Kitty Felde: Fifty years ago, more than 60 percent of the voters in Los Angeles showed up at the polls for the June primary. You can explain that staggering turnout in a single letter – B. Proposition B was the land swap deal between the city of L.A. Full Article at Sports Blogs

A man driving here from Chicago became confused the other day as he neared Los Angeles. His car is equipped with two-way radio so he called the local dispatcher, who is on the same wave length. Full Article at Los Angeles Times

I was reading "After Many A Summer" - Robert E. Murphy's fine historical analysis of why baseball's Giants and Dodgers left New York in 1957 to head West - at the same time that the Yankees and Angels were trying to engage in playoff baseball in frigid... Full Article at Syracuse.com

"Improbable maybe, but impossible never." Tom Seaver, August 22, 2009. Good stuff as always from DyHrd. I never realized the possible motives Cablevision might have for channel placement of the Devils and Islanders. Interesting theory. Full Article at Sports Blogs

So this is what it feels like when Mom and Dad get a divorce. Jaime and Frank McCourt have announced they’re splitsville. No, I’m not related. Full Article at True Blue LA

Walter O'Malley's attempt to build a new stadium in Brooklyn had failed, and he wanted to move his Dodgers to the gold mine that would be Los Angeles. Full Article at Minneapolis Star Tribune