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| The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... is a series that examines the athletes, coaches, front office personnel and even fans who over the years have been blamed for either a team's failure, their individual failure, a bad trade, a bad draft pick, or the demise of a franchise. The shows begin by explaining why that individual or team has been blamed over the years and then it peels away the layers between fact and fiction and count down the Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame them. This fast-paced series is a mix of documentary storytelling and the entertaining elements that make countdown shows fun to watch. The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Walter O'Malley: 1. Holy Moses! (Robert Moses) 2. I Love L. A. 3. A Brave New World (The Milwaukee Braves) 4. William Levitt (Levittown) 5. Horace Greeley (Go West Young Man!) Host: Brian Kenny Producer: Jeff Dubinsky Cast: Maury Allen . . . Himself Dave Anderson . . . Himself Buzzy Bavasi . . . Himself Jim Bouton . . . Himself Ralph Branca . . . Himself Robert Caro . . . Himself Carl Erskine . . . Himself Pete Hamill . . . Himself Steve Hirdt . . . Himself Steve Jacobsen . . . Himself Brian Kenny . . . Host Tom Knight . . . Himself Tommy Lasorda . . . Himself Andy McCue . . . Himself Don Newcombe . . . Himself (Archival Footage) Tom Oliphant . . . Himself Peter O'Malley . . . Himself Walter O'Malley . . . Himself (Archival Footage) David Pietrusza . . . Himself Johnny Podres . . . Himself Branch Rickey . . . Himself (Archival Footage) Jackie Robinson . . . Himself (Archival Footage) Michael Shapiro . . . Himself Duke Snider . . . Himself Casey Stengel . . . Himself (Archival Footage) Horace Stoneham . . . Himself (Archival Footage) Bert Sugar . . . Himself Neil Sullivan . . . Himself John Thorn . . . Himself George Will . . . Himself Rosalind Wyman . . . Herself Andrew Zimbalist . . . Himself A production of ESPN, 2006 |
| Top Five Teasons You Can't Blame Walter O'Malley for the Dodgers Leaving Brooklyn ESPN Classic Original Airdate: May 30, 2006 |