Category Archives: Sports

Super stadium

Posted on May 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

May 4, 1958 By Keith Thursby Times Staff Writer   It’s a familiar story when a sports team trades in its home for a bigger, brighter facility with more luxury suites and a higher price tag. I remember when Anaheim … Continue reading →

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Dinah Shore

Posted on May 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

May 4, 1958 By Keith Thursby Times Staff Writer The Dodgers’ contract with the city of Los Angeles heated up as a political issue in the spring of 1958. Proposition B was on the June 3 ballot and stories started … Continue reading →

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May 2, 1958

Posted on May 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, gentlemen, save your marriage and get your hands in the dishpan! Below, 20 are arrested in an East L.A. gang fight … Two bandits hold up a Beverly Hills jewelry store … A 17-year-old mother reaching across the car … Continue reading →

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April 25, 1958

Posted on April 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the L.A. Dodgers appear in a crossword puzzle, always a barometer of popular culture … Below, Cheryl Crane is released from custody … Secret Service agents detain a woman who burst out of a crowd and insisted on seeing … Continue reading →

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April 22, 1958

Posted on April 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a baseball museum in Los Angeles? Really?? Well look at this: Below, a United Air Lines DC-7 and an Air Force F-100F Super Sabre on a training flight collide over Nevada, killing everyone on both aircraft. The victims include … Continue reading →

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April 21, 1958

Posted on April 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

A battle of bean balls between Ramon Monzant of the Giants and Don Drysdale of the Dodgers. I really don’t think I’d care to have Drysdale aiming for my noggin. Email me

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Dodgers!

Posted on April 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 20, 1958 Dodger-mania spreads to the comics pages! Email me

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April 19, 1938

Posted on April 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Below, a large number of prospective jurors in the Earle Kynette trial say that are against the death penalty … A local fund-raising campaign, part of a national effort to aid European Jews, will focus largely on the movie industry, … Continue reading →

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April 18, 1958

Posted on April 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, note that Robin Ogle was drafted by the Dodgers as a first baseman in 1972. Below, The Times drops the nameplate for the Dodgers’ mug shots and runs a nice, deep picture of Carl Erskine … Also note the … Continue reading →

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Dodgers’ debut

Posted on April 16, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 16, 1958   By Keith Thursby Times Staff Writer                  After all the months of planning, negotiations and expectations, the Dodgers played their first game on the West Coast and were shut … Continue reading →

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Know your Dodgers

Posted on April 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 13, 1958

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Know your Dodgers

Posted on April 11, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 11, 1958

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Know your Dodgers

Posted on April 10, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 10, 1958

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Know your Dodgers

Posted on April 9, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 9, 1958

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Know your Dodgers

Posted on April 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 8, 1958

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Know your Dodgers

Posted on April 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 7, 1958

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Know your Dodgers

Posted on April 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 4, 1958

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April 4, 1908

Posted on April 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, Opening Day in the Pacific Coast League. Below, a bitter legal battle in which a woman is seeking a court order barring her husband and his adopted children from selling any of their real estate because she would receive … Continue reading →

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Know your Dodgers

Posted on April 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 3, 1958 Email me

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Know your Dodgers

Posted on April 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 2, 1958

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