Wrigley Field in South LA? How LA Lost an Iconic Baseball Stadium

[@tommaddux7186]

Eric, my dad took me to a game at Wrigley Field when I was very young, perhaps 6 or 7. He also took the family to Gilmore Stadium over where Farmer's Market is located. The team there was the Hollywood Stars. Wrigley also owned Catalina Island and the Cubs used a field at Avalon for spring training.

[@skcyclist]

Thanks for reminding me of Gilmore field where I once saw a baseball game in the mid-1950s. The teams in the area as I recall were the Hollywood Stars and the Los Angeles Angels minor leagues. I used to read the results of these minor league contests in the Los Angeles times, but it's been so many years ago.

[@robertweingartner2055]

Great episode. I always had an interest on old baseball stadiums, both minor and major, and Wrigley Field in LA was one of the ballparks I loved looking at pictures of. I wish it was still around. There’s nothing like the architecture of old baseball parks.

[@metsiemetsie6262]

Wrigley Field lives on in one way: The classic 1960 TV show "Home Run Derby" was shot there.

[@jackm4457]

Home Run Derby was a big deal to Baby Boomers.... Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle, Ernie Banks, Harmon Killebrew and other future HOFers appeared. And the show has been recycled for decades. Baseball fans from my era all remember Wrigley Field. R,I.P.

[@danielburt7849]

@@jackm4457 Absolutely! Too-good-to-be-true TV to me was HOMERUN DERBY.

[@thomaswolf723]

@@jackm4457Home Run Derby would have continued if Mark Scott, the host and creator of the show, had not died.

[@michaelbedrosian436]

First O Malley didn't give the Angels to Autry. He moved the Angels to Spokane and was still a minor league. Autry recieved an American expansion franchise and Wrigley had been used for movie and TV after the Dodgers came to LA. Wrigley was used as the Angels stadium for one year until Dodger Stadium was built. Also, O'Malley bought the the Angels so he wouldn't have to pay The PCL a territory invasion fee because he owned the land and the area. This also caused the Hollywood Stars to leave LA for Salt Lake City.

[@paulabrown-mcadams1640]

I watched the video twice.. You're not crazy, this is our Los Angeles history. Thank you for keeping us informed.

[@cunningba]

Loved Wrigley Field growing up. Went to dozens of Angels games there with my dad in 1956-1957 seasons, the great Steve Bilko years.

[@LesterMoore]

What was the beer served up at Wrigley back then if you can recall the signs?

[@cunningba]

@@LesterMoore I wasn’t drinking a lot of beer when I was 8 - 9 yo.

[@LesterMoore]

@cunningba Understood, but maybe your father did and you may recall the signage. Just asking.

[@cunningba]

@@LesterMoore Don’t recall at Wrigley specifically. The beer signs I remember from my youth in L.A. that you don’t see any more were Lucky Lager and Brew 102. But I remember those more from billboards downtown and ads on the radio.

[@celiabrooks316]

Very interesting, I loved learning about my neighborhood history. Thank you

[@gerbsvizsla]

I never understood why Huell Howser never did an episode on California's Gold about Wrigley. The original home run derby show taped here was an awesome collection of baseball history in California . Outstanding video and research!

[@Mike-so1uk]

This was an outstanding historical overview of Wrigley Field in LA. Thank you.

[@salvadorlopez-beltran6734]

I love this! Born n raised on san Pedro & Vernon. Great content

[@HYPERPANTHER]

One of the best descriptions of the stadium I've found. Great work - very compeling and interesting history.

[@SouthLARecap]

I appreciate this, Logan. Thanks! I’m Really glad that I’ve been able to share this history with so many people. The more you know

[@David-xr4yd]

​@@SouthLARecapcould have been a college baseball stadium. Trojans, Bruins, even Cal St Dominguez Hills?

[@soldragon666]

This is a really great baseball stadium history video! Thanks!

[@SouthLARecap]

Glad I could share it with you!

[@LizRob187]

Oooh noooo! As a youngster I attended jazz concerts there featuring Lionel Hampton and other jazz artists on Sunday afternoons.

[@kdm71291]

I knew some of this stuff from watching "Things That Aren't Here Anymore," hosted by Ralph Story....but you brought up a lot more details. Good stuff, thanks.

[@SouthLARecap]

Definitely one of my favorite finds so far. Thanks for watching!

[@philroche4792]

Thank you--fantastic video. You've done a terrific job of highlighting what appears to have been a true Los Angeles landmark. By the way, in the 1990s there used to be get-togethers in SoCal of former PCL players, mostly LA Angels and Hollywood Stars veterans (unfortunately, these men have all likely passed on by now). I attended a couple of them and found their stories of Wrigley Field (and Gilmore Stadium) and PCL baseball fascinating. At one point, following WWII and when attendance was very robust, the PCL was granted "open classification" (i.e., beyond AAA status) as it attempted to become a third major league. Imagine how different the sports landscape would be had this occurred.

[@mptek2020]

My dad took me to see a baseball game back then, don't remember who but I remember wrigley field.

[@211em]

Are one of the very few people that have spoken the deal that dodgers and the city of LA made in regards to the Wrigley field site and the Chavez ravine, most people don’t know that part of the story.

[@lesthebest3171]

Wow, I learn so much from your channel. Ironically before Wrigley Field was demolished it housed the offices of NAPP, (Neighborhood Adult Participation Project) an anti-poverty program founded by the late Opal Jones. Despite the fact it is a park now, I think there was a landmark Clock Tower at Wrigley Park that should have never been torn down. They should rebuild it in the park because it’s still the type of landmark that can motivate at entire community.

[@cmr58]

Wow thanks for this. I'm a Angel fan and I had no idea. I always thought the ball club played as a major league team at Dodger Stadium. I forgot about their minor league beginnings. This was awesome. Thanks.

[@henrybrink8799]

That was called progress .many spots in Los Angeles have been erased . Drag strips ,raceways ,homes relocated or torn down because time marches on . Freeways wiped out many areas in LA area.I remember many farms dairy’s between airport and south Bay Area all gone.

[@brennandoyle9037]

Love this channel brother, so glad I found it! Keep it up!

[@SouthLARecap]

I really appreciate this, Brennan! It means a lot knowing people enjoy this history as much as I do. And as always, if there’s anything you want to learn about the region, drop a comment anytime on any video. I’m always around

[@toastnjam7384]

The very first NFL Pro Bowl, then called the Pro All-Star Game, was played there in 1938.

[@lawrenceharrison5974]

Thank you for the video. I remember Wrigley Field as a child and as the first home of the major league Angels. I also saw an Ali fight there. I was upset to have lost the landmark, but appreciate knowing more history and decision making.

[@commodoor6549]

They filmed the stadium scenes for Damn Yankees at Los Angeles Wrigley Field.

[@svenswwis436]

I had no idea. You taught me something interesting and fresh today.

[@SouthLARecap]

Glad this was helpful!

[@arielsanson929]

Ay, Shout out to my block!! Never knew it was historical! Went to high school right up the street from there. Had our high school soccer games there

[@SouthLARecap]

This is what’s up. Really glad I could share this with you

[@eeeeaaassy669]

Great video. I didn't know this field existed.

[@rocknstv570]

Yes, it's too bad that it was demolished. I was reminded of the old Wrigley Stadium watching The Kid From Left Field, 1953, recently. I know it was filmed there as well as other movies and television shows. In the movie you can make out a building on Avalon just beyond right field that is still there today being used as a church.

[@nathandotson5213]

I grew up in that church from 1960 to 1973 and used to hear the roar of the crowd on Sundays. Being a bit mischievous, I would hang out at the Ball Park liquor store on the corner of Avalon and 42nd waiting for the occasional over-the-wall home run.

[@SouthLARecap]

Would you have gone to this stadium if it were still here today?

[@thatguyineverycommentssection]

“Dad, can we go to Chicago and see the Cubs at Wrigley Field?” “We have Wrigley Field at home.”

[@SouthLARecap]

@@thatguyineverycommentssection 🤣🤣🤣 this is gold!

[@JK_Rosser_LV]

​@@thatguyineverycommentssection 🤣🤣🤣

[@alexfernandez1280]

i hope that one day south la can change and become a beautiful place to live and play. wish wrigley was still there

[@johnking6252]

Quite interesting. Thx.

[@anthonyd6370]

got a few thing wrong like angels didnt play in dodger stadium etc

[@alfredobecerra2878]

Before Dodger baseball it was Angel's baseball.

[@robserrano8971]

The city should of preserved Wrigley Field. ANOTHER LOST GEM. THANKS L.A.

[@kentduryea7109]

Should "have" not should "of".

[@joshiopaz5615]

Great video!!!! I played at that park a few times as a kid when I lived in LA never knowing the history.

[@SouthLARecap]

Thanks, Joshio!

[@gabrielmccaffrey1507]

Both Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris each hit a home there in 1961 into the adjoining South LA neighborhood

[@sokratez88]

Dangg i used to play thier as kid I played for the Bisons for the RBI league and didn't ever think that park once was a old baseball field.

[@dennisrohatyn7782]

Excellent video, crisply presented and elegantly narrated. However, there is no mystery to the land swap, let alone, the demise of Wrigley Field. The reasons were as follows: (1) LA wanted major league baseball, and would stop at nothing to get it. (2) Like Seals Stadium in San Francisco, the seating capacity at Wrigley was insufficient to house a major league team, except temporarily. (3) By acquiring territorial rights to Los Angeles, O'Malley controlled the PCL (Pacific Coast League). He assured Philip K. Wrigley that he intended to keep the Angels as a minor league franchise, then betrayed him by selling them to Gene Autry, while seeing to it that when Congress forced MLB to expand to avoid losing its anti-trust exemption (a complicated story in itself), the major league Angels would be in the American League, hence not in direct competition with the Dodgers. (4) Since Wrigley Field was deemed too small for major league use, the Angels were also forced to become O'Malley's tenants for four years (1962-65) before moving to their own ballpark in Anaheim. Thus he profited in several different ways, while the old ballpark was regarded (and discarded) as useless, just as Ebbets Field was demolished in 1960, while the Polo Grounds was torn down in 1964, after the NY Mets moved into Shea Stadium. That suffices to explain what happened, and why. However, even if the land exchange had not been lop-sided, the outcome would have been the same, for a number of additional reasons. (A) O'Malley was willing to build Dodger Stadium at his own expense, thus saving the city the cost of construction, while giving him total control over his domain, since it became private property. (B) Both city and state sought to "develop" the area around Chavez Ravine--a euphemism for uprooting poor people, primarily Hispanic, and [in today's language] gentrifying Elysian Fields. They had no such plans for South Central, presumably because they didn't think it would pay, or to say it bluntly, because they were racists. Hence there was no need (sic) to preserve Wrigley Field, let alone, do anything for the surrounding neighborhood, until after the Watts riots, and then only to prevent further mayhem. That is why Wrigley wasn't torn down until 1969; it wasn't even worth the bother (compare the fate of Detroit, Gary, IN, and many other cities across the US). (C) McCarthyism also played a role in all of this; those who opposed the land grab were labelled as Communists, while those who protested against "Mexican removal" were either ignored or maligned in various ways, including some conscientious public servants who understood what the project entailed, and were appalled by the whole spectacle. Nonetheless, O'Malley brought LA what it wanted--not just revenue, but respect--the kind that only money can buy, as opposed to the kind that is not for sale at any price. LA became a "major league town" for the first time; from the standpoint of those in power, it was well worth it, no matter what the cost (in our terms, "collateral damage") in human lives, which they regarded as negligible. Today O'Malley is admired as a shrewd businessman, where once he was reviled as a cut-throat and a traitor to all that was holy, both in baseball and in the Big Apple. That says as much about our amorality as it does about him--indeed, a lot more. Then again, anyone who believes that either baseball or America is morally pure, is either naive, or in for a rude awakening. Scripture rightly warns that one cannot serve two masters. So long as we worship the Almighty Dollar, it is not hard to predict which altar will attract more season ticket-holders, none of whom are likely to be called angels. For further background and detailed analysis of the events in question, the following books are indispensable: Neill Sullivan, The Dodgers Move West (New York: Oxford UP, 1987); Don Normark, Chávez Ravine:1949. A Los Angeles Story (San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2003); Michael D'Antonio, Forever Blue: The True Story of Walter O'Malley, Baseball's Most Controversial Owner and the Dodgers of Brooklyn and Los Angeles (New York: Riverhead Books, 2009); John H.M. Laslett, Shameful Victory: The Los Angeles Dodgers, the Red Scare, and the Hidden History of Chavez Ravine (Tucson, AZ: U. of Arizona Press, 2015); Jerald Podair, City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles (Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 2017); and Eric Nusbaum, Stealing Lives: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between (New York: Public Affairs , 2020). For Wrigley Field itself, the best sources are Lawrence S. Ritter, Lost Ballparks: A Celebration of Baseball's Legendary Fields (Garden City, NY: Avery, 1992), Philip J. Lowry, Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of All Major League Ballparks, 2nd ed. (Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1993), and Curt Smith, Storied Stadiums: Baseball's History Through its Ballparks (New York: Carroll & Graf, 2001). Play ball--and don't strike out!

[@SouthLARecap]

This is quite a bit of insight. Thanks for adding some context to this history!

[@dennisrohatyn7782]

​ @The South LA Recap Thank you for those kind words. I neglected to mention the following: (a) Despite its small seating capacity (21,000), Walter O'Malley flirted with the idea of having the Dodgers play at Wrigley Field until their new stadium was ready. However, within a matter of days he changed his mind, and settled on the Coliseum instead (Gaylon H. White, The Bilko Athletic Club: The Story of the 1956 Los Angeles Angels [Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014], 31), for reasons that are not altogether clear. (b) White claims that O'Malley was being pressured by Commissioner Ford Frick, who stated on national television that Wrigley was "a cow pasture," and that he feared, not only that hitters like Willie Mays might hit balls "into the next county," but that Babe Ruth's record of 60 HR in a season, set in 1927, might be eclipsed. The rueful irony of that prophecy became apparent when Roger Maris broke the record three years later, on the same day (Oct. 1, 1961) that Bilko hit the last HR ever hit at Wrigley, as the major league Angels ended their first and only season at the old ballpark (White, 38). Ruth's record was broken at Yankee Stadium, 3,000 miles away. As Mae West would say, Wrigley had nothing to do with it. (c) Conversely, the Dodgers, who paid "lip service" (White, 31) to the idea of using Wrigley as their temporary home, even suggesting various changes to the configuration of the park to make it harder for batters to reach the seats, had to erect a 38- foot high fence to compensate for the short (251 foot) distance between home plate and the left field pole. For some reason, Frick had "no problem" with that, since (as he sought to explain) most HR aren't hit right down the line, but in the power alleys in left and right center field (the right field pole was only 300 feet away; in Yankee Stadium, where both Ruth and Maris played, it was 296 feet--and both were left-handed hitters, to boot; Mickey Mantle, who also chased Ruth's record in 1961 but fell short, was a switch-hitter, so it made no difference to him; the left-field line in the Bronx was a mere 301 feet away, with a short "porch," exactly as in right field, for the mutual convenience of these Yankee sluggers). (d) From the start, it was obvious that Frick (who, among other things, ghosted Ruth's autobiography, while he was still a player, and became his lifelong friend) was trying to prevent anyone from breaking Ruth's record. Roger Maris simply became the victim of his machinations, and the asterisk that Frick attached to the new record, as a curse or stigma. Meanwhile, (e) O'Malley defused Frick's damning critique of Wrigley Field by joking that the Dodgers didn't want to acquire "a reputation for Chinese home runs." Hence the 38-foot high fence (three times the height of the one that O'Malley himself proposed for renovating Wrigley, along with changes to the dimensions of the outfield) was dubbed "the Chinese Wall," with all the odious racist connotations that went with it, yet went largely unnoticed at the time. (f) O'Malley also considered playing at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, but the town and its elected officials wanted nothing to do with it, despite the fact that Jackie Robinson (who retired in 1956, two years before the Dodgers moved to LA) grew up there, and had family (including his brother Mack, a silver medalist at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, who worked for the city of L.A.) still living there. This leads me to conclude that he never took Wrigley all that seriously, but made pious gestures toward it, before selling the Angels' franchise to Gene Autry, who then became his tenant at Chavez Ravine for four years (1962-65). Being the astute businessman that he was, he wanted maximum seating capacity, even if it meant playing in a huge oval that was inherently unsuitable for baseball for as long as might be necessary. (Frick favored that, too. If one is inclined to be paranoid, their dispute about the "cow pasture" may have been a red herring, designed to mislead both the press and the public about their intentions, while the teamed up to get what they both wanted in the first place. However, that would fly in the face of Frick's nostalgia (bordering on dogma) about keeping the Sultan of Swat (Ruth) on his throne. Conspiratorial cynicism dies a hard death, but it's more likely that their respective agendas alternately clashed and coincided. (g) Last but not least, O'Malley insisted that there wasn't enough street parking in the vicinity of 42nd Place and Avalon--whereas, at either the Coliseum or the Rose Bowl parking space was ample, as there would be whenever Dodger Stadium was finally completed. That was one of the reasons why O'Malley left Ebbets Field, in Brooklyn--he understood that more and more people were driving cars to the game, even in a city with as much public transportation as NYC. Given SoCal's burgeoning reputation as a car culture, that made having adequate parking even more imperative. To O'Malley, that meant room for at least 20,000 cars--practically the size of Wrigley Field, all by itself. That, rather than any other consideration, may have been decisive. Of course, that too involved money, in parking fees, stadium concessions, and (lest we forget) tax revenues for the city of LA. These factors alone were probably what clinched it, and thus led inevitably to Wrigley's demise, even before it was demolished in 1969. (h) There is a story (or an urban legend) to the effect that Walter O'Malley objected to Wrigley as a site for the Dodgers on the grounds that there was a house of ill fame across the street from it. I don't know if that is true--that is, whether such an establishment was located nearby, let alone whether O'Malley was outraged by it. I suspect that it didn't bother or offend him personally, but rather, that he feared being beaten by the competition, both on and off the field. Depending on your point of view, the story is either charming or disgusting; in either case, it is too bad to be true, hence no doubt apocryphal. Of all the games people play, sex wins hands-down, every time. As Charlie Brown knew so well, baseball is for losers. And the last out shall be first-- if not at Wrigley in 1961, then on the field of memory, that has unlimited space for all.

[@erkbzr]

All I can say is "Wow" thank you 4 that.

[@Stephanjnj]

@@dennisrohatyn7782 ppl

[@j2skillful]

My mom has lived on 43rd and San Pedro since I was in 2nd grade (I’m 34 now). She also works at the hospital (Kedren Community [mental health] Hospital -- you said it used to be MLK hospital?? 🤯) All these years I never knew that a stadium was once there. No one in my family has ever mentioned it either. I’m enjoying all of this

[@LesterMoore]

I recall as a baseball crazed little kid following the Pacific Coast League (PCL) with the L.A. Angels, Hollywood Stars. San Francisco Seals, Oakland Oaks, San Diego Padres, Seattle Rainiers, Portland Beavers 😯, Sacramento Solons and Vancouver Mounties. Great rivalries and future big league players.

[@eduardomendoza518]

awesome episode!

[@SouthLARecap]

Thanks so much, Eduardo. It’s a cool story to tell!

[@AlohaCSNetwork]

Great episode…. Thank you…

[@SouthLARecap]

Thank you!

[@gnilesjayeowens]

Still trying to get over the fact that the Dodgers and Angels shared a stadium 🤯

[@JAMwithGeo]

Wrigley Field was used in various tv shows including Homerun Derby in 1960, The Twilight Zone, The Munsters, along with several movies. Also, the city used eminent domain to kick out hundreds of residents ( mostly Latinos) from Chavez Ravine. This is why many older residents resented the Dodgers.

[@STWRITES1]

Last event in 1969 was an Alice Cooper concert.

[@bcohen4378]

My family members went to that stadium to watch games. In the mid 60's I saw my first Stevie Wonder concert at that venue.

[@SouthLARecap]

That is so cool! I read this stadium was used to hold one of the largest outdoor jazz concerts at the time. It’s really neat that you have memories of going here.

[@Lawomenshoops]

The site of the first night game at Wrigley Field!

[@joeynumbers33]

How fitting it would have been for the Dodgers to play on 42nd street.

[@chriscarson4697]

The real shame was the Chavez Ravine give away. I went to a Angel v NY Yankee game at Wrigley Fueld. I was young, but I recall it was a dark place, low landing ceilings.

[@SouthLARecap]

I agree. But that’s so cool that you actually went to the stadium!

[@SMH24.7]

Get your facts straight about Chavez Ravine. It was not a F*'ing give away. The democrats in the LA City Council wanted the Dodgers at all costs and made it happen. Due to legal challenges O'Malley was forced to OVERPAY for the slum properties in Chavez Ravine. The leftists always make that out to be a human rights abuse and a tragedy. BS...! May 13, 1959 - Newspaper reports revealed that the infamous Arechiga family owned 11 other homes at a value of more than $75,000, including “an unoccupied house located not far from their illegally-established camp site in Chavez Ravine…” The next day’s Los Angeles Times’ headline stated, “11 L.A. Homes Owned by Chavez Evictees”. Those scammers made out like a champ and Walter O'Malley made it happen.

[@TheThearchangel90650]

I cant believe the plaque does not mention the Angels and the little field has Dodger logo but Dodgers never played there.

[@FredSox49]

Did I miss it or was the fact Home Run Derby was held here omitted?

[@jamesthomas7405]

It's a shame LA didn't put money in that park and have something unique like Fenway and Wrigley Field Chicago.

[@olivelong4511]

Cool video. Shame we don't have any minor league teams in LA proper.

[@billlong8385]

The old PCL Angels did not become Gene Autry's new AL expansion team. The old PCL team moved to Spokane as the Dodgers AAA team.

[@jhenderson4824]

You should know that for 2 years the city of Los Angeles allowed the use of the park for organized youth baseball. I know because, I played there myself.

[@SouthLARecap]

That’s actually really neat. I found a website that was loosely related to that in the way back machine, but I didn’t have enough to really pull from it. Do you have anything else you can share about it?

[@Lawomenshoops]

So many things wrong in this video. First of all the Los Angeles Angels of the PCL, left in 1957. Wrigley field was empty from 1958 through 1960. The Gene Autry, but an expansion MLB, who he named the Los Angeles Angels. This team has no association with the PCL Los Angeles Angels. The name of the land stolen was Bishop, La Loma and Palo Verde. Chavez ravine was never used back then.

[@TheThearchangel90650]

You are wrong to think the American league Angels have no association with PCL Angels. O'Malley bought the Los Angeles name from Wrigley for 3 million and sold it to Autry for 3 hundred thousand. Pink slips were exchange.

[@whatsthatsnippet6161]

Honesty I was not aware of this venue for sports. But sheeesh how things can happen

[@sirpoppinchuck]

Wow they just build n erase. So glad your doing these videos on South L.A. History we’ve got something always to be proud of. Id love to see the speech Martin Luther gave at the field back then!!!

[@SouthLARecap]

You’re absolutely right! I’ve passed by this park for years and had not the slightest idea of what towered there. I’ll definitely look into that speech to see if it was recorded

[@angelcaro3540]

Damn I didn’t know there was 2 wrigley fields but I want the one in Chicago named wrigley field first ?

[@SouthLARecap]

This Wrigley field opened in 1925. Based on my research, present day Wrigley Field in Chicago opened in 1914, named Weeghman Park. William Wrigley Jr. Later acquired the cubs and named the park Wrigley field in 1927-two years after the South LA minor league park was built.

[@TN-we3zt]

Chicago's Wrigley Field was, indeed, originally Weeghman Park, named after Charles Weeghman, owner of the Chicago Whales of the short-lived (1914-15) Federal League. As part of the settlement following the demise of the Federal League, Weeghman became the owner of the Chicago Cubs and made the park the Cubs' new home. After William Wrigley, Jr. took control of the Cubs in 1919, the park was renamed Cubs Park, until it was renamed Wrigley Field around 1926-27. The mid-1920s was a time of extensive renovations at the Chicago ballpark. It was during this time when part of the grandstand was moved out and elongated, and an upper deck was added to the grandstand portion of the ballpark, leaving that portion with the shape it has today. (The current outfield dimensions, ivy on the walls, and iconic center field scoreboard date from 1937.) The design of Los Angeles's Wrigley Field served as the model of what William Wrigley wanted his Chicago ballpark to look like. If you compare exterior views of the grandstand of the two ballparks, you'll notice that they are quite similar aside from the wall at the end of either side of the grandstand and the clock tower at the L.A. park.

[@liltripy]

Damm didn't know that field was their thats bye my hood

[@kevinv6378]

Great info

[@SouthLARecap]

I’m glad it was useful!

[@robertgordon668]

I don’t understand why the Dodgers didn’t use Wrigley Field, and improved it. That would have been more cost effective.

[@philroche4792]

Likely because the lure of crowds in the range of 90,000 spectators (which the Dodgers had for the 1959 World Series) was too profitable to ignore.

[@Becauseimme]

Watching this while chewing Winterfresh.

[@Jarvisc12]

Hold up. So the Angels are the real team from LA. Sorry Dodgers fans.

[@SouthLARecap]

You’re not wrong 🤣🤣🤣

[@Jarvisc12]

@@SouthLARecap I always knew cause I know the history. Los Angeles. The Angels. 1 +1.

[@erkbzr]

Yea but Dodgers own the Angels not just on the field son but in real life. Till the singing cowboy saved you guys. See you in July Mija

[@Jarvisc12]

@@erkbzrMaybe, but we didn’t move from Brooklyn kicking a bunch of poor people out of their homes so we could build a stadium to do so.

[@kylestrange4494]

@@erkbzr The Angels own the dodgers on the field buddy. Case closed

[@michaelmcculloch4246]

Want some cheese with your whine?

[@erkbzr]

I learned that my Dodgers really did own the Angels not just on the field but in real life. Lol I will always let them Angel's know what time it was and is.

[@OJsimpsonsKnife]

You do know that the angels have more wins against the dodgers right?

[@kylestrange4494]

The dodgers logo was the Angels logo lol

[@erkbzr]

@@OJsimpsonsKnife You must always let your brother win here and there. Otherwise he won't want to play anymore.

[@TheThearchangel90650]

Dodger fans who claim to love LA are ignorant to the fact that a New York team Stole LA. Dodgers are squatters.

[@NuclearHendrix]

I think what you really learned is that it's the Angels that are the real L.A. team, not your Dodgers.