Brooklyn Dodger News Alerts

Landmark Status for Brooklyn Sugar Plant Houston Chronicle - United States
The factory predated the Brooklyn Bridge and outlasted the Brooklyn Dodgers, but it closed down for good as the sugar industry fell on hard times in recent ...

Dodgers' last pitch at Ebbets means more now Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Danny McDevitt didn't recognize the magnitude of the day in 1957 when he pitched a shutout to win the Brooklyn Dodgers' last game at Ebbets Field, ...

St. Augustine fete to star ex-Dodger New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
Former Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca will return to Brooklyn Saturday to reminisce about the great legacy of local baseball 50 years after the last game at ...

A Bitter 50th Anniversary in Brooklyn Washington Post - United States
Only 6673 turned out on that gloomy day in 1957 when the Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field. Those who came likened the game to a funeral. ...

Time for closure for Dodgers fans MLB.com - USA
That's what the Brooklyn Dodgers were, an instrument of unity. And I was at Shea Stadium on July 30, 1964, when, as an adventurous teenager from Pittsburgh, ...

Move west opens baseball to nation MLB.com - USA
In actuality, the Brooklyn Dodgers' final home game was witnessed by 6702 customers amid 25000 empty seats. Although an official announcement didn't come ...

50 years since we all shed tears for lost ballparks New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
Of course, Ebbets Field and the Polo Grounds were going to live forever, right? No, dear friends from Manhattan and Brooklyn, I was at both of the ...

Ghosts of Flatbush still alive 50 years after Dodgers' exit USA Today - USA
This year's giveaway: an Ebbets Field model. "Every year we've had a former Dodger come back and do something at the ballpark," says general manager Steve ...

Brooklyn marks 50-year anniversary of singing the Dodger blues The Canadian Press -
When he attends Brooklyn Dodgers memorabilia shows, there's no need to have a big star present to draw a crowd. "Anybody on the roster will do, ...