Sunday, January 18, 2009

Brooklyn Dodger News Alerts

Sports of The Times A Journey From Ebbets Field to the Steps of ... New York Times - United States
We rooted for the Brooklyn Dodgers, who in 1947 called up Jackie Robinson, the first black major leaguer of that century. ...

It's Always Old-Timers' Day at Downtown's New Sports Museum LA Downtown News Online - Los Angeles,CA,USA
It's 1957 and Brooklyn (not for long) Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley yearns to turn your quaint LA home into a giant parcel of right centerfield. ...

Lasorda named living legend Hometown News - Fort Pierce,FL,USA
After a stellar pitching career in the minor leagues, Lasorda broke in with the then-Brooklyn Dodgers in 1954 and was part of the team's only World Series ...

The Dodgers’ Yankee: A Maine man Addison County Independent - Middlebury,VT,USA
He was the Dodger scout who met with Robinson in Chicago and accompanied him to Brooklyn for the historic meeting with Branch Rickey, when Rickey informed ...

On This Day in History: January 14 Rickey Meets Dixie Brooklyn Daily Eagle -Brooklyn,NY,USA
by Brooklyn Eagle
(edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 01-14-2009 BROOKLYN — When Larry MacPhail resigned as president of the Brooklyn Dodgers after ...

Historically Speaking: Obama’s Home Run Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
As America’s first African-American president, he also shares a 40 number with a Brooklyn hero, Jackie Robinson, No. 42, of the famed Dodgers baseball team. ...

Scully pulls up his own chair Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... watched the MLB Network replay of the perfect game pitched by Don Larsen for the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1956 World Series. ...

Baseball's Invisible Man BlackAthlete.net - USA
Thus, Brooklyn Dodgers owner Branch Rickey and Veeck broke baseball's unwritten law of not signing players of color to the majors. ...

Vin Scully Named Top Sportscaster of All Time LAist - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Scully started under the tutelage of the great Red Barber with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1950 and became the youngest person to broadcast a World Series game ...

Where Brooklyn is Laid to Rest Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
... Governor Dewitt Clinton, Charles Ebbets, the Brooks Brothers, Horace Greeley, ... Maimonides and Salem Field, which are also near the Queens border, ...

Demonstators protest arrival of Soviet leader; Dodger turns to ... Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Snider had a role in an episode of "The Rifleman," which starred former Brooklyn Dodger (and very briefly, former Boston Celtic) Chuck Connors. ...

First Black Major Leaguer Breaks Down Racial Divides NewsBlaze - Folsom,CA,USA
The Brooklyn Dodgers arrived at Shibe Park, bringing their new lightning rod of controversy to the baseball stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - a black ...

FROM THE BROOKLYN AERIE Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
Depending on where they played their games, the Brooklyn Dodgers had different names on their uniforms. When out of town, the uniforms said “Brooklyn. ...

Remembering Al Gionfriddo The Braves Show - USA
The series shifted to Ebbets Field and, as always, strange and weird things happened when the Dodgers played at home. The Dodgers jumped into an early 6-0 ...

On This Day in History: December 30 ‘Man with the Golden Arm’ Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
Meanwhile the Brooklyn Dodgers had heard of him and kept an eye and ear to his career in baseball. Several major leagues made offers of contracts. ...