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    'Los Angeles ... is our home.' Manny Mota, Dodgers have been nearly inseparable for 75 years

    Manny Mota watched his first Dodgers game from a mango tree. It was March 1948. The Brooklyn Dodgers were holding spring training in the Dominican Republic after reaching an agreement with dictator Rafael Trujillo for a reported $60,000. Trujillo had a stadium constructed for the occasion in the capital city, which the dictator named Ciudad Trujllo after himself. The name reverted to Santo ...
    by Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times Apr 29, 2023 5 minutes
    Los Angeles Dodgers coach Manny Mota looks on during batting practice prior to a game against the Anaheim Angels at Angel Stadium on July 4, 2004, in Anaheim, California.

    Manny Mota watched his first Dodgers game from a mango tree.

    It was March 1948. The Brooklyn Dodgers were holding spring training in the Dominican Republic after reaching an agreement with dictator Rafael Trujillo for a reported $60,000. Trujillo had a stadium constructed for the occasion in the capital city, which the dictator named Ciudad Trujllo after himself. The name reverted to Santo Domingo after Trujillo was assassinated in 1961.

    Mota was a 10-year-old boy infatuated with baseball. He played games wherever he found them around the city. The Dodgers, coincidentally, were his favorite team. Jackie Robinson, coming off his barrier-breaking rookie season, was his favorite player. But he couldn't afford a ticket to attend a game in his hometown. He couldn't even afford the five cents charged to watch from atop a truck beyond the right-field wall. His single mother of eight children had other

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