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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 ...

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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 ...

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O'Malley a Hall of Famer? Brooklyn says no Napa Valley Register - Napa,CA,USA
Walter O’Malley, the owner of the Dodgers from 1950 to 1997, did more than just move his Brooklyn Dodgers out of New York in 1958. ...

On This Day in History: August 1 Ebbets Field Goes Opera Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 08-01-2008 EBBETS FIELD — On Aug. 1, 1925, open air performances of opera started at Ebbets ...

Amateur baseball remembered St. James Plaindealer - St. James,MN,USA
By Mark Anderson, Sports Writer Richard Bolin was there when St. James signed Cy Buker, who had played with the Brooklyn Dodgers two years before. ...

DILBECK: Former Dodgers owner O'Malley finally gets vindication Los Angeles Daily News - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Attendance was in decline, Ebbets Field was small and badly aging. But Robert Moss, the powerful head of New York's Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, ...

Known for move to LA, O'Malley moves into Hall Ventura County Star - Camarillo,CA,USACOOPERSTOWN, NY
— Former Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday. ...

Late Dodgers Owner Inducted into Hall of Fame ktla 5 - Los Angeles,CA,USA
O'Malley's association with the Dodgers began in 1932, when he was assigned to the team's Board of Directors by the Brooklyn Trust Co., at a time when the ...

Tom Lasorda still bleeds Dodger blue after all these years Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
From there I was sent to one of the Dodgers' three triple-A affiliates, the Montreal Royals. In 1954 I had finally made my way to Brooklyn and was playing ...

Walter O'Malley treated Dodgers, and fans, like family Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The Brooklyn Dodgers owner was buying the most menial Dodgers employee a World Series ring commemorating the Dodgers' first world championship. ...

O’Malley and Kuhn Enter Hall, Forever Linked by Bold Moves New York Times - United States
The Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley exploited baseball’s manifest destiny by moving the franchise to Los Angeles in 1958, still angering the Brooklyn fans. ...

On further review, O'Malley got bum rap Albany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA
In the HBO documentary "Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush," New York University president John Sexton said, "Walter O'Malley is down there in the ...

Making the big move to the HOF Daily Pennsylvanian - Philadelphia,PA,USA
In 1957, he moved the Dodgers from the rundown Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York to Los Angeles, where he built, privately financed, and helped to design ...

When pigs fly BrooklynPapers.com - NY, United States
The memory of the Dodgers desertion of Brooklyn is still vivid for the many former Brooklyn Dodger fans in the stands at Keyspan Park. ...

‘Shotgun’ Shuba returns to Brooklyn BrooklynPapers.com - NY, United States
Shuba was on hand for a signing of his book, “My Memories as a Brooklyn Dodger,” but one of those memories was a single, natural act of humanity that came ...

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Tribute to O'Malley is long overdue MLB.com - USA
The HBO special ["The Brooklyn Dodgers: Ghosts of Flatbush"] focused on that effort, on my father addressing the aging Ebbets Field situation, ...

Tense Political Vote Preceded Dodgers' Move West Fifty Years Ago 89.3 KPCC - CA,USA
It seemed like such a good idea at the time: LA wanted the Dodgers; Brooklyn Dodger owner Walter O’Malley wanted Chavez Ravine for a new stadium; ...

Kuhn, O'Malley changed the game MLB.com - USA
I guess if you grew up with a passion for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Ebbets Field, the description fits. But I don't think villains are elected to the Hall of ...

Did They Ever Play Polo at the Polo Grounds? Gothamist - NY,USA
... to Staten Island in 1886 only lasting a year there before being bought out for the territorial rights by the Brooklyn Dodgers after the 1887 season. ...

Billy Harris Celebrates Canadian Hall of Fame KNDO/KNDU - Yakima,WA,USA
Harris says, "I think my fondest memory was going to the Big Leagues with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Roy Campanella catching me, knowing all the guys that would ...

You Can Still Hear the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" WTOC - Savannah,GA,USA
He hit the homerun in 1951 that won the National League pennant for the New York Giants over the Brooklyn Dodgers. He's Bobby Thomson. ...

Third-generation Rickey keeps legacy alive Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
Arguably his most important contribution to the sport came as president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945, when he signed Robinson to a ...

University of Michigan to name professorship after Branch Rickey The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
Robinson made his big-league debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Rickey, a previous player himself, was the general manager of the Dodgers and wanted to ...

Next stop, Brooklyn Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... the house as a major player in the Revolutionary War's Battle of Brooklyn and later as the field house for the precursor to the Brooklyn Dodgers. ...

Unlike Shea Stadium, Dodger Stadium is not going out of style New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
Dodger Stadium doesn't have anywhere near the character of a Fenway, or for that matter the old Ebbets Field. But neither is it one of those Astroturf, ...

The Mutiny in the Brooklyn clubhouse Kingston Daily Freeman - Kingston,NY,USA
There was, however, a classic exception, which took place during the 1943 season involving the Brooklyn Dodgers. Leo Durocher was the manager, ...

Ebbets Field Demolition One of the saddest video clips a sports fan can see: From 1960, a demolition crew began knocking down the beloved home of the Brooklyn Dodgers three years after the team played its last game there before relocating to Los Angeles.

A done deal: Dodgers out of Vero Beach USA Today - USA
After calling Vero Beach their spring home for 61 years dating back to when they were the Brooklyn Dodgers, they informed Indian River County, Fla., ...

Ebbets Field Houses tenants battling to reclaim cherished plaza ... New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
BY JEFF WILKINS and JOTHAM SEDERSTROM Police have stepped up enforcement at Ebbets Field Houses in Crown Heights, where residents have seen a spike in rowdy ...

Baseball's Theme Song Scores a Double Play For Local Fans Laguna Beach Independent - Laguna Beach,CA,USA
The first major league game Norworth attended was in Ebbets Field on June 27, 1940, when the Brooklyn Dodgers held "Jack Norworth Day. ...

Ahead of Hall, Coliseum Honors O'Malley Washington Post - United States
It was for Walter O'Malley, who in 1958 moved the Brooklyn Dodgers west, where they played at the Coliseum until Dodger Stadium opened in 1962. ...

Baseball and war have storied history Kingston Daily Freeman - Kingston,NY,USA
"The manpower shortage was affecting the Brooklyn Dodgers so much that Leo Durocher tried a comeback," noted Glibert. "After breaking in with the Yankees as ...

Jackie Robinson inducted into college hall Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
AP Robinson, who in 1947 donned a Brooklyn Dodger uniform to become the first black player in the major leagues, was inducted as the foundation's second ...

Baseball history expert Jules Tygiel dies San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
The manuscript was a labor of love for Professor Tygiel, who grew up on Brooklyn Dodgers baseball in the 1950s and considered Robinson a hero. ...

Peewee's gesture of solidarity Rutland Herald - Rutland,VT,USA
... depicting another side of his character, which took place during the early days of the great Jackie Robinson's first year with the Brooklyn Dodgers. ...

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Jackie Robinson Stands Alone Bleacher Report - Menlo Park,CA,USA
Despite his impressive list of accolades in athletics, Robinson made his greatest contributions outside of Ebbets Field. The retired second baseman spurred ...

New plaque honors Jackie Robinson Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA
Nearly a half-century after he was inducted into the hall, the late Brooklyn Dodgers great received a rare honor Wednesday — a new plaque that pays tribute ...

New Robinson plaque unveiled Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica,NY,USA...
Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was a simple litany of the highlights of his sensational career with the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1947 through 1956. ...

An updated profile in courage PennLive.com - Harrisburg,PA,USA...
the plaque's inscription only referenced Robinson's on-field accomplishments during his 10-year career with the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1947-56. ...

New plaque unveiled paying tribute to Robinson's cultural impact - MLBvESPN - USA
Nearly a half-century after he was inducted into the Hall, the late Brooklyn Dodgers great received a rare honor Wednesday -- a new plaque that pays tribute ...

A Fine Piece of Editing in Cooperstown New York Times - United States
But over his 10 seasons with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson was more than numbers. Much more. Both to baseball and to America. ...

Robinson's HOF plaque rededicated MLB.com - USA
Robinson, the first African-American to play in the big leagues when he opened the 1947 season at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers, was inducted into the ...

Leaders & Success Investor's Business Daily (subscription) - USA
Alston (1911-1984) managed the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1954 to 1957 and, after they moved, the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1958 to 1976. ...

Walter O'Malley Was Influential in Bringing Dodgers to LA 89.3 KPCC - CA,USA
The New York Irishman, who's still loathed in Brooklyn, out-maneuvered politicians on both coasts to find a bigger audience for his "Boys in Blue. ...

High Court Won’t Hear Appeal on Atlantic Yards New York Times - United States
Brooklyn has not had a professional major league sports team since the Dodgers left for Los Angeles in 1957. Lawyers for the mayor and other governmental ...

LAistory: Baseball's First Wrigley Field Was in LA LAist - Los Angeles,CA,USA
O'Malley had his eyes on Los Angeles to be the new home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and this deal gave him the "territorial rights" needed (Ballparks.com). ...

Not Ebbets Field, but Close Enough New York Times - United States
A Cyclones fan since 2001, Mr. Garrett was one of dozens of fans who said KeySpan Park helped them imagine the Brooklyn Dodgers and Ebbets Field, ...

Robinson was 'on the ball' as a civil rights advocate Tri State Defender - Memphis,TN,USA
After playing in the old Negro Leagues, Robinson was signed by Branch Rickey for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He took to the field for the first time on April 15, ...

On This Day in History: June 18 Babe Ruth’s Last Hurrah Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 06-18-2008 BROOKLYN — Babe Ruth was signed as coach of the Brooklyn Dodgers on June 18, 1938. ...

Cincinnati's Vander Meer tossed baseball's only back-to-back no ... The Republican - MassLive.com - Springfield,MA,USA
Vandy's next no-hitter came on a grand stage - the first night game at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field before a crowd of 38478. Through eight innings, he walked ...

In ’55, B’klyn Sandlot Baseball Was Color-Blind, But Cooperstown ... Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
Andrew Paul Mele is a member of the “Old Boys of Summer,” a team of seniors that plays on the Parade Ground, and the author of “The Brooklyn Dodger ...

Children’s Books New York Times - United States
None would return until Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers some 60 years later. 88 pp. Jump at the Sun/Hyperion. $18.99. ...

Scully, Wooden help kids with cancer MLB.com - USA
The two also talked about the first time they met 50 years ago when Scully had just arrived with the Dodgers from Brooklyn and had moved into an apartment ...

Brooklyn and Manhattan teams established the game of baseball at: PBS - USA
The Brooklyn Dodgers won their only championship in which year? Which player has the highest all-time career batting average? Who is the only pitcher to win ...

LA's Baseball Team Almost Became the 'Senators' 89.3 KPCC - CA,USA
Fifty years ago, LA's most famous sports transplants, the Dodgers, unpacked their bats and gloves to settle in the Southland from Brooklyn. ...

Action: Reading Into It: interview with author of ‘Playing With ... The Reporter - Fond du Lac,WI,USA
Drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1941, he was on track to have a long career as a major leaguer, that is, until WWII broke out and Gene was drafted into ...

Howe’s Brooklyn Author to Release Captivating Oral History of Brooklyn Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 06-09-2008 By Sam Howe and Friends How does one begin to capture the voice of a borough? ...

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Giant on the mound The Courier News - Elgin,IL,USA
The family rooted for the Brooklyn Dodgers, and in the early 1950s, Maglie played for the New York Giants, "their arch enemy. He seemed a frightening, ...

FROM THE BROOKLYN AERIE Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
... was these same Dodgers at Ebbets Field who were the first team in both leagues to play a night game. Did you know that the name of Brooklyn company that ...

Pro-Atlantic Yards Rally Attracts Huge Crowd Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
When he asked his uncle why the area had declined, his uncle told him that when the city turned down Walter O’Malley’s request to build a new Ebbets Field ...

Erskine finishes this start Indianapolis Star - United States
"That makes me nervous," said the Anderson, Ind., native and 12-year major leaguer who won a World Series ring with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1955. ...

GIANT OF THE GAME Mail Tribune - Medford,OR,USA
He'd already helped the Brooklyn Dodgers to their only World Series championship, but that mattered little now. Max Macon ran this team, and he had other, ...

Terrapins' Robinson Frederick News Post (subscription) - Frederick,MD,USA
Jackie Robinson's appearance at Ebbets Field with the Brooklyn Dodgers changed that playing field. So did Darryl Hill's appearance at Byrd Stadium. ...

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On this Day: Dodgers and Giants Get Permission to Move to California findingDulcinea - New York,New York,USA
by findingDulcinea Staff On May 28, 1957, the National League approved the move of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants baseball teams to Los Angeles ...

Baseball exec turned Dodgers into champions Times Colonist - Victoria,British Columbia,Canada
NEW YORK -- Buzzie Bavasi, who spent four decades as an executive for three Major League Baseball franchises and built the Brooklyn Dodgers' first ...

On This Day in History: May 22 FROM THE BROOKLYN AERIE Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
In buying up the land that eventually became Ebbets Field, baseball impresario Charles Ebbets purchased the parcels of land through a dummy corporation so ...

More Glory: Talking Baseball, From the ’50s and ’60s New York Times - United States
Mr. Vincent interviews the pitcher who, in 1951, served up the most famous gopher ball in baseball history, the Brooklyn Dodgers’ Ralph Branca. ...

How Zimmer lost his job to Wills ESPN - USA
From 1954 to 1957, I was a utility infielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers … [I]n 1958, when the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles, I finally became the regular ...

The sweet staying power of Junior's New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
After a Dodgers game, people would travel to Junior's on the Flatbush Ave. trolley. Later, it became a hangout for Brooklyn politicians. ...

Jackie Robinson’s daughter chronicles the challenges he overcame. Kansas City Star - MO,USA
The verbal abuse heaped on him from some of his own teammates, until the Brooklyn Dodgers’ management put a stop to it. Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s ...

Baseball in New York The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com - Syracuse,NY,USA
He is most animated when he speaks about playing at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn when Dodger fans made up a strange, hostile tribe. ...

7:36 pm: A+ Series: Achievements follow Erskine's baseball career Anderson Herald Bulletin - Anderson,IN,USA
Following a stint in the Navy he was signed into the Brooklyn Dodgers’ organization. He pitched his first Major League game in 1948. ...

Baseball Legends, and a Beloved Song New York Times - United States
Rickey was the visionary president of the Brooklyn Dodgers who recruited Jackie Robinson, making him, in 1947, the major leagues’ first black player. ...

Bossert sold? BrooklynPapers.com - NY, United States
By Gersh Kuntzman The Hotel Bossert, the swanky Montague Street accommodation that was the site of the Dodgers’ knock-down, drag-out World Series victory ...

Borts Field Dedication WYTV - Youngstown,OH,USA
He played eight years in the majors for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Shuba was asked to throw out a ceremonial first pitch tonight, but at age 83, he had a younger ...

Colourful Bavasi harboured soft spot for Montreal The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada
Buzzie was president and general manager of the California Angels, while his son, Peter, was GM of the Blue Jays. mutual love for the Brooklyn Dodgers - he

Historic Jackie Robinson Court Martial Papers in Auction News-antique.com (press release) - Garden City,NY,USA
The documents, one of which contains the hand-written initials of the former Brooklyn Dodgers' infielder, reveal that Robinson was pioneering civil rights ...

Bavasi leaves long legacy of respect MLB.com - USA
... pitcher Carl Erskine, who was seeking information so that he could send a floral arrangement on behalf of the 1955 world champion Brooklyn Dodgers. ...

Bavasi rooted in Nashua Nashua Telegraph - Nashua,NH,USA
Bavasi was cautiously optimistic, getting daily reports from representatives at the Brooklyn Dodgers' spring training home in Thomasville, NC, ...

Dodgers announcer Scully remains a treasure Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
Thus it was jarring to hear him suggest rather bluntly Tuesday that his 59th consecutive season calling Dodgers games might be his last. ...

Buzzie Bavasi; Dodgers GM Aided Baseball Integration Washington Post - United States
Buzzie Bavasi, left, with Brooklyn Dodgers star players Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella at the Hotel Lexington in New York. ...