Why No Effort to Recover When Fox Sold Them?

[aqib]

I remember reading on this forum when Peter O'Malley sold the team that a group wanting to bring them back to Brooklyn had bid higher than Fox but O'Malley insisted on an owner that would keep them in SoCal. But I heard nothing when Fox sold them to McCourt. Why is that?

[DODGER DEB]

I remember reading on this forum when Peter O'Malley sold the team that a group wanting to bring them back to Brooklyn had bid higher than Fox but O'Malley insisted on an owner that would keep them in SoCal. But I heard nothing when Fox sold them to McCourt. Why is that?

I believe the same caveat was included in the offer of the FOX sale, aqib.

c.

[donzblock]

So the trick is to say you will keep the team in Southern California and then move it.

[SNAP]

So the trick is to say you will keep the team in Southern California and then move it.

LOL.......I like the way you think dozblock........As a former Brooklynite I would have done the same thing........Where would we put them??........In the new Citi Field and tell the Mets we'll let them move to NJ??..........I'm in NJ now & we'll take anybody...........Plenty of room at the Meadowlands to build a stadium........I'm for that scenario.......or just tell the Mets to get lost because we're still p'od at them for trading Seaver.

[willisraverchk77]

So the trick is to say you will keep the team in Southern California and then move it.

if it's part of the contract, that would be one hell of a trick.

[SNAP]

if it's part of the contract, that would be one hell of a trick.

Contracts........like rules...........are made to be broken.

[donzblock]

if it's part of the contract, that would be one hell of a trick.

Mrs. Willisraverchk77, welcome back. I feared you were leaving us. As for the contract, it would have to be worded very cleverly so that it could fool even you. The point would be to make it as hellish and as devilish as possible so that when the contractual trap was sprung, the pain for the Left Coasters and the joy for the East Coasters would be even greater.

[willisraverchk77]

Mrs. Willisraverchk77, welcome back. I feared you were leaving us. As for the contract, it would have to be worded very cleverly so that it could fool even you. The point would be to make it as hellish and as devilish as possible so that when the contractual trap was sprung, the pain for the Left Coasters and the joy for the East Coasters would be even greater.

haha, i'm sure you did.

i would hope it would fool me, i'm not an attorney, however i would suspect any contract like that would have a fairly large and well trained group of lawyers inspecting every milimeter of fine print for any new york-style shenanigans.

[willisraverchk77]

accidentally duplicated post

[donzblock]

haha, i'm sure you did.

i would hope it would fool me, i'm not an attorney, however i would suspect any contract like that would have a fairly large and well trained group of lawyers inspecting every milimeter of fine print for any new york-style shenanigans.

Ah, but Mrs. willisraverchk77, nobody is a match for New York lawyers. But who cares about what contractual depravities would have to be practiced. The important thing would be to get the Dodgers back in Brooklyn. A scoundrel stole them from Brooklyn, so who cares what dastardly measures would have to be taken to get them back?

[dodger dynamo]

So were in agreement, never, say never. I guess that makes the rallying cry most appropriate. There seems to be even more interest of late, maybe it's just me, but a lot more young people are interested in the Brooklyn Dodgers, asking a lot of questions.
battlin bake, the dodger dynamo

[Steve Jeltz]

Call me a blind optimist, but I just have a gut feeling that the Dodgers will one day return home to Brooklyn. Most people I talk to who were not alive when the Dodgers were in Brooklyn believe that the Brooklyn faithful were robbed. Unlike the Expos, A's, Braves, and Senators, Brooklyn had no good or tangible reason to move except for the malicious vanity and greed of a snake. Unlike the teams I mentioned, Brooklyn had a great team, great attendance and a passionate, still to this day, fan base.

Devil's advocates will say it was a good business decision and that the Dodgers needed a new stadium. They point out that New York was unwilling to assist in building a new park and O'Malley had no choice but to move. They ignore the fact that the snake had LA in his sights from the moment he gained control of the team. They ignore the fact that the snake entertained then CA governor Earl Warren during the 1953 WS and that he was making secret trips to LA scouting grounds to build his shrine to himself years before the move.

What goes around comes around. One day, all 1,000 LA baseball fans will feel what Brooklyn has felt for the past 50 years. Ebbets Field will rise again!

[donzblock]

Now if the return of the Dodgers could be combined with the Phillies moving to Anchorage, life would be perfect.

[DODGER DEB]

[QUOTE=Steve Jeltz;1153122]Call me a blind optimist, but I just have a gut feeling that the Dodgers will one day return home to Brooklyn. Most people I talk to who were not alive when the Dodgers were in Brooklyn believe that the Brooklyn faithful were robbed. Unlike the Expos, A's, Braves, and Senators, Brooklyn had no good or tangible reason to move except for the malicious vanity and greed of a snake. Unlike the teams I mentioned, Brooklyn had a great team, great attendance and a passionate, still to this day, fan base.

Devil's advocates will say it was a good business decision and that the Dodgers needed a new stadium. They point out that New York was unwilling to assist in building a new park and O'Malley had no choice but to move. They ignore the fact that the snake had LA in his sights from the moment he gained control of the team. They ignore the fact that the snake entertained then CA governor Earl Warren during the 1953 WS and that he was making secret trips to LA scouting grounds to build his shrine to himself years before the move.

What goes around comes around. One day, all 1,000 LA baseball fans will feel what Brooklyn has felt for the past 50 years. Ebbets Field will rise again![/QUOTE]


Everything you say is absolutely true, SJ, and could very well come to pass....EXCEPT for your last note. NO ONE on that left coast has the capacity to FEEL ANYTHING...even those so-called 1,000 fans you allude to...NO ONE!

c.

[DODGER DEB]

Now if the return of the Dodgers could be combined with the Phillies moving to Anchorage, life would be perfect.

Come now, Professor, as wonderful as that sounds, all real BROOKLYN fans have learned that life could never be that perfect! WE would settle for one miracle at a time.

c.