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The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of the National League West division of Major League Baseball . Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before... becoming the Dodgers definitively by 1932. The team moved to Los Angeles before the 1958 season. They played their first four seasons in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before moving to their current home of Dodger Stadium, the third-oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball . The Dodgers have won six World Series titles and 21 National League pennants. Eight Cy Young Award winners have pitched for the Dodgers, winning a total of ten Cy Young Awards . The team has also produced 12 Rookie of the Year award winners, including four back-to-back from 1979–1982 and five back-to-back from 1992–1996, the longest consecutive streaks in Major League Baseball.
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Lomita is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 20,256 at the 2010 census, up from 20,046 at the 2000 census. The word "lomita" is Spanish for "little knoll." Lomita was originally part of Rancho San Pedro, granted by the Spanish Empire to Juan Jose Dominguez... by King Carlos III of Spain in 1784. Lomita established a sister city relationship with Takaishi, Osaka, Japan in October 1981. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.9 square miles , all land. Lomita originally spanned 7 square miles . However, over time, much of this area was annexed by neighboring cities. A notable example is "Lomita Fields," now Zamperini Field . The 2010 United States Census reported that Lomita had a population of 20,256. The population density was 10,601.3 people per square mile . The racial makeup of Lomita was 11,987 White, 1,075 African American, 174 Native American, 2,923 Asian, 140 Pacific Islander, 2,680 from other races, and 1,277 from two or more races.
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