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Mitt From 1st Season In L.A.

Sandy Koufax took the mound in Los Angeles for the first time as a Dodgers pitcher in 1958, after the team moved across the country from Brooklyn ... and now the Hall of Famer's historic, game-worn baseball mitt is on the auction block!

Of course, the Brooklyn Dodgers moved following the '57 Major League Baseball season after the organization was unable to strike a deal for a new ballpark with politicians in BK ... relocating to the West Coast

sandy koufax glove

Dodgers Stadium didn't yet exist (it was built quickly and opened in 1962), so the team played four seasons at the L.