[Opinion] Returning to the origins of baseball - Washington Examiner

Returning to the origins of baseball - Washington Examiner

My brother Rick and I grew up in a time and place ideally suited to the formation of lifelong baseball fans. The time was the 1950s and early 1960s; the place was Pomona, California, just a bit east of Los Angeles. The Dodgers moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1958; I had my 10th birthday that June and Rick turned 8 in December. In the 1950s, boys like us could be found playing catch or over-the-line (when only a handful of players were avai…