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Article: Dodger Stadium strikes out Chavez Ravine neighborhood
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- Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.
- Article date:
- May 13, 2009
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For the average Joe, Dodger-mania was in full bloom at the L.A.
Coliseum in the late '50s.
"Moon shot" home runs, Duke Snyder, Gil Hodges, Sandy Koufax, Don
Drysdale, Maury Wills, crowds that could reach up to 100,000 - what
spectacles! But there still was the excitement for a new ballpark
designed exclusively for baseball, rather than football or track.
The dreams of a Dodger Stadium, however, were soured somewhat by
the shocking scene of women being dragged from their Chavez Ravine
homes - held by feet and arms by arresting sheriff's deputies -
making the average observer wince, if not fume, as the stark images
etched themselves on the subconscious of the Latino community.
But the ...