Editing Los Angeles Dodgers (section)

===Los Angeles Dodgers===
{{Main|History of the Los Angeles Dodgers}}
The Dodgers were the first Major League Baseball team to ever play in Los Angeles. On April 18, 1958, the Dodgers played their first Los Angeles game, defeating the former New York and now new [[1958 San Francisco Giants season|San Francisco Giants]], 6–5, before 78,672 fans at the [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]. Catcher [[Roy Campanella]], left partially paralyzed in an off-season accident, was never able to play in Los Angeles.

[[File:LA Coliseum 1959 World Series.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|The [[1959 World Series]] was played partially at the [[Los Angeles Coliseum]] while Dodger Stadium was being built.]]
Construction on [[Dodger Stadium]] was completed in time for Opening Day 1962. With its clean, simple lines and its picturesque setting amid hills and palm trees, the ballpark quickly became an icon of the Dodgers and their new California lifestyle. O'Malley was determined that there would not be a bad seat in the house, achieving this by [[cantilever]]ed grandstands that have since been widely imitated. More importantly for the team, the stadium's spacious dimensions, along with other factors, gave defense an advantage over offense and the Dodgers moved to take advantage of this by assembling a team that would excel with its [[pitch (baseball)|pitching]].

Since moving to Los Angeles, the Dodgers have won twelve more National League Championships and seven more [[World Series ring]]s.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://dodgerblue.com/watch-dodgers-receive-2018-nlcs-rings-dodger-stadium/2019/03/31/ | title =WATCH: Dodgers Receive 2018 NLCS Rings During Clubhouse Ceremony | publisher =Dodger Blue | date =March 31, 2019 | access-date =May 14, 2019 | archive-date =May 14, 2019 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20190514172220/https://dodgerblue.com/watch-dodgers-receive-2018-nlcs-rings-dodger-stadium/2019/03/31/ | url-status =live }}</ref> The Dodgers have had only three [[List of Los Angeles Dodgers first-round draft picks|top-five draft picks]] since the [[Major League Baseball draft|MLB Draft]] was introduced in [[1965 Major League Baseball draft|1965]], and have had one top-ten pick ([[Clayton Kershaw]], No. 7) since 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Los Angeles Dodgers - Draft Pick History - The Baseball Cube |url=https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/draft_team/15/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=www.thebaseballcube.com}}</ref>
[[File:Vic Correll -1978.jpg|thumb|upright=1.05|In-game action at [[Dodger Stadium]], 1978]]