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Eric Nusbaum

Biography

Eric Nusbaum

Eric Nusbaum is a former sports editor at VICE. In addition to VICE, his work on sports, history and culture has appeared in ESPN the Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Outside, The Daily Beast, Deadspin and the Best American Sports Writing anthology. Eric was born and raised in L.A. He has spent many hours both attending games at Dodger Stadium, and sitting in traffic to reach those games. He has also lived and worked in Seattle and Mexico City.

Eric Nusbaum

Books by Eric Nusbaum

by Eric Nusbaum - History, Nonfiction, Sports

Dodger Stadium is an American icon. But the story of how it came to be goes far beyond baseball. The hills that cradle the stadium were once home to three vibrant Mexican American communities. In the early 1950s, those communities were condemned to make way for a utopian public housing project. Then, in a remarkable turn, public housing in the city was defeated amidst a Red Scare conspiracy. Instead of getting their homes back, the remaining residents saw the city sell their land to Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Now L.A. would be getting a different sort of utopian fantasy --- a glittering, ultra-modern stadium. But before Dodger Stadium could be built, the city would have to face down the neighborhood's families.