Spotlight on Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers History: The Nickname

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When I was a kid, I had a very arbitrary reason for becoming a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers. (For more details, see this article.)

Over the years, it occurred to me that the nickname "Dodgers" was very unusual. I vaguely remembered a literary character in the book "O...

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