and courage facing hostile crowds and opponents. As for his home city, he was welcomed immediately by the public, who followed his performance that season with intense adoration. For the rest of his life, Robinson remained grateful to the people of Montreal for making the city a welcoming oasis for him and his wife during that difficult 1946 season. They lived in an apartment in a white neighborhood of Montreal that summer. Robinson then left to play for the Dodgers the following year, but not before winning the Little World Series and being chased by exultant Montreal fans right to the train as he left. In Ken Burns' documentary film Baseball, the narrator quotes Sam Maltin, a sports journalist with the Montreal Herald: "It was probably the only day in history that a black man ran from a white mob with love instead of lynching on its mind." The Royals continued through the 1960 season, two years after the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles. On September 13, 1960, Dodgers President Walter O'Malley announced that due to weak attendance, the Dodgers were ending their 21-year affiliation with the team. While a new affiliation with the Minnesota Twins was arranged, efforts to keep the team in Montreal failed, and the franchise was relocated to Syracuse, New York for 1961, and became the Syracuse Chiefs. Montreal would gain an MLB team, the Expos, in 1969; "Royals" was suggested as a nickname for that team but was taken instead by the new American League club in Kansas City. Titles The Royals won the Governors' Cup, the championship of the IL, 7 times, and played in the championship series 11 times. 1935 – Lost to Syracuse 1941 – Defeated Newark 1945 – Lost to Newark 1946 – Defeated Syracuse 1948 – Defeated Syracuse 1949 – Defeated Buffalo 1951 – Defeated Syracuse 1952 – Lost to Rochester 1953 – Defeated Rochester 1954 – Lost to Syracuse 1958 – Defeated Toronto Montreal Royals records Junior World Series Appearances Montreal Royals managers Notable former players Sparky Anderson – Major League Hall of Famer Joe Altobelli – World Series-winning manager Roy Campanella – Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Al Campanis – Major League scout and general manager Roberto Clemente – Major League Hall of Famer Chuck Connors – Major League first baseman and pinch-hitter Tommy Davis – Major League outfielder and corner infielder Don Drysdale – Major League