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Roz Wyman, Who Helped Bring the Dodgers to Los Angeles, Dies at 92

Por: The New York Times Sports October 31, 2022

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Roz Wyman, who helped lead Los Angeles’s successful campaign to persuade Walter O’Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, to move west after the 1957 season, died on Wednesday at her home in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. She was 92.Her son Robert Wyman confirmed the death.Major League Baseball had 16 teams until 1958, none further west than St. Louis, although California had minor league teams, most prominently in the Pacific... + full article



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