My granddad and dad were both huge Dodgers fans... until they moved to California. Neither of them ever watched another Dodgers game after they left Brooklyn.
I am the product of a mixed marriage - Mom Dodgers, Dad Giants.
When they left, my Dad took me to Philadelphia a couple of times to see the Giants, and we went to a few Sunday doubleheaders at the Polo Grounds in 62 and 63, but by the time Shea opened we were pretty much Mets fans.
You know about the Daily News poll in the 70s?
Pick the worst villain of the 20th century (so far)?
O’Malley came in second.