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On This Day in History: August 26 Another First for Brooklyn! Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
It was a doubleheader between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers — at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Announcer Red Barber was in the catbird seat, ...

The Oisk wins again BrooklynPapers.com - NY, United States
By Ed Shakespeare Brooklyn Dodger great Carl Erskine was feted at Keyspan Park on Sunday. In addition to performing the usual functions — throwing out and ...

Erskine Takes the Mound, and Suddenly It’s 1955 New York Times - United States
They had grown up watching Dodgers games on television, and were now representing the Brooklyn Dodgers of the Men’s Senior Baseball League. ...

FROM THE BROOKLYN AERIE Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
The baseball team that Brooklyn had in the big leagues had many names before it was known as the Dodgers. One of these names along with the Superbas and the ...

Dodgers rehire Alston, August 14 1958 Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The Times had reported the Dodgers' faith in Alston earlier in the season when owner Walter O'Malley backed the manager during an interview in Brooklyn (of ...

On This Day in History: August 13 Big Noise At Ebbets Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
... 1951, in observance of Music Appreciation Night, 2426 instrument-playing Dodger fans formed the...

Kahn recalls stories of summer Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
Kahn assumed his lofty ranking in 1972, when he published "The Boys of Summer," a poignant retrospective on the Brooklyn Dodgers teams he covered for the ...

Call it ‘Brooklyn South’ BrooklynPapers.com - NY, United States
... his hitting coach was Joe “Ducky” Medwick, a Hall-Of-Famer who played mostly with the Cardinals, but had two stints with the Brooklyn Dodgers. ...

Portsmouth sports legend's loyalty to the city makes him an ace ... The Virginian-Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
For football's Brooklyn Dodgers and later for the New York Yankees of the All-America Football Conference, he operated out of the single-wing backfield, ...

Dodgers Had Rocky First Year in LA 89.3 KPCC - CA,USA
Fifty years ago, the Brooklyn Dodgers moved west to become the Los Angeles Dodgers. In June of 1958, Los Angeles voters approved the land swap that would ...

Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, and Dem Bums (Pt. I of II) Bleacher Report - Menlo Park,CA,USA
There's more to the Dodgers than just LA Who's the best of the Brooklyn Era, and will they measure up to LA's ballplayers? Brett Moore does his best to find ...

RBI players get lesson from Newcombe MLB.com - USA
Newcombe, the Brooklyn Dodgers legend who joined the club in 1949, two years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, gave the keynote address at a ...

On This Day in History: August 5 Man Who Revolutionized The ... Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 08-05-2008 BROOKLYN — Throughout the 1930s, the Brooklyn Dodgers had floundered on the field ...