Brooklyn Dodger News Alerts 7/20/07

A Jersey Guy's Roots in Brooklyn New York Times
- United StatesAfter being drubbed for two homers by Yogi Berra in the seventh game of the 1956 World Series, Newcombe left Ebbets Field and drove home to New Jersey, ...

Brooklyn Baseball Memories: The Would-be Brooklyn Dodger Whose ... Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948 -- one year after Jackie Robinson -- Jethroe soon proved as able as Robinson to stand out in formally all-white high ...

At least O'Malley, unlike Modell, had a good reason Dayton Daily News (subscription) - Dayton,OH,USA
But if you watch the HBO special Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush, it's hard not to think of Art Modell and how he, like Dodgers owner Walter ...

Book Review: Branch Rickey, Baseball's Ferocious Gentleman Baseball Toaster - Alameda,CA,USA...
Rickey for his profligate spending, especially losing several hundred thousand dollars on an ill-fated pro football team called the Brooklyn Dodgers. ...

Former Dodger, 96, still a hit in town Chicago Suburban News - Batavia,IL,USA
After playing on several semi-pro teams, he befriended a professional baseball umpire who told him the Brooklyn Dodgers were looking for an outfielder. ...

LOCAL SPORTS: The two lives of Sal Maglie Tonawanda News
- North Tonawanda,NY,USAHe was the last major leaguer to play for the New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees. But, The Barber was probably the city’s favorite ...