NASHVILLE — Walter O’Malley, who pioneered the westward expansion of major league baseball by moving the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles 50 years ago, was elected to the Hall of Fame by the veterans committee this morning. The late O’Malley received nine votes from the 12-member electorate, the minimum number needed for election. O’Malley was one of five managers or executives to be elected. The others were former managers Billy Southworth and Dick Williams, former commissioner Bowie Kuhn and former Pittsburgh Pirates owner Barney Dreyfuss. The election results were announced at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, the site of the winter meetings. Read the remainder of the story at http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-omalley4dec04,0,3087047.story?coll=la-home-center