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.
O'Malley was many things. But first and foremost he was a very shrewd businessman.
The real villain was Robert Moses who was in charge of urban planning. He didn’t want a new baseball stadium in Brooklyn because he was worried about traffic. O’Malley had picked a spot in Brooklyn but Moses nixed it and offered him a spot in Queens. O’Malley then made the decision to move west.
When the last game of the season was played at Ebbets Field Gladys Goodding, the long time Dodgers organist played a song list for the ages...
“After You’re Gone,”
“When I Grow Too Old To Dream”
“How Can You Say We’re Through”
“Que Sera, Sera.”
Finally, as fans filed out, Goodding played “Auld Lang Syne.”
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