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Trolley dodger

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Trolley dodger was a pejorative term of Manhattanites for residents of Brooklyn, New York from the late 19th century to the middle of the 20th century. The term, relating to Brooklyn’s preponderance of trolley lines, is the basis of the name of Major League Baseball team the Los Angeles Dodgers (which was originally based in Brooklyn, named such in 1891 when their field in Eastern Park was bordered on two sides by trolley tracks) and the now-defunct NFL team the Brooklyn Dodgers

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Now that LA has Light Rail …I assume they could be called the Light Rail Dodgers?

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I never knew that, and I was an avid baseball fan in the 50s. I should have known it.

Thank you.

[bow]

[:)]

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I smell a lawsuit…

pe·jo·ra·tive-adjective

1. having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force: the pejorative affix -ling in princeling.
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pssst the dodgers play baseball not football.

stay safe

Joe

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There was a football team in Brooklyn during the 40’s which was called the Brooklyn Dodgers. But they were in the All American Conference, not the NFL. When the conference folded, the Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Colts, and San Francisco Forty-niners were absorbed into the NFL and the rest folded.

There was also a New York Yankees in that league, and also a Rams team in Cleveland, which couldn’t compete with the Browns so moved to L.A. They are now in St. Louis. I may have some of the names or cities wrong, but I remember the Dodgers.