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1947 Brooklyn Dodgers

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  • Durocher returns in '48, Rickey lets him go in July
  • Team falls to 3rd as Rickey fine tunes team
  • Adds Roy Campanella, Preacher Roe, Billy Cox
  • Gil Hodges converted from catcher to 1st baseman
  • These players join Reese, Robinson, Furillo &
  • up-and-coming Snider to form core of future teams

    • The Rickey-assembled core of the team remains pretty-much intact after
    Rickey's departure (resignation? ouster?) in October-November of 1950

    Brooklyn wins pennants in 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, and 1956

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