Los Angeles Dodgers

We look back at the long career of William Earnest “Ernie” Harwell. Harwell was a sportscaster best known for his long run with the Detroit Tigers, announcing the baseball games on radio and television. He died Tuesday at age 92.

Takeaway sports contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin talks baseball, as the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim swept their way into their league championships. We also look at results from the weekend in college football.

This year marks the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 50th anniversary in the City of Angels. The architect of the team’s move from Brooklyn, Walter O’Malley, will be inducted, posthumously, into the National Baseball Hall of Fame this weekend. New York writer Pete Hamill said O’Malley was the only man Brooklynites hated more than Hitler.

Reporter Cyrus Farivar profiles the man the Los Angeles Dodgers hired as a Japanese translator. It helps that he speaks Spanish too.

Anchor Lisa Mullins looks back at the time when Jackie Robinson first traveled to spring training with the Brooklyn Dodgers: the year was 1947 — and, for fear of racial trouble, the Dodgers decided to hold their training in Cuba instead of Florida.