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Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley was frustrated by his inability to persuade New York City to back a new stadium for the Dodgers. When the City of Los Angeles offered his team a lucrative deal, O'Malley persuaded New York Giants owner Horace Stoneham to move his team to San Francisco to keep their clubs' longtime rivalry alive.

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He and Walter O'Malley didn't get along.

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