 I knew more about the Brooklyn Dodgers than any nine-year-old who was born six years after they moved out of Brooklyn. It also meant that with all the amazing people I've had a chance to speak with, men who went to the moon, the first man to climb Everest, dozens of Heisman Trophy winners and other awards, the gentleman who ran the first sub-four-minute mile, former president of the United States, the only people I would ever call my dad about in advance were Brooklyn Dodgers.