I recall the 1959 World Series, when Larry Sherry, Wally Moon and Duke Snider became heroes in our community as well as throughout the Southland. In 1960, when I owned a small radio that could get only two stations, KRLA and KFI, I spent nights listening to Vin Scully announcing the games over KFI, which is now the Southern California home of Rush Limbaugh.
In 1963, when I was in junior high school, we spent our physical education class watching the World Series. Dodger fans crowded around one TV set, while a few Yankee fans watched another set on the other side of the room.
In 1965, I stayed up late into the night listening to the Dodgers win the 1965 World Series over the Armed Forces Network when I was living in Gross Zimmern, Germany.
Today, I live in Orange County, where most of my friends and acquaintances are Angels fans, but I'm still true to the blue.
” I recall the 1959 World Series, when Larry Sherry, Wally Moon and Duke Snider became heroes “
I was only 7 , and living in CT , but I too was a huge Dodger fan . Don’t even remember how I became one though . After all , we had the Red Sox and Yankees who were a heck of a lot closer ! My friend and I listened to that game on a transistor radio , and when the Dodgers won the series we road up and down our street like town criers announcing “ The Dodgers won the World Series ! I continued to be a Dodger fan ( fan of MLB for that matter ) until 1985 when I went to Japan , where I have remained all these years . No interest in any pro sports whatsoever .
I have the utmost respect for all honest fans who stick with their team through the losses as well as the wins. My contempt is only reserved for the bandwagon fans who only support winners. Even then - heck it is only sports, so whatever. It is not real life, like Obamacare and choking on national debt over GDP. It’s just entertainment.
But still, it is fun entertainment and I have respect for the real fans who suppot their losing teams, no respect for the people who only support winners or only support their team when it is doing well.
I was born in 1958, the same year as the San Francsico Giants, so I don’t remember anything from the ‘50s and ‘60s.