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Dodgers: Norm Sherry, Sandy Koufax mentor, passes away at 89

BROOKLYN, NY - 1957: Gil Hodges #14 of the Brooklyn Dodgers slides into third base during a MLB game against the Chicago Cubs in 1957 in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Herb Scharfman/Sports Imagery/Getty Images)

The Los Angeles Dodgers moved out of the shadow of Dem Bums when they left Brooklyn in 1958, and the very next year, found themselves in the World Series once more.

Gone were Roy Campanella and Jackie Robinson, but still remaining was the mystique when the “Gone Hollywood” Dodgers took on the Go Go White Sox to choose a champion of the 1959 season.