Brooklyn Dodger News Alerts
FROM THE BROOKLYN AERIE Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
Jackie Robinson’s first year in baseball in 1947 broke all National League attendance records—1807526 fans at Ebbets Field, 1863542 spectators on the road. ...
From country boy to Boy of Summer The News - Salem,AR,USA
Both would find their fame, however, with other ballclubs -- Preacher with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Kell with the Detroit Tigers.
Preacher didn't have to pitch to win The News - Salem,AR,USA
And of all things, the game was against the Brooklyn Dodgers, the team Roe was destined to join a couple of years later and achieve superstar status with. ...
What legends are made of ... The News - Salem,AR,USA
Branch Rickey signed Roe in 1948 to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1951, Roe racked up a 22-3 record and was named The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year. ...
On This Day in History: November 18 A Dodgers ‘Player’ Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
Although she was born in St. Louis in 1912, she became the musical soul of the Brooklyn Dodgers. At one of her first performances she impetuously played ...
Southpaws set 'em down Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
Preacher Roe, who bamboozled batters with an illegal spitball and other crafty pitches for the Brooklyn Dodgers, died at 92 from colon cancer in West Plains ...
On This Day in History: November 12 Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
“With twice their number of relatives and friends, they had stood up in Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field, and in a mass Veterans Day ceremony, first of its kind, ...
Naples photo exhibit takes you out to ballgame The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA
... 2008 Bonnie Crosby heard the crack of the bat and saw the dust clouds of clay along with these Brooklyn Dodgers on Ebbets Field in the 1940s and '50s. ...
'Dodgertown' doesn't sit well in Chavez Ravine Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
And according to AP, not everyone likes it: Next spring, when a city’s fancy turns to baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers will take the field in a ...
Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Preacher Roe dies Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
He pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates before joining Brooklyn in 1948, Roe had a 127-84 record in 12 major league seasons. ...
washingtonpost.com Washington Post - United States
By Matt Schudel Preacher Roe, 92, a pitcher with the "Boys of Summer" Brooklyn Dodgers teams of the late 1940s and early 1950s who helped lead his team to ...
Preacher Roe, Brooklyn Dodger ace, dies at 93 New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
BY BILL MADDEN Preacher Roe kicks his feet up and enjoys a quiet moment in the Brooklyn Dodgers' clubhouse. AP Preacher Roe makes lots of noise with ...
Then There Was Eight...Roe Dead at 92 Rays Digest - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
By Tot Holmes Elwin "Preacher Roe", one of the last living members of the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers World Series team, died in West Plains, Missouri, ...
Bill Reynolds: Tracking down Rhode Islanders to make the cover of ... Providence Journal - Providence,RI,USA
The Brooklyn Dodgers’ Clem Labine, pitching during spring training in 1957, was the first Rhode Islander to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated. ...
Fantasy farewell Sebastian Sun - Sebastian,FL,USA
Los Angeles Dodgers fans and former players from the Brooklyn days and beyond made their last treks to Vero Beach for the final Dodgers Adult Fantasy Camp ...
On This Day in History: October 31 A Farewell Clang, Clang, Clang Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
When the electric streetcars came in the late 1800s, it was Brooklyn that embraced the clang-clangers with great enthusiasm. There were so many electric ...
Willard Mullin Draws "The Brooklyn Bum" By Leif Peng(Leif Peng) Twenty years earlier, during the 1937 baseball season, Willard Mullin was leaving a Brooklyn Dodgers double-header. He had just watched the team split a double header. By winning the first game they had climbed into the upper half ...
The Duke Of Flatbush: The Story Of Duke Snider Bleacher Report - San Francisco,CA,USA
Duke Snider is one of the best Dodgers ever to play the game. He played for the Brooklyn/LA Dodgers from 1947 to 1962. He played left field and is one of ...
