Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Brooklyn Dodger News Alerts

TRIBUNE COLUMN Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia,MO,USA
Most older baseball fans remember Rickey as the Brooklyn Dodgers general manager who broke the baseball color line in December 1945 by signing Jackie ...

`Hectic' time for new Hall of Famer Williams San Gabriel Valley Tribune - West Covina,CA,USA...
him his trip to Cooperstown, NY, site of the Hall of Fame, but there also was a 13-year playing career that began in 1951 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. ...

Former Brooklyn Dodgers Owner Elected To Baseball Hall Of Fame NY1 - NY,USA
The man who orchestrated the Brooklyn Dodgers' move from Brooklyn to Los Angeles will be enshrined in Cooperstown. Walter O'Malley was among five old-time ...

Evil O'Malley is in the Hall BrooklynPapers.com - NY, United States
"The man was a traitor who only cared about making as much money as he could," said Ridge teacher and lifelong Brooklyn Dodgers fan Richard Montalbano. ...

O'Malley family rejoices in Hall election MLB.com - USA
The HBO special [The Brooklyn Dodgers: Ghosts of Flatbush] focused on that effort, on my father addressing the aging Ebbets Field situation, wondering where ...

Hall of Fame heresy in Brooklyn? Former Dodgers owner makes Hall ... USA Today - USA
In Brooklyn, some aging baseball fans they still recall that dark day in 1957 when they learned the owner of the Dodgers was moving their beloved team to ...

Dodgers Owner O'Malley, Commissioner Kuhn Make Baseball Hall Bloomberg - USA
3 (Bloomberg) -- Walter O'Malley, who started baseball's West Coast expansion by moving the Dodgers to Los Angeles from Brooklyn, and Bowie Kuhn, ...

O'Malley, Unforgiven New York Times - United States
By The New York Times By Charles delafuente Even though the Brooklyn Dodgers broke my heart when they abandoned Brooklyn (I was 12), I have no quibble with ...

Former Dodgers owner O'Malley elected to Hall of Fame TCPalm - West Palm Beach,FL,USA
O'Malley, who died in 1979, moved the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles after the 1957 season — a baseball version of the California Gold Rush that ...

Former A's manager Dick Williams elected to Hall of Fame San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
O'Malley united the East and West coasts under baseball's flag when he moved the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles after the 1957 season. ...

Walter O'Malley's long road to the Hall of Fame Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
He joined the Brooklyn Dodgers as general counsel in 1941, at age 37. He bought a minority share in the franchise three years later and gained controlling ...

New Hall of Famer Stirs Both Sides in Brooklyn New York Times - United States
"Yeah, he deserves it," David Avery, 50, said as he stood near what was once centerfield in Ebbets Field and is now the front courtyard of the Ebbets Field ...

bavasi a legendary baseball character Los Angeles Dodgers - Los Angeles,CA,USA...
his bride of 66 years, succeeded the legendary branch rickey as the brooklyn dodgers general manager in 1951. he retired from the angels following the ...

Dodgers to battle Red Sox at Coliseum MLB.com - USA
"Just to know the history of the Dodgers coming out here, their being in Brooklyn for so many years and to have the good fortune of playing the Red Sox. ...

A match made in Brooklyn Dick Heller Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
No wonder Day eventually gave Durocher the heave-ho, just like many umpires during his tempestuous 17 seasons as skipper of the Brooklyn Dodgers and then ...

Mauch among game's best strategists MLB.com - USA
A native of Salina, Kan., who was raised in Los Angeles, Mauch broke into the Majors as a middle infielder with the Brooklyn Dodgers -- the first of six ...

On This Day in History: November 19 A Great Dodger Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
He was later with the Baltimore Elite Giants — spending winters in the Latin American leagues — before joining the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1946, ...

Billy Herman's biggest fan New Albany Tribune - IN,USA
Bob Herman has baseball cards of his uncle when he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and managed the Boston Red Sox from 1964-1966. ...

7:07 pm: A+ Series: Class tourneys have dimmed but not ... Anderson Herald Bulletin - Anderson,IN,USA
Mention the former Brooklyn Dodgers pitching great's name in his hometown of Anderson, however, and baseball isn't necessarily the first sport that comes to ...

Friday, December 21, 2007

Brooklyn Dodgers News Alerts

Our O'Malley tale concludes BrooklynPapers.com - NY, United States
Losing the Dodgers rubbed salt in these wounds. Today, Brooklyn is booming, fashionable and fast recovering its place as the core of New York. ...

Shuba not surprised; Hehr hopes for future Youngstown Vindicator - Youngstown,OH,USA
By JOE SCALZO When George "Shotgun" Shuba was a player with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948, he met one of his teammates, Erv Palica, at Grand Central Station ...

THOSE HALL OF FAME BUMS! New York Post - New York,NY,USADecember 11, 2007 -- THE ISSUE: Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley's induction into the Hall of Fame. Acknowledging Walter O'Malley for moving baseball ...

New Hall of Famer O'Malley still hated in Brooklyn Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
Dare say there remain residents of Kings County and graying fans of the Brooklyn Dodgers who would reverse the order, and that would be perfectly ...

Honoring the man who moved Brooklyn Dodgers Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley, left, hugs manager Walter Alston at Yankees Stadium on Oct. 4, 1955 in New York after the Dodgers beat the Yankees ...

Is O'Malley really evil? BrooklynPapers.com - NY, United States
He had to, because rascally politicians would not help him build a new park to replace Ebbets Field. And now, the facts: The second point is easily ...

O'Malley family rejoices in Hall election MLB.com - USA
The HBO special [The Brooklyn Dodgers: Ghosts of Flatbush] focused on that effort, on my father addressing the aging Ebbets Field situation, wondering where ...

Hall of Fame heresy in Brooklyn? Former Dodgers owner makes Hall ... USA Today - USA
In Brooklyn, some aging baseball fans they still recall that dark day in 1957 when they learned the owner of the Dodgers was moving their beloved team to ...

For Sports Fans, a Season of Foul Play New York Times - United States
... which voted to posthumously admit Walter O'Malley, the Dodgers' owner who abandoned Brooklyn 50 years ago in favor of Los Angeles. ...