 This marked the onset of the Dodgers–Yankees rivalry, as the Dodgers would face them in their next six World Series appearances.Led by Jackie Robinson, the first black Major League Baseball player of the modern era; and three-time National League Most Valuable Player Roy Campanella, also signed out of the Negro Leagues, the Dodgers captured their first World Series title in 1955 by defeating the Yankees for the first time, a story notably described in the 1972 book "The Boys of Summer".Following the 1957 season the team left Brooklyn.