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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Brooklyners would probably have been even angrier if the Dodgers had moved to Queens.