Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Brooklyn Dodgers News Alerts

Tribute to O'Malley is long overdue 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, ...

Tense Political Vote Preceded Dodgers' Move West Fifty Years Ago 89.3 KPCC - CA,USA
It seemed like such a good idea at the time: LA wanted the Dodgers; Brooklyn Dodger owner Walter O’Malley wanted Chavez Ravine for a new stadium; ...

Kuhn, O'Malley changed the game MLB.com - USA
I guess if you grew up with a passion for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Ebbets Field, the description fits. But I don't think villains are elected to the Hall of ...

Did They Ever Play Polo at the Polo Grounds? Gothamist - NY,USA
... to Staten Island in 1886 only lasting a year there before being bought out for the territorial rights by the Brooklyn Dodgers after the 1887 season. ...

Billy Harris Celebrates Canadian Hall of Fame KNDO/KNDU - Yakima,WA,USA
Harris says, "I think my fondest memory was going to the Big Leagues with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Roy Campanella catching me, knowing all the guys that would ...

You Can Still Hear the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" WTOC - Savannah,GA,USA
He hit the homerun in 1951 that won the National League pennant for the New York Giants over the Brooklyn Dodgers. He's Bobby Thomson. ...

Third-generation Rickey keeps legacy alive Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
Arguably his most important contribution to the sport came as president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945, when he signed Robinson to a ...

University of Michigan to name professorship after Branch Rickey The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
Robinson made his big-league debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Rickey, a previous player himself, was the general manager of the Dodgers and wanted to ...

Next stop, Brooklyn Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... the house as a major player in the Revolutionary War's Battle of Brooklyn and later as the field house for the precursor to the Brooklyn Dodgers. ...

Unlike Shea Stadium, Dodger Stadium is not going out of style New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
Dodger Stadium doesn't have anywhere near the character of a Fenway, or for that matter the old Ebbets Field. But neither is it one of those Astroturf, ...

The Mutiny in the Brooklyn clubhouse Kingston Daily Freeman - Kingston,NY,USA
There was, however, a classic exception, which took place during the 1943 season involving the Brooklyn Dodgers. Leo Durocher was the manager, ...

Ebbets Field Demolition One of the saddest video clips a sports fan can see: From 1960, a demolition crew began knocking down the beloved home of the Brooklyn Dodgers three years after the team played its last game there before relocating to Los Angeles.

A done deal: Dodgers out of Vero Beach USA Today - USA
After calling Vero Beach their spring home for 61 years dating back to when they were the Brooklyn Dodgers, they informed Indian River County, Fla., ...

Ebbets Field Houses tenants battling to reclaim cherished plaza ... New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
BY JEFF WILKINS and JOTHAM SEDERSTROM Police have stepped up enforcement at Ebbets Field Houses in Crown Heights, where residents have seen a spike in rowdy ...

Baseball's Theme Song Scores a Double Play For Local Fans Laguna Beach Independent - Laguna Beach,CA,USA
The first major league game Norworth attended was in Ebbets Field on June 27, 1940, when the Brooklyn Dodgers held "Jack Norworth Day. ...

Ahead of Hall, Coliseum Honors O'Malley Washington Post - United States
It was for Walter O'Malley, who in 1958 moved the Brooklyn Dodgers west, where they played at the Coliseum until Dodger Stadium opened in 1962. ...

Baseball and war have storied history Kingston Daily Freeman - Kingston,NY,USA
"The manpower shortage was affecting the Brooklyn Dodgers so much that Leo Durocher tried a comeback," noted Glibert. "After breaking in with the Yankees as ...

Jackie Robinson inducted into college hall Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
AP Robinson, who in 1947 donned a Brooklyn Dodger uniform to become the first black player in the major leagues, was inducted as the foundation's second ...

Baseball history expert Jules Tygiel dies San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
The manuscript was a labor of love for Professor Tygiel, who grew up on Brooklyn Dodgers baseball in the 1950s and considered Robinson a hero. ...

Peewee's gesture of solidarity Rutland Herald - Rutland,VT,USA
... depicting another side of his character, which took place during the early days of the great Jackie Robinson's first year with the Brooklyn Dodgers. ...