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Growing up in Brooklyn During the Twilight of the BROOKLYN DODGERS

This Blogger grew up in Brooklyn,during the  twilight years of the Brooklyn Dodgers; with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the series, he has received tons of emails from the old  Brooklyn gang, waxing Proustian on the Golden Years. Readers, one must remember Nostalgia in America was invented by boys who grew up rooting for the Brooklyn Dodgers; there was no nostalgia before us…who wanted to remember the Great Depression? or World War II? Brooklyn had its own newspaper, THE BROOKLYN EAGLE, and its own professional baseball team, the Brooklyn Dodgers. This Blogger is writing this lineup without notes, from pure memory. He can still remember the lineup of te Brooklyn Dodgers during their twilight years. 1B-Gil  Hodges silent, powerful, Indiana boy who came to Brooklyn, married a sweet Italian girl and could be seen shopping at the local A&P….but just wave, don’t bother him. 2B-Junior Gilliam- good enough to have replaced Jackie Robinson at second base. SS-Pee Wee Reese