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Damn Yankees
Page 389
It was no coincidence, then, that Brooklyn's dynasty coincided with Robinson's 10 year big league career.
"When Jackie Robinson joined the Dodgers in 1947, there was no better player in the league," Giants infielder Bill Rigney recalled.
The final member of the triumvirate was part owner Walter O'Malley. Although O'Malley would later move the Dodgers out of Brooklyn, he also brought the borough its only world title in 1955.
Dodgers pitcher Ed Roebuck, a rookie in '55, said; "It was very emotional for the older players who had lost in past years."
