THE ORIGIN OF THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS

Alternative baseball history based on alternating facts

The Milwaukee Brewers and the Los Angeles Dodgers will compete for a World Serious Championship this year – both with a German heritage. 

   The Milwaukee Brewers were a Charter member of the American League in 1900.  At that time Milwaukee was a German immigrant town with German newspapers and German spoken in the streets. In  1902 the franchise moved to St. Louis changing their name to the ‘Browns’ then moved on to Baltimore in 1953 as the ‘Orioles.’  The Brewers minor league team did well.  One of their players, home run hitter, Joe Unser (Unser Choe Unser) was a folk hero.   However, the Brewers as Brewers never did win a World Series, but came close in 1982.  

   As for the Dodgers, they were originally from Dodge County, Wisconsin.  They were founded by a German immigrant businessman, Herr Bubi Pferdscheiße.  Their home field was in Baraboo, in Dodge County and they were called the Baraboo ‘Bubis.’  Lutheran Pastor Rev. Constipation Wartburger did not like the name and it was changed to the Dodge County Dodgers.  The Dodgers kept their name when they moved to Brooklyn and then to Los Angeles.

   Does it matter who wins?  We can watch baseball and celebrate our immigrant heritage with bratwurst and sauerkraut – Best of all, let’s cheer for Aguilar and Machado - keep America Great.  

Bubi Pferdscheiße and his wife Brunhilda