I am no friend of Moses, but in his dealings with O'Malley I side
with Moses - he upheld what was right. O'Malley had the finances to
buy the land himself without Moses' assistance. He was looking for a
handout that Moses was not going to give him. Did Moses do it for
others? yes - but just because he did it for others doesn;t mean it
would have been right to do it for O'Malley too.

--- In brooklyncyclones2@yahoogroups.com, "pwitt1012" <pwitt1012@...>
wrote:
>
> While O'Malley may not be the villian that our borough president
> portrays him to be, but let's also remember that O'Malley's
baseball
> vision extended only as far as his wallet.
> I don't think he moved the team because of some grand vision he had
> of baseball's future out west, he moved them at the time simply
> because LA offered him the best deal, acres of land for the
princely
> sum of one dollar.
> Like most owners, the man never acted out of what was good for
> baseball, just what was in his best financial interest.
> Had the city been willing to do the same thing then that they're
> doing now with the Atlantic Yards site and condemn the land at
> Flatbush and Atlantic AVE to give to O'Malley instead of Ratner
years
> ago, the Dodgers might still be here.
> Granted the villian to blame here for Brooklyn losing their team is
> Robert Moses not Walter O'Malley.
> But just because O'Malley was a smart businessman who acted in his
> own financial best interest shouldn't be enough to get him elected
to
> the hall of fame.
>
>
>
>
> --- In brooklyncyclones2@yahoogroups.com, dantwo <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > I couldn't disagree more. Regardless about what he did to
> Brooklyn, as
> > a baseball executive O'Malley was one of the top in the game. By
> > moving the Dodgers and Giants (and let's be honest, he moved the
> > Giants - Stoneham was along for the ride), he expanded Major
League
> > Ball to a much more broader audience. He saw the growth of the
> west
> > and knew baseball had to capitalize on that growth.
> >
> > The man was bad for Brooklyn, but good for the game
> >
> > --- In brooklyncyclones2@yahoogroups.com, "samuelfriedman"
> > <samuelfriedman@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > I cannot believe that Walter O'Malley, the SOB who robbed
> Brooklyn of
> > > its beloved Dodgers (and a large chunk of its identity in the
> > process)
> > > has been voted into the Hall of Fame! Hall of Shame is more
like
> it.
> > > Sure, New York City politicos were negligent in allowing the
Bums
> to
> > > skip town, but that doesn't absolve O'Malley of his crimes
> against
> > > baseball!!! Shame, shame, shame on the Hall of Fame Veterans
> > > Committee!!!
> > >
> > > Sammy Cyclones
> > >
> >
>