The Dodgers

 Growing up in the Bronx as I did, the baseball team in Brooklyn was despised.  I was loyal to the Yankees, the team of my Dad.  All the baseball teams back then had names that had to do with history, but the name "Dodgers" was the most interesting.  Back in the very early 1900s, in New York City, public transportation was switching  from horse drawn to electric streetcars that ran along tracks on the city streets.  Without much in the way of stoplights, one had to be careful when crossing the streets, as you did not want to be hit by an oncoming electric streetcar.  Sometimes, you had to "dodge" the streetcar as you crossed the street.  Thus the name of the Brooklyn Dodgers.  I no longer despise them for being the Brooklyn Dodgers.  I just don't like them for moving to Los Angeles, where so called fans come late and leave early for traffic purposes.  LA has minimal public transportation.  Brooklyn is now a thriving metropolis and should have its own baseball team.  Come back Dodgers.