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NEW TRIVIA QUESTION: Name the last five Brooklyn Dodger players to finish their careers in Los Angeles, and which Brooklyn Dodger player was active in the Dodgers clubhouse the longest? Answer is worth 50 POINTS.
The 1960 Opening Day Game for the Los Angeles Dodgers saw seven players who actually played with the club in Brooklyn. They were a couple years removed from the New York Burroughs but there were still seven of the 12 players who appeared in that game, still active for the 1960 opener. The stars were Don Drysdale, Jim Gilliam, Duke Snider and Gil Hodges, while Charlie Neal, Don Demeter and Johnny Roseboro all made small contributions in Brooklyn.
The Dodgers were fresh off a World Series in 1959 and were looking to extend their winning ways in Hollywood. Game One of the 1960 season was a start. Tied 2-2 going into the 11th Drysdale was still pitching against the Chicago Cubs. (Talk about stretching out). Former Brooklyn team mate Don Zimmer homered for the Cubs earlier in the game.
It was a familiar trademark game for the Dodgers who were known during the early to mid-1960's to play tight games. The bottom of the 11th saw the good hitting Drysdale's pitching come to an end when manager Walter Alston chose Chuck Essegian to pinch-hit against Don Elston. He promptly homered to win it at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
Over the years those Brooklynites would eventually be replaced. Hodges and Snider would end up as original Mets, and Demeter would move on as well. Roseboro, would be a mainstay as would Gilliam who both played on future World Series teams for Los Angeles.
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