By Steve Silverman | May 28, 2025
There have been three heinous moves in the history of American sports. The first was the decision by Walter O’Malley to take the Dodgers out of Brooklyn and move them to Los Angeles. Never mind that the Dodgers have been a rip-roaring success on the Golden Coast and that O’Malley was forced into a corner by a New York City tyrant named Robert Moses. They had little choice left but to pack up the team and leave the grieving borough. It was a brutal and painful move.
The second was the unforgivable move by Bob Irsay in 1984 to take the beloved Colts out of Baltimore and move them to Indianapolis. Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell moved his team to Baltimore in 1996, but he left the team name behind. Never mind that an expansion team in Cleveland by the name of the Browns followed. It was heart-wrenching.
The move of the Colts may have been even more emotional than Brooklyn’s loss of the Dodgers. Bob Irsay packed up the moving trucks and moved his team in the dead of a March 1984 snowstorm to their new home. It was dastardly and cowardly. Baltimore fans never… Read More HERE
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