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Baseball Giants all but gone in NYC's memory

Fifty years later, reminders abound of the Brooklyn Dodgers -- ceremonies and statues at minor-league KeySpan Park, a beer named in honor of their 1955 pennant, an HBO special, that guy on the subway wearing the blue cap with the white 'B.'

It's almost impossible not to be aware of that dark anniversary when the 'Bums' left for Los Angeles and ripped out the hearts of some of the most dedicated...

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