Bernie Sanders

When you grow up as a kid, you have a thing called the Brooklyn Dodgers. Of course. Yeah. So when you're a kid, the idea that it could be moved someplace else. When you're a kid, you can't. That is privately owned. Yeah. run for profit, and then it can be moved to California, was literally beyond your comprehension, beyond my comprehension. So it was a real shock.

And if you're asking me, did that have an impact on my political views? It did, actually. It did. Because the Dodgers were a cohesive force in Brooklyn, bringing people together, Jackie Robinson, et cetera, et cetera. So yeah, that had an impact on me.

And if you're asking me, did that have an impact on my political views? It did, actually. It did. Because the Dodgers were a cohesive force in Brooklyn, bringing people together, Jackie Robinson, et cetera, et cetera. So yeah, that had an impact on me.

And if you're asking me, did that have an impact on my political views? It did, actually. It did. Because the Dodgers were a cohesive force in Brooklyn, bringing people together, Jackie Robinson, et cetera, et cetera. So yeah, that had an impact on me.

I learned something from that. But again, I mean, you think about it. He was something so important. Yeah. There's so many people. This guy didn't give a damn. To make more money, let's go to California.

I learned something from that. But again, I mean, you think about it. He was something so important. Yeah. There's so many people. This guy didn't give a damn. To make more money, let's go to California.

I learned something from that. But again, I mean, you think about it. He was something so important. Yeah. There's so many people. This guy didn't give a damn. To make more money, let's go to California.

Sure. There was a huge market out there in California, right? Right. Everybody, they can make more money. I think he starts baseball on the West Coast. Yeah, he and the Giants guy. That's right. That's right.

Sure. There was a huge market out there in California, right? Right. Everybody, they can make more money. I think he starts baseball on the West Coast. Yeah, he and the Giants guy. That's right. That's right.

Sure. There was a huge market out there in California, right? Right. Everybody, they can make more money. I think he starts baseball on the West Coast. Yeah, he and the Giants guy. That's right. That's right.

That raises a whole other issue. But, you know, sports and professional sports and all that stuff. But, yeah, it was a big deal.

That raises a whole other issue. But, you know, sports and professional sports and all that stuff. But, yeah, it was a big deal.

That raises a whole other issue. But, you know, sports and professional sports and all that stuff. But, yeah, it was a big deal.

And, you know, what you're seeing today, and it's something we haven't looked at enough, it's something I want to, is it hasn't really changed. You have the, what is the function of professional sports? All of these teams are owned by billionaires. Yeah. And if Baltimore doesn't give you enough money, you're going to move someplace else.

And, you know, what you're seeing today, and it's something we haven't looked at enough, it's something I want to, is it hasn't really changed. You have the, what is the function of professional sports? All of these teams are owned by billionaires. Yeah. And if Baltimore doesn't give you enough money, you're going to move someplace else.

And, you know, what you're seeing today, and it's something we haven't looked at enough, it's something I want to, is it hasn't really changed. You have the, what is the function of professional sports? All of these teams are owned by billionaires. Yeah. And if Baltimore doesn't give you enough money, you're going to move someplace else.

And the matter, you know, you break the hearts of kids, nobody cares. Yes.

And the matter, you know, you break the hearts of kids, nobody cares. Yes.

And the matter, you know, you break the hearts of kids, nobody cares. Yes.

Well, now you're raising another question. I was mayor of Burlington. And Burlington, Vermont. We'd love everybody to visit us in Vermont. And we had no professional baseball at all. I got elected way back in 81. I said, one of the things that I want to do, see if we can bring back the Brooklyn Dodgers. That was a little bit too ambitious.