I knew what the Dodgers uniform represented as a kid growing up in Brooklyn.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I guess what really made me a Dodgers fan from the beginning was that the team had Jackie Robinson, the first 'Negro' in the major leagues.
I rooted for the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn.
In 1957, I was a 16-year-old office boy for the Dodgers.
As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because... you either loved them or you hated them.
Even though I was never a Yankee fan until I put on the uniform, when you think about the deep history of this organization, you always knew what the Yankees represented.
I've taken my boys to the house I grew up in. Taken them to the site of Ebbets Field, where the Dodgers used to play. They go to all the Dodger games, and they play Little League ball. I have infused them with New York spirit.
My kid was a great baseball player. I thought I had it made. Front-row seats at Yankee Stadium. Then he turned sixteen and wanted to be a rapper.
The old Dodgers were something special, but of my teammates overall, there was nobody like Pee Wee Reese for me.
The Atlanta Braves are really all that our children know about this crazy baseball life, and we are so thankful for this upbringing for them.
The Dodgers to me are the Yankees of the National League.
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