Revisiting History of the Dodgers

Every time I read a story in the L.A. Times about the Dodgers’ move west, it includes the same old statement: “The Dodgers were able to get a deal in L.A. that they couldn’t get in Brooklyn.” Now, reading “Field of Uprooted Dreams” by Renee Tawa (July 11), one really gets to see what was done.

Would the happy-go-lucky zippidy-doo-dah L.A. officials of the mid-1950s been so obliging if Walter O’Malley had wanted land for Dodger Stadium that was, say, next to Beverly Hills or on the coast? In a place where there was more political clout, money and opposition? Just thought I’d ask.

F. DAYTON

Hesperia