A TALE OF THREE CITIES: NEW YORK, L.A. AND SAN FRANCISCO IN OCTOBER OF ‘62 - Plot & Excerpts
– STOP – “I’LL MEET YOU IN CHAVEZ RAVINE.” - Walter O’Malley’s telegraph to L.A. Mayor Norris Paulsen, 1957 The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants moved to California in 1958. Roy Campanella’s special night in 1959 was seen as the “debutante ball” of the Dodgers. Five months later Los Angeles won the World Series. For decades, the University of Southern California Trojans and UCLA Bruins were America’s dominant collegiate sports powerhouses. Crowds of over 100,000 came out to watch football games at the Coliseum; USC, UCLA and the Rams. The 1932 L.A. Olympics had been the most successful to date. Hollywood was the world’s cultural touchstone, and politically the Golden State was now the most important in the nation. Despite this, Los Angeles and California were seen as “minor league,” far removed from long-held Eastern salons of sports influence. It was not until April 10, 1962 that they entered the “Major Leagues.” That was the day that the Dodgers hosted the Cincinnati Reds in the first game ever played at Dodger Stadium.
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