<P> Meanwhile, non-stop transcontinental airline travel had become routine during the years since the Second World War, and teams were no longer bound by much slower railroad timetables . Because of civil aviation advances, it became possible to locate teams farther apart--as far west as California--while maintaining the same busy game schedules . </P> <P> When Los Angeles officials attended the 1956 World Series looking to entice a team to move there, they were not even thinking of the Dodgers . Their original target had been the Washington Senators franchise, which moved to Bloomington, Minnesota to become the Minnesota Twins in 1961 . At the same time, O'Malley was looking for a contingency in case Moses and other New York politicians refused to let him build the Brooklyn stadium he wanted, and sent word to the Los Angeles officials that he was interested in talking . Los Angeles offered him what New York did not: a chance to buy land suitable for building a ballpark, and own that ballpark, giving him complete control over all its revenue streams . </P> <P> Meanwhile, Giants owner Horace Stoneham was having similar difficulty finding a replacement for his team's antiquated home stadium, the Polo Grounds . Stoneham was considering moving the Giants to Minneapolis, but was persuaded instead to move them to San Francisco, ensuring that the Dodgers had a National League rival closer than St. Louis . So the two arch - rival teams, the Dodgers and Giants, moved out to the West Coast together after the 1957 season . </P> <P> The Brooklyn Dodgers played their final game at Ebbets Field on September 24, 1957, which the Dodgers won 2--0 over the Pittsburgh Pirates . </P>

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