Big Crowd in LA Colliseum last night

[disgrig]

Dare I ask what anyone thought of the spectacle staged in LA last night?

I found this quote in the mlb.com story about the game:

"This was for Ebbets Field, Crosley Field, the Polo Grounds, Shibe Park and Forbes Field and all the other long-gone baseball shrines no one can ever revisit."

I'm not trying to rub salt in your wounds or anything. I just thought Brooklyn fans would be pleased to know that Ebbets Field was at least mentioned. The article failed to mention that it was O'Malley's move to LA that initiated the demolition of Ebbets Field.

[Guinnypint]

Dare I ask what anyone thought of the spectacle staged in LA last night?

I found this quote in the mlb.com story about the game:

"This was for Ebbets Field, Crosley Field, the Polo Grounds, Shibe Park and Forbes Field and all the other long-gone baseball shrines no one can ever revisit."

I hope I am not the only one who finds comparing that joke of a stadium to the Legends mentioned a bit offensive

[DODGER DEB]

Hardly! Know you have a lot of company, Guinnypint.

How dare McCourt throw US a "few crumbs" to either ease his collective conscience or show US they haven't forgotten the best part of what was stolen from US! Either way, McCourt should try real hard not to use any part of OUR NAME in vain in the future......assuming he has the capacity to understand why!

He would be better off just counting the receipts of the 115,400+ from last night, which I am sure will quickly dismiss the minute feelings for US that he claims he still harbors.

c.

[willisraverchk77]

He would be better off just counting the receipts of the 115,400+ from last night, which I am sure will quickly dismiss the minute feelings for US that he claims he still harbors.

those receipts all go to thinkcure. that game last night raised over a million dollars for kids with cancer.

[ColtscorrAL]

those receipts all go to thinkcure. that game last night raised over a million dollars for kids with cancer.

Well said. The man who moved the Dodgers burns in hell. McCourt had nothing to do with it. I realize how much the move hurt a lot of people including myself but mostly my father. But I fail to see how anyone can blame the current owner, a person who had nothing to do with it.

[donzblock]

Well said. The man who moved the Dodgers burns in hell. McCourt had nothing to do with it. I realize how much the move hurt a lot of people including myself but mostly my father. But I fail to see how anyone can blame the current owner, a person who had nothing to do with it.

McCourt continues to profit from the crimes committed by O'Malley. Of course I am going to blame him and will continue to do so until he moves that franchise back to Brooklyn.

As for the crowd of 115,000 that packed the Coliseum, since they were watching a meaningless game, what does that say about the intelligence of those people? They pack a joke of a stadium to watch a meaningless baseball game in a field that was was unfit for Little League baseball.

[JohnCropp]

McCourt continues to profit from the crimes committed by O'Malley. Of course I am going to blame him and will continue to do so until he moves that franchise back to Brooklyn.

As for the crowd of 115,000 that packed the Coliseum, since they were watching a meaningless game, what does that say about the intelligence of those people? They pack a joke of a stadium to watch a meaningless baseball game in a field that was was unfit for Little League baseball.

I don't know what it says about intellegence, but it says alot about the Los Angeles Dodgers' fanbase and baseball's popularity in Southern California thanks, in part, to Walter O'Malley.

Say what you will about the move (and I'm sure you will), but yesterday's game was a testiment to the fact that your devil made a hell of a business decision.

Now, if you want to talk about intellegence, let's talk about the mindset of folks who are unwilling to accept a reality fifty years after the fact.

Right or wrong, the Dodgers moved and aren't coming back.

And there are 115,000 reasons why they shouldn't.

[Pete Rose Rounding Third]

I don't know what it says about intellegence, but it says alot about the Los Angeles Dodgers' fanbase and baseball's popularity in Southern California thanks, in part, to Walter O'Malley.

I'm sure you're right - who liked baseball back in the 1950's? I'm sure no one else would have picked up and run with that particular football. Taking credit for establishing MLB in California is like taking credit for discovering the Pacific Ocean. It's huge and obvious, but I guess the first guy there gets the glory.

Say what you will about the move (and I'm sure you will), but yesterday's game was a testiment to the fact that your devil made a hell of a business decision.

Yay! Hooray business! When I go to a ballpark, I like to flip through my copies of the Wall Street Journal and the Economist between innings; during the innings, I like to count heads and figure out what kind of margin the house is getting on bags of peanuts. That's baseball - what team will end the year with greater profits? That's what Opening Day is all about!!

Now, if you want to talk about intellegence, let's talk about the mindset of folks who are unwilling to accept a reality fifty years after the fact.

Right or wrong, the Dodgers moved and aren't coming back.

Define acceptance. Every Brooklyn fan I've ever read on this site is painfully aware that the Dodgers no longer play in Brooklyn and that Ebbets Field was demolished. Acceptance does not mean enduring an event happily while singing endless arias to the glory of business acumen, as you apparently do.

And there are 115,000 reasons why they shouldn't.

1! 2! 3! BUSINESS!!

[DODGER DEB]

I'm sure you're right - who liked baseball back in the 1950's? I'm sure no one else would have picked up and run with that particular football. Taking credit for establishing MLB in California is like taking credit for discovering the Pacific Ocean. It's huge and obvious, but I guess the first guy there gets the glory.



Yay! Hooray business! When I go to a ballpark, I like to flip through my copies of the Wall Street Journal and the Economist between innings; during the innings, I like to count heads and figure out what kind of margin the house is getting on bags of peanuts. That's baseball - what team will end the year with greater profits? That's what Opening Day is all about!!



Define acceptance. Every Brooklyn fan I've ever read on this site is painfully aware that the Dodgers no longer play in Brooklyn and that Ebbets Field was demolished. Acceptance does not mean enduring an event happily while singing endless arias to the glory of business acumen, as you apparently do.



1! 2! 3! BUSINESS!!

Thank you PRRT, for your "right on" words, and welcome to OUR Forum.

No one is more aware of the fact that WE no longer have OUR DODGERS, or OUR Ebbets Field, than WE BROOKLYN FANS are...and it's not necessary for the faux west coast choir to preach to US about it, especially if you don't bear the scars of having walked in OUR shoes!

c.

[donzblock]

Say what you will about the move (and I'm sure you will), but yesterday's game was a testiment to the fact that your devil made a hell of a business decision.

Oscar Wilde could have been talking about you when he wrote that some people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Now, if you want to talk about intellegence, let's talk about the mindset of folks who are unwilling to accept a reality fifty years after the fact.

If you want to talk about intelligence, you should first learn how to spell it.

Right or wrong, the Dodgers moved and aren't coming back.

And there are 115,000 reasons why they shouldn't.

And there are several million why they should never have left.

[DODGER DEB]

Oscar Wilde could have been talking about you when he wrote that some people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.


If you want to talk about intelligence, you should first learn how to spell it.


And there are several million why they should never have left.

Thank you, Professor. As always, you are right on the mark!

c.

[willisraverchk77]

As for the crowd of 115,000 that packed the Coliseum, since they were watching a meaningless game, what does that say about the intelligence of those people? They pack a joke of a stadium to watch a meaningless baseball game in a field that was was unfit for Little League baseball.

you consider raising money for childhood cancer research meaningless?! those that support such causes by attending fundraising events have a lack of intelligence?! are you kidding??

[aqib]

I don't know what it says about intellegence, but it says alot about the Los Angeles Dodgers' fanbase and baseball's popularity in Southern California thanks, in part, to Walter O'Malley.

Say what you will about the move (and I'm sure you will), but yesterday's game was a testiment to the fact that your devil made a hell of a business decision.

Now, if you want to talk about intellegence, let's talk about the mindset of folks who are unwilling to accept a reality fifty years after the fact.

Right or wrong, the Dodgers moved and aren't coming back.

And there are 115,000 reasons why they shouldn't.

I will go to my grave with the same argument, it was not a hell of a business decision. Look at any of the valuations of baseball franchises, the Mets are ahead of the Dodgers every time. Wilpon paid Doubleday $391 million for his 50% stake in the Mets, 2 years later McCourt paid $420 million for 100% of the Dodgers which included Dodger Stadium, the land, I think Dodgertown, and the academy in Dominican Republic.

[donzblock]

you consider raising money for childhood cancer research meaningless?! those that support such causes by attending fundraising events have a lack of intelligence?! are you kidding??

Am I supposed to genuflect because someone mentions "childhood cancer research"? Does that research involve vivisecting helpless animals? How much agony will that money raised by those wonderfully intelligent 115,000 fans perpetrate? How reputable is the "childhood cancer research" foundation? What exactly do you know about the activities of the childhood cancer research people? I donate money to cancer research only if I am sure that such money will not be misused. Most cancer research causes agony you don't want to read about. So tell us: exactly what do you know about the childhood cancer research that those intelligent 115,000 people funded?

[DODGER DEB]

you consider raising money for childhood cancer research meaningless?! those that support such causes by attending fundraising events have a lack of intelligence?! are you kidding??

WE are here to talk BASEBALL....not the merits, or non-merits, of anything else.

I strongly suggest WE get back to the topic of this thread, which was the left coast event on Saturday night, and stay away from why people were there.

Your cooperation is appreciated.

c.