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theAmazingMet
08-05-2009, 09:49 AM
Just curious, were there any Dodgers that the fans didn't care for? Or were there any players that you yourself didn't like for whatever reasons?
Let's Go Mets!
08-05-2009, 09:51 AM
Just curious, were there any Dodgers that the fans didn't care for?
How about Walter O'Malley!
Players? .............can't think of anyone.
penncentralpete
08-05-2009, 10:46 AM
How about Walter O'Malley!
Players? .............can't think of anyone.
Years later--Lasorda............but at the time EVERY Dodger was a "hero"..........
VIBaseball
08-05-2009, 02:43 PM
I wonder how well Leo Durocher was liked. He seemed to be a polarizing figure.
tonypug
08-05-2009, 04:06 PM
Durocher was loved when wearing the Dodger uniform, he was hated when wearing another uniform. Duke Snider was the only Brooklyn player that I can remember ever getting publicly boord in Ebbets Field. Of course Duke brought it on himself, with his comments. But it was a within the family type of thing.
theAmazingMet
08-05-2009, 04:13 PM
I wonder if the fans booed during the "Daffiness Days"? Of course that is before ALL of our times...
penncentralpete
08-05-2009, 05:56 PM
I wonder if the fans booed during the "Daffiness Days"? Of course that is before ALL of our times...
Which is not to say that some of us are indeed "Daffy".
Number 4
08-05-2009, 06:21 PM
How about Frank Kellert who agreed with Yogi that Jackie was out at home in the 55 WS. Of course by playing only in 39 games it is hard to imagine Kellert being a Dodger, even with his .325 BA.
tonypug
08-05-2009, 07:29 PM
How about Frank Kellert who agreed with Yogi that Jackie was out at home in the 55 WS. Of course by playing only in 39 games it is hard to imagine Kellert being a Dodger, even with his .325 BA.That comment pissed off his teammates, and of course Kellert was tradedto the Cubs right after the series.
penncentralpete
08-05-2009, 08:00 PM
MLB TV did a slow mo shot from a totally different angle of that steal. The camera was from in back of third base (behind Jackie, but close up) and he was safe! All the commentators agreed. SAFE. Rizzuto said he appeared safe, but Phil was pretty far away at ss.
tonypug
08-06-2009, 08:11 AM
Most of the angles, do show that Robinson was safe. The most popular photo, leaves that decision up to the individual viewing it. Yogi of course, clearly moves in front of the plate to meet the ball, and all Kellert had to do was move his bat and touch Yogi, and catchers interference would have had to been called.
penncentralpete
08-06-2009, 08:15 AM
Most of the angles, do show that Robinson was safe. The most popular photo, leaves that decision up to the individual viewing it. Yogi of course, clearly moves in front of the plate to meet the ball, and all Kellert had to do was move his bat and touch Yogi, and catchers interference would have had to been called.
We've "covered" Yogi's catcher's balk here some years back...............
The Real McCoy
08-10-2009, 11:04 AM
I shed no tears when Fred Walker was packed off to Pittsburgh. he stopped being my "cherce" when I heard the stories about how he treated Robinson's arrival. while you're at it, throw it Bragan, although he was a second rater in every aspect.
tonypug
08-11-2009, 07:45 AM
I shed no tears when Fred Walker was packed off to Pittsburgh. he stopped being my "cherce" when I heard the stories about how he treated Robinson's arrival. while you're at it, throw it Bragan, although he was a second rater in every aspect.I was born in July of 1947, so have no practical knowledge of Dixie's last years in Brooklyn. After being the darling of Brooklyn for years, how was he perceived and treated after his feelings about Robinson were revealed?
SteveJRogers
08-11-2009, 09:51 AM
We've "covered" Yogi's catcher's balk here some years back...............
There is a great passage in the recent bio of Yogi Berra. The author, Allen Barra, is a neighboor and friend of Yogi's and recited verbaitim several exchanges between himself and Yogi on the topic at Yogi's annual World Series viewing event at the Berra Mueseum.
Quite ammusing as Berra gets more and more curt with his "HE WAS OUT" answer with each passing year!
tonypug
08-11-2009, 04:07 PM
I wouldn't expect Yogi to say anything different.
mandrake
08-11-2009, 09:05 PM
My mom went to the game and sat in the press box when Sal Maglie pitched a no hitter as a Dodger. My dad said it was very tough to root for him at first because he was a legendary Dodger killer as a Jint.
Someone mentioned Leo, and Giants fans hated him up until 1948, and did not 'trust' him for a few seasons. Dodger fans hated him as soon as he left. All NYC fans took joy serenading him with "Goodbye Leo" in Sept 1969 as the Mets pulled away from the Cubs (when Kooz busted up Santo).
tonypug
08-12-2009, 07:45 AM
If Maglie and Durocher were actors, they would have always been cast as villains, never the leading man type.
theAmazingMet
08-12-2009, 09:58 AM
If Maglie and Durocher were actors, they would have always been cast as villains, never the leading man type.
Especially "The Barber", he was one grizzled looking character.
Of course Bogart was once type-cast as the heavy, so you never know. Maybe you could picture "The Lip" singing in the rain, or maybe not!:laugh
tonypug
08-12-2009, 07:01 PM
Durocher was the gangster type, Maglie would have played the undertaker.
musial6
08-14-2009, 10:17 PM
I hated all the Dodgers.
musial6
08-15-2009, 10:02 AM
But I LOVED Ebbets Field.
jayzeeg
08-16-2009, 09:16 AM
hey musial6. did you ever see spotsmans park? i remember when musial hit the 5 homers in the double header against the ny giants in 1954, the papers said he hit the last one into the pavilion. as a 10 year old i had no idea what or where that was at the time. i grew up with a friend who was a cardinal fan. we never understood why, until he told us that at a dodger-cardinal game at ebbets field, he was hit by an errant cardinal throw pre-game, and they took him into the dugout. cool, huh.
musial6
08-18-2009, 04:41 PM
hey musial6. did you ever see spotsmans park? i remember when musial hit the 5 homers in the double header against the ny giants in 1954, the papers said he hit the last one into the pavilion. as a 10 year old i had no idea what or where that was at the time. i grew up with a friend who was a cardinal fan. we never understood why, until he told us that at a dodger-cardinal game at ebbets field, he was hit by an errant cardinal throw pre-game, and they took him into the dugout. cool, huh.
Yes, I was in SP many times, but Ebbets Field was better. That pavilion you mentioned was actually the only place blacks could sit until well into the '50s. St. Louis was really a large Southern town.
I personally became a Redbird fan in 1942. I fell in love with the birds on the bat while attending my first major league game at the Polo Grounds. I had actually rooted for the Dodgers in '41--loved Joe Medwick.