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They moved to Los Angeles in the 1950s and became the Los Angeles Dodgers.
I think it was in the 1940s or early 1950s when the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to California.
The Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in the 1950s. They are now known as the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The NY Yankees won the World Series 6 times in the 1950s.
The drastic decrease in the power of unions
Yes. Mickey Mantle played for the Yankees in the 1950s and 1960s. He died in 1995.
The Brooklyn Dodgers of the early 1950s.
Television portrayed a lifestyle that many people tried to imitate.
In the 1950s, manufacturers of baby products reaped huge profits due to the massive military budgets further contributed to American economic growth.
Here is a breakdown of multiple world champions decade by decade since 1903.The 1900s: Chicago Cubs (2)The 1910s: Boston Red Sox (4), Philadelphia A's (3)The 1920s: New York Yankees (3), New York Giants (2)The 1930s: New York Yankees (5), St. Louis Cardinals (2)The 1940s: New York Yankees (4), St. Louis Cardinals (3)The 1950s: New York Yankees (6), Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (2)The 1960s: New York Yankees (2), Los Angeles Dodgers (2), St. Louis Cardinals (2)The 1970s: Oakland A's (3), Cincinnati Reds (2), New York Yankees (2), Pittsburgh Pirates (2)The 1980s: Los Angeles Dodgers (2)The 1990s: New York Yankees (3), Toronto Blue Jays (2)The 2000s: Boston Red Sox (2), New York Yankees (2)The 2010s: San Francisco Giants (2)
baseball was huge during this time period. New York Yankees were well known then.
The LA Dodgers were once the Brooklyn Dodgers. In the late 1950s, both the Dodgers and Giants (then a New York team) moved to California. Yes, they were known as the Brooklyn Dodgers when the team was in Brooklyn. They were also known as The Brooklyn Bums or just 'Da Bums. They were the working man's team as opposed to the mighty Yankees who were known as the elitist man's team: the blue collar vs. the white collar teams. During the period from the '30's through the early 50s, the Dodgers were also refered to as the Robins. In the 19th Century, before they were re-named the Dodgers, they were called the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. The Dodgers were known as the Robins out of respect to their Hall of Fame manager Wilbert Robinson during the 1910s and 1920s. Brooklyn Bridegrooms, 1890-1898 Brooklyn Superbas, 1899-1910 Brooklyn Dodgers, 1911-1913 Brooklyn Robins, 1914-1931 Brooklyn Dodgers, 1932-1957 Los Angeles Dodgers, 1958-present