Thursday, October 16, 2008

Brooklyn Dodgers News Alert

Sports of The Times An Ebbets Field Confession From That ‘Brennan’ Kid New York Times - United States
But in a letter to me not long ago, he pleaded guilty to his life of crime as a turnstile boy at Ebbets Field in 1944, when a seventh-place Dodgers team ...

Revenge is a dish best served 92 years old Baseball Toaster - Alameda,CA,USA
This would be the 1916 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Brooklyn Dodgers. This was a World Series that is often overlooked. ...

Zimmer the ultimate common denominator Boston Globe - United States
He was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1949 and he was there when Jackie Robinson stole home in the 1955 World Series. He was a member of Casey

Shuba recalls glory days Youngstown Vindicator - Youngstown,OH,USA
... actively campaigned for former Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley to be considered for inclusion into the Baseball Hall of Fame. ...

On This Day in History: October 3 Ebbets Field Mobbed Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
For yet another season Brooklyn Dodger fans were disappointed when the St. Louis Cardinals wound up with the pennant that year.

Memorable October homers don't have to be in World Series USA Today - USA
But in Game 3 at the Polo Grounds, the Brooklyn Dodgers lead 4-1 in the bottom of the ninth inning. Alvin Dark and Don Mueller single before Whitey ...

Thinking of Sports Voices - Woodbury,CT,USA
If you know the story at all, you know that Branch Rickey, who ran the Brooklyn Dodgers in the late 1940s, was a man ahead of his time. ...

Hall of Fame voices chronicle NLCS USA Today - USA
Scully, who started with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1950, is calling the games for Los Angeles Dodgers radio; Jaime Jarrin for that club's Spanish-language ...

On This Day in History: October 1 Baseball Fans Storm Ebbets Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 10-01-2008 BROOKLYN — On October 1, 1951, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the NY Giants battled it out ...

On This Day in History: October 1 The Dodgers’ Duke Saves the Day Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
... bat set the crowd off into gurgling, shrieking, yakking, unrestrained creatures. Such were the days of the Brooklyn Dodgers and their idolizing fans.

Dorfman: Before the Mets, it was the Dodgers NJ.com - New Jersey,USA
by Sid Dorfman/The Star-Ledger After all, aren't the Mets the lineal descendants of the Brooklyn Dodgers? And if so, wouldn't there be a genetic explanation ...

On This Day in History: September 29 Our Heroes in Victory Parade Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
To the people of the Borough of Brooklyn. WHEREAS, The Brooklyn Dodgers, under the leadership of Leo Durocher, have brought to our Borough its first ...

SHEA GOODBYE THE STADIUM: A grand stage excitement Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
But O'Malley, denied the plot he desired in downtown Brooklyn, wanted no part of the site Moses was pushing and shifted his operation to the West Coast, ...