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One of the most storied franchises in baseball history, the Los Angeles Dodgers came to life in 1883 in Brooklyn, New York. It had tried out a number of different names back then, including the Brooklyn Bridegrooms, but returned to the condensed version of one of their favorite nicknames, the Trolley Dodgers in 1932. Regardless of the name or location, the Los Angeles Dodgers have had a run of success that's enviable in all of baseball, helping them to sell many Los Angeles Dodgers tickets wherever their home may have been.
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About The Los Angeles Dodgers
Early on, the Dodgers began a rivalry with the cross-town Giants that continued even after both teams moved to the West Coast. The Dodgers called the National League their home, as did the rival New York Giants. What's for certain is that the team from Brooklyn capitalized on this rivalry to great effect.
The rivalry between the Dodgers -- and especially the Giants, who relocated to San Francisco while the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles -- only became more heated after both teams picked up stakes from New York to California. What was notable at that time was that both teams left the Big Apple in the same year and for the same state. The fact that one team (the Dodgers) called Southern California while the other called Northern California home only added allure and spice to a natural rivalry that help to sell a great many Los Angeles Dodgers tickets over the years.
It is perhaps in the 1940s that the Dodgers truly began to shine, storming to the NL pennant in 1941 and finishing atop the National League standings in every year in that decade except for 1944. At the time, Dodgers tickets sales -- validating the wisdom of Peter O'Malley and his decision to move the Dodgers West -- were very strong. Additionally, the Dodgers made history in 1947 when they brought up a man named Jackie Robinson, who became the first African-American to play in the major leagues.
The story of Robinson is well known in baseball history, as is the Brooklyn team's relocation to Los Angeles in 1958, three seasons after beating the hated New York Yankees in seven games in the World Series that year. The New York Giants also moved to California that year, calling San Francisco ever since. This only served to heighten the rivalry between the two teams, which has also helped to sell a great many Los Angeles Dodgers tickets over the decades since. The move to Los Angeles The team in the limelight, as did they are continuing baseball excellence. They won several more World Series championships in the late 50s and early 60s, riding the strong pitching arms of Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale and parlaying excellent defense and team speed into a winning combination.
It has always seemed as if the Dodgers were -- at minimum -- extremely competitive if not downright dominating over the last several decades, making regular appearances in the playoffs and finally putting down the New York Yankees in 1981's World Series championship. Los Angeles Dodgers tickets sales during this time were nothing short of stellar and they would storm to the top of the baseball world again in 1988, with Kirk Gibson's pinch-hit homer to win the first game and an eventual World Series triumph. The years since have been filled with nothing but overall success.
If the success of the 2009 season will be any indicator of what's in store for 2010, Los Angeles Dodgers tickets sales should go through the roof. Drawing on the awesome talents of players like Manny Ramirez, Juan Pierre and Chad Billingsley, the Dodgers look loaded and ready to take on all comers in the National League for years to come.
