What Losing The Brooklyn Dodgers Taught Bernie Sanders

[mountain grammy]

1. My mom used to say, "I'm a small town girl, born and raised in Brooklyn, NY."

I remember the 1955 World Series. We lived in Fresno then, my Marine dad was in Korea. He was raised upstate NY, but was also a diehard Brooklyn Dodger fan. About the only thing my Brooklyn, Jewish mom had in common with his family.
Anyway, we listened to that series on the radio and I'll never forget game 7. I thought my mom would lose her mind. She even made a long distance call to her family.. imagine that in 1955!
She was heartbroken when they moved, but she remained a Dodger fan till the day she died. Mom always said the two best things in 1947 were the Dodgers getting Jackie Robinson and my birth. I never asked which one was number one but I'm betting it was Jackie.

Thanks for posting this. Good memories.