Friday, September 26, 2008

Brooklyn Dodger News Alerts

On This Day in History: September 26 Victory Is Ours!! Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 09-26-2008 BROOKLYN — The 1941 champions of the National League, the Brooklyn Dodgers roared ...


On This Day in History: September 25 Eagle Readers Vote On ... Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
“Dixie Walker, hard-hitting right fielder, is the most popular player on the Dodgers, according to results of the fan poll, conducted by the Brooklyn ...

Bobby Bragan knows baseball Southlake Times - Plano,TX,USA
In 1943, he was traded to the Brooklyn Dodgers. While with the Dodgers, he was able to play in the 1947 World Series. “I had a two-base hit in the 1947 ...

On This Day in History: September 24 Did He or Didn’t He? Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
... published online 09-24-2008 BROOKLYN — Baseball’s National League was in the heat of the 1924 pennant race at Ebbets Field on September 24. ...

On This Day in History: September 24 Dodgers Bid a Sad Adieu To ... Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
What’s Brooklyn without the Dodgers?” Today the Jackie Robinson Apartments occupy the land where Dem Bums used to play. It was on April 9, 1913 that the ...

At Ebbets Field, It Was Really Over When It Was Over New York Times - United States
I was with The New York Journal-American then and had covered the Dodgers for The Brooklyn Eagle, but I didn’t plan to be the last writer out. ...

Los Angeles TimesDodgers-Giants rivalry crosses country, generationsLos Angeles Times - CA,USA
Again and again, the man in the heavy coat, worn in the heat of summer as well as the cool of early fall, would blister the Dodgers' outfielder with his ...

The Strange History of Final Games in Stadiums Slated for Demolition Village Voice - New York,NY,USA
... turned out to bear witness: Only 6702 showed up at Ebbets Field on September 24, 1957, to hear organist Gladys Gooding play "California, Here I Come. ...

Gil's time is now . . . Again Albany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA
Her late husband, Brooklyn Dodgers legend Gil Hodges, is up for the Hall of Fame. Again. The Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday issued the roster of 10 ...

Explaining Ebbets days becoming more difficult Kingston Daily Freeman - Kingston,NY,USA
WITH EVERY passing year it becomes more and more difficult to explain what it was like to follow the Dodgers when they played at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. ...

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Brooklyn Dodger News Alerts

Old parks fading into history Hattiesburg American - Hattiesburg,MS,USA
It's hard to imagine how baseball history would have different had New York been on the ball and done what it needed to do to keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn. ...

On Brooklyn’s Boardwalk, the Fun Stops Forward - New York,NY,USA
Brooklyn’s favorite pastime since the Dodgers moved out west. But Joe Sitt, head of Thor and a local boy made good (he’s from Gravesend, the neighborhood ...

City attorney expects court battle to delay Dodger Stadium ... Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
"I think we'll beat our all-time Ebbets Field record of 1800000 in a season in which we had to operate under difficulties to say the least--going without ...

Scully will return for 60th season Los Angeles Dodgers - Los Angeles,CA,USA
He joined Red Barber and Connie Desmond on the Brooklyn Dodgers broadcast team in 1950, one year after graduating from Fordham University. ...

Snider drew from voice of experience Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
MONTREAL - Before and after his Hall of Fame playing career with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers, Duke Snider was very much involved with professional ...

Slay charge for handyman New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
Other Ebbets Field tenants said Cuyler would hang around the complex after work to drink and do drugs. But despite five prior drug and weapons arrests ...

Historic Photos of Brooklyn by John B. Manbeck The Open Press (press release) - USA
From the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883 and the launching of the USS Maine, to the Brooklyn Dodgers and Coney Island, and much more, Brooklyn shines ...

Some broken hearts can never be healed Staten Island Advance - SILive.com - Staten Island,NY,USA
Late in the 1957 regular season, the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers announced that they would be leaving the city and heading west to California. ...

Plenty of hate in the major leagues Kingston Daily Freeman - Kingston,NY,USA
If you want to know what real loathing was all about on the diamond, you have to go back a bit more than a half century when the Dodgers were in Brooklyn ...

Former Brooklyn Dodger Mike Sandlock still strong on the golf ... Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT,USA
My legs give up," said Sandlock, a member of the Brooklyn Dodger Hall of Fame. "I can play scramble for 18 holes because I don't have to hit every shot. ...

Leaders & SuccessI nvestor's Business Daily (subscription) - USA
Ol' Casey was 59 by then, plus had a losing record managing the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves. In 1944, Stengel managed the minor league Milwaukee ...