It was Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher, who made the threat before Robinson's rookie season in 1947. As it turned out, Durocher himself wasn't around for the breakthrough season. He was suspended for a year by Commissioner Albert "Happy" Chandler for associating with gamblers.
Walter Alston managed the Brooklyn Dodgers between 1954-1957. He then managed the Los Angeles Dodgers between 1958-1976.
Manager Walter Alston.
No, Walter Alston was manager of the Dodgers when they moved to Los Angeles. Dressen was the manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers between 1951-1953.
Walter Alston, who had managed the Dodgers in Brooklyn since 1954.
The LA Dodgers were once the Brooklyn Dodgers. In the late 1950s, both the Dodgers and Giants (then a New York team) moved to California. Yes, they were known as the Brooklyn Dodgers when the team was in Brooklyn. They were also known as The Brooklyn Bums or just 'Da Bums. They were the working man's team as opposed to the mighty Yankees who were known as the elitist man's team: the blue collar vs. the white collar teams. During the period from the '30's through the early 50s, the Dodgers were also refered to as the Robins. In the 19th Century, before they were re-named the Dodgers, they were called the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. The Dodgers were known as the Robins out of respect to their Hall of Fame manager Wilbert Robinson during the 1910s and 1920s. Brooklyn Bridegrooms, 1890-1898 Brooklyn Superbas, 1899-1910 Brooklyn Dodgers, 1911-1913 Brooklyn Robins, 1914-1931 Brooklyn Dodgers, 1932-1957 Los Angeles Dodgers, 1958-present
The manager of the 2011 Dodgers was Don Mattingly.
No. Branch Rickey was the General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the man that signed Robinson to his professional contract. As a general rule, the GM does not coach.
The Brooklyn Robins were really the Brooklyn Dodgers. That was kind of an alternate name (used mostly by the media) from the '30s to the '50s. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The team went by the Robins between 1914-1931, mainly out of respect for their manager Wilbert Robinson.
Branch Rickey was the general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. His main goal was to make baseball a national pastime for all Americans.
On August 5, 1954, Tommy Lasorda made his Major League debut as a player for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Lasorda became the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 29, 1976.
Clyde Sukeforth took over as manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1947 season when Leo Durocher was suspended by Commissioner Happy Chandler for associating with 'known gamblers'. But he did not want the job on a permanent basis and would up managing only two games before Burt Shotten was named manager for the rest of the season.
Clyde Sukeforth took over as manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1947 season when Leo Durocher was suspended by Commissioner Happy Chandler for associating with 'known gamblers'. But he did not want the job on a permanent basis and would up managing only two games before Burt Shotten was named manager for the rest of the season.