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