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Batter up and explore Los Angeles’ love for baseball. See how it’s shaped the lives and landscapes of Southern California communities.

Dodgers Stories: 6 Decades in LA (featured graphic)

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The Man Who Moved
The slow departure of Toyota from the company's Torrance headquarters should be a reminder that once Los Angeles was a dream destination.
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Baseball enabled Mexican Americans to create connections that helped buoy working class communities, and even contributed to unionization efforts amid widespread discrimination.
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For Japanese Americans, baseball played a critical role in shaping an ethnic identity and promoting civil rights.
Dodger Stadium under construction on May 25, 1960. Courtesy of the USC Libraries - Los Angeles Examiner Collection.
Construction workers moved 8 million cubic yards of earth and rock, refashioning the rugged terrain once known as the Stone Quarry Hills into a modern sports palace fit for October baseball.
Panoramic view of the community of Chavez Ravine, circa 1952. Photo by Leonard Nadel, courtesy of the Photo Collection, Los Angeles Public Library.
The site of Dodger Stadium was once home to the thriving Mexican-American community of Chavez Ravine.
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