or simply:

$baseball_team{'Los Angeles'} = 'Dodgers';
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You have to place the literal in quotes if it contains white space or other characters that confuse the compiler.

Futher example, these are not the same:

# example 1
$you_never_give_me_any{$money};     # key equals value of $money
    
# example 2
$you_never_give_me_any{'$money'};   # key equals literal string '$mone
+y'

# example 3
$you_never_give_me_any{"$money"};   # key equals value of $money
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Jeff

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