The Dodgers, in the era of Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, and Duke Snyder, were my first baseball loves and the ones who made me a baseball fan back when they were still in Brooklyn.

Hall-0f-Famer Duke Snyder passed away a day or two ago in Escondido, CA, at age 84.

RIP, Duke, and thanks for all the great baseball memories.

Duke Snyder obit in Sports Illustrated/