Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The 1950 Brooklyn Dodgers struggled for much of the season, but still wound up pushing the Philadelphia Phillies to the last day of the season before falling two games short. Following the season Branch Rickey was replaced as majority owner/team president by Walter O'Malley, who promptly fired manager Burt Shotton and replaced him with Chuck Dressen. Buzzie Bavasi was also hired as the team's first independent General Manager.Vin Scully joined the Dodgers' radio and television crew as a play-by-play announcer in 1950; in 2014, Scully will enter his 65th consecutive season with the club, the longest such tenure in the history of sports broadcasting.. }
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- 1950_Brooklyn_Dodgers_season abstract "The 1950 Brooklyn Dodgers struggled for much of the season, but still wound up pushing the Philadelphia Phillies to the last day of the season before falling two games short. Following the season Branch Rickey was replaced as majority owner/team president by Walter O'Malley, who promptly fired manager Burt Shotton and replaced him with Chuck Dressen. Buzzie Bavasi was also hired as the team's first independent General Manager.Vin Scully joined the Dodgers' radio and television crew as a play-by-play announcer in 1950; in 2014, Scully will enter his 65th consecutive season with the club, the longest such tenure in the history of sports broadcasting.".