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Arts Council presents Robinson tribute Corsicana Daily SunEbbet's Field, Brooklyn, New York, 1947 — Before a crowd of 26623 Americans, an African American baseball player suits up in a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform and ...

Swepsonville's Thompson, an ex-Dodger, dies Burlington Times News
Former Brooklyn pitcher Carl Erskine played with Thompson on that 1953 team, which he ranks as among the best Brooklyn Dodger lineups of all time. ...

Old-timers remember the good old days of baseball Ventura County Star
Born Oct. 5, 1909, Malinosky played three months for the Brooklyn Dodgers as an infielder in 1937. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) In this photo released by the Los ...

That Artful Dodgers Voice Wall Street Journal
In 1950, when he was only 23, Mr. Scully joined his mentor in the Brooklyn Dodgers broadcast booth and learned to never root for the home team, ...

Dodgers' Vin Scully 'One on One' From the Booth NewsHour
JEFFREY BROWN: He called the only perfect game pitched in a World Series: Don Larsen's gem for the Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1956. ...

Mickey Owen: Give Him a Break Subway Squawkers (blog)
He was a four-time National League All-Star as catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, was elected a County Sheriff, and ran the Mickey Owen Baseball School, ...

Oldest Major Leaguer Hits 100 NBC Los Angeles
Malinoski turned 100 Monday, just two days before the Dodgers open the MLB playoffs against St. Louis. His brief career with the Brooklyn Dodgers began ...

A Crown Heights History, Told by a Crown Heights Resident Brooklyn Daily Eagle
But the most beloved of the neighborhood's bygone structures is certainly Ebbets Field, which was bounded by Bedford Avenue, Sullivan Place, mckeever Place ...

October 4 is Johnny Podres Day: Brooklyn Triumphant Subway Squawkers (blog)
“Please don't interrupt,” Shirley Povich wrote for the next day's Washington Post, “because you haven't heard this one before: The Brooklyn Dodgers are ...

The Spirits of Coogan's Bluff Haunt the Mets New York Times
“The Mets even played here for two seasons before they moved to Shea Stadium in 1964, but the Giants are virtually ignored at Citi Field. ...

Tony Malinosky still following Dodgers at 99 Los Angeles Times
The former Brooklyn Dodgers infielder, who is days away from his 100th birthday, is baseball's oldest major leaguer. Tony Malinosky played three months for ...

Collinsville?s major leaguer hits century mark SuburbanJournals
He played in 35 games for the Brooklyn Dodgers in his golden summer before a knee injury sidelined him. While Malinosky was a Dodger, Collinsville gave one ...

Former big leaguer turning 100 years old MLB.com
Malinosky, who batted .228 in 79 at-bats for the 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers, remains an ardent fan of his big league alma mater. "I've got a very good TV and we ...

On This Day in History: October 4 'Next Year' Finally Came! Brooklyn Daily Eagleby Vernon Parker (history@brooklyneagle.net)
, published online 10-02-2009 In answer to millions of prayers the Brooklyn Dodgers won a World Series! ...

LA Dodgers to honor Tommy Lasorda on Friday Los Angeles Daily News
Lasorda initially became part of the Dodger organization on Nov. 24, 1948, when the then-Brooklyn Dodgers selected him from the Philadelphia Phillies in the ...

Brooklyn outfielder Don Thompson died at 85 Tot Holmes (registration)
Thompson was a reserve outfielder during the time that Duke Snider, Carl Furillo, Andy Pafko and Sandy Amoros patrolled the green grass of Ebbets Field, ...

On This Day in History: October 1 On the Town: 1922 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
If you had wanted a little work-out with your fun you could have gone to the Brooklyn Roller Skating Rink out near Ebbets Field where you could have done ...

Brooklyn Through the Years: October Brooklyn Daily Eagle
October 4, 1955: Brooklyn Dodgers win their only World Series against the New York Yankees, 4 games to 3. Final game: Dodgers 2; Yankees 0. ...

On This Day in History: October 1 Baseball Fans Storm Ebbets Brooklyn Daily Eagleby Vernon Parker (history@brooklyneagle.net),
published online 10-01-2009 On October 1, 1951, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the NY Giants battled it out in the ...

FROM THE BROOKLYN AERIE Brooklyn Daily Eagleby David Weiss (edit@brooklyneagle.net),
published online 09-30-2009 By David Ansel Weiss Although the Brooklyn Dodgers won just one World's Series in 1955, ...

Bill Bevens' Last Pitch in the Major Leagues Bleacher Report
Floyd "Bill" Bevens started Game Four of the 1947 World Series for the New Yankees at Ebbets Field against Brooklyn's rookie sensation, Harry Taylor, ...

The last el from Brooklyn Irish Echo
Ebbets Field and the Dodgers provide another set of memories. "Manhattan has such energy. You can feel it when you return after being away," said King, ...

Ex-Dodger Thompson dies at 85 Lower Hudson Journal newsBy Bob Berghaus
• Gannett • September 30, 2009 ASHEVILLE, NC - Don Thompson, who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers with Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider and Gil ...

Thompson, ex-Dodgers player, dead at 85 Asheville Citizen-TimesASHEVILLE
— Don Thompson played baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers with Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider and Gil Hodges. He roamed the outfield of Ebbets Field, ...

Armando's, Heights Mainstay For Over 70 Years, To Reopen Today Brooklyn Daily Eagle
The Armando's bar was also a favorite watering hangout for many of the Brooklyn Dodgers, as the team's office was also on Montague Street. ...

On This Day in History: September 24 Dodgers Bid a Sad Adieu To ... Brooklyn Daily Eagle
What's Brooklyn without the Dodgers?” It was on April 9, 1913 that the most modern ballpark of its time opened in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, ...

'Red Remembers' Golden Era of baseball Troy Record - Troy,NY,USA
The baseball references are gold to a person who like myself spent his youth in Ebbets Field, but the obscure references about some ballplayers might ...

On This Day in History: September 17 The Battle of Ebbets Field Brooklyn Daily Eagle
The Ebbets Field home attendance [for the season] reached 931421 yesterday [Sept. 16]. The Dodgers have eight more playing days at home in which to pass the ...

'69 Mets: Team finally got serious under Gil Hodges Newsday
Those hands were familiar to New Yorkers who cherished Hodges as a star first baseman with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1950s and as a nostalgic addition to ...

Harwell's heartfelt farewell: Legend serene in face of cancer USA Today
"I've got a little old bug that works pretty fast," says Harwell, who also called games for the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants and Baltimore Orioles from ...

'Book it' to the New Lenox Library New Lenox Patriot
... the story of his father, Gene Moore, who was headed for baseball stardom with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1941 when Pearl Harbor interrupted his plans. ...

Former Dodger Lonny Frey Died at 99 Tot Holmes (registration)By Tot Holmes
Lonny Frey, who played with the Brooklyn Dodgers 1933-36, died September 13 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Frey played in the majors from 1933 ...

On This Day in History: September 18-19 Ward's Field of Dreams Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
famous loaf, found a home at Brooklyn's Washington Park, which had been the home of the Dodgers until they moved to the newer and larger Ebbets Field in ...

MLB Miscellany: An All-Star Lineup of Ex-Major Leaguers 90 and Older Bleacher Report
Catcher: Mike Sandlock, who spent some time with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves (yes, the Braves). First base: Phil Cavaretta, who helped the Cubs ...

Lonny Frey, second-oldest major leaguer, dies at 99 Victoria Advocate
Frey was the last surviving player to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants and Yankees. Frey, originally a switch-hitter who began batting ...

Hey, sports fans: Here's what baseball was like before it was great BrooklynPapers.com
The park's location on Fifth Avenue between Third and Fourth Streets was the site of the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers before Ebbets Field opened in 1912. ...

Tigers and Fans Salute Harwell New York Times
A native of Atlanta, Harwell began his broadcasting career in 1948 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. He spent several years each with the New York Giants and the ...

Former major-leaguer Lonny Frey dies Seattle Times
Mr. Frey was the last surviving player to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants and Yankees. Mr. Frey was a .269 career hitter, with 61 home runs. ...

Come to Think of It: Vin Scully's 'Voice Of Heaven' Still Going Strong Bleacher Report
... and deciding game of the 1955 World Series, when Scully announced simply, "Ladies and gentlemen, the Brooklyn Dodgers are the champions of the world. ...

Carl Erskine to lead Special Olympics benefit Chicago Tribune
The former Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher has been a fixture at the event for 20 years. He will take the stage once again to play the harmonica with his ...

Defenders demise is Nashua's loss Nashua Telegraph
In 1956 "Newk" won Rookie of the Year, MVP and Cy Young awards when he moved up to the major league pitching for the Brooklyn Dodgers. ...

New Field Celebrated For Slope's Washington Park Brooklyn Daily Eagle
In December 2008, the three-acre park was again named for Washington, as when it was home to Brooklyn Baseball Club, the predecessor to the Brooklyn Dodgers ...

The Brooklyn Dodgers Defied the Ku Klux Klan Bleacher Report by Harold Friend (Scribe) Written on August 26, 2009
The Brooklyn Dodgers had scheduled three exhibition games against the Atlanta Crackers to be played in ...

Brooklyn is true to Tommy YourNabe.com
Moments after Lasorda was inducted himself into the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame by the museum's curator, Marty Adler, he was experiencing a flashback. ...

Giants–Dodgers, the Forgotten Rivalry The Epoch Times
He broke into the majors with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. He was the first African-American player ever and became an icon in major league baseball. ...

Neil Diamond Owes His Career to the Brooklyn Dodgers Spinner
More than 50 years later, Diamond is still hurt by the move of his beloved Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles. "The Dodgers were part of my existence so I have ...

Tommy Lasorda — Brooklyn hall of famer?! BrooklynPapers.com
Lasorda, the retired Los Angeles Dodger manager, was inducted into the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame at Keyspan Park on Sunday, despite pitching for Dem ...

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Lasorda To Be Inducted Into Brooklyn Dodgers HOF CBS 2
Hall of Fame manager and Special Advisor to the Chairman Tommy Lasorda will be inducted into the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will ...

On This Day in History: August 13 Big Noise At Ebbets Brooklyn Daily Eagle
CAPTION: Sports took to the Eagle's front page on August 14, 1955 following August 13th's big blowout at Ebbets Field. The headline read: “Zany Rooters Toot ...

New scholarship to honor Elwin "Preacher" Roe The News
In 1948, he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and became one of the greatest pitchers of the era, hurling in three World Series and being one of the original ...

Tommy Lasorda Returns to Brooklyn on August 16th OurSports Central (press release)
His major league career began in 1954 when, as a 26-year-old left-handed pitcher, he made his debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers. On Sunday, August 16th, ...

It's time for Dodger Baseball Los Angeles Dodgers - Los Angeles,CA,USA
You'd see him stand and clap for the little tike down on the field who ... spots for Schaefer back in the Ebbets Field days and announcements for Twitter in ...

Forgotten Hall Of Famer Profile: Arky Vaughan Bleacher Report
Up today is Arky Vaughan, Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Dodgers shortstop during the 1930's and 40's. The Pirates made Vaughan their starting shortstop in ...

Vest stories: Cal McLish & Bob Tway NewsOK.com
McLish was an 18-year-old rookie with the Brooklyn Dodgers, fresh out of Oklahoma City's Central High School, and Dodger coach Charlie Dressen, ...

He got name: Warren grad Campanella knows about his Hall of Fame ... Lake Villa Review
Three pictures of the late Brooklyn Dodgers great adorn Vinnie's bedroom. Roy Campanella was an eight-time all-star and a three-time National League MVP ...

At 103-Year-Old Vermont Ballpark, Time Is the Opponent New York Times
Johnny Podres, the left-hander who clinched the Brooklyn Dodgers' only championship in 1955, tossed his first professional pitches here. ...

A Tantalizing Triple Play Film Stewby Richard Horgan Dad Gene Moore, who started out as a phenom-prospect for the Brooklyn Dodgers (pictured below), was one of several US Navy men during ...

FROM THE BROOKLYN AERIE Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
It wasn't only that Ebbets Field was small, but that it had parking spaces for only 700 cars while the new stadium in Chavez Ravine could handle 24000 cars. ...

Vin Scully's 61* Record LA Weekly - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... calling ballgames -- especially those played by a single team, the Dodgers, whose games Scully first began calling at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field in 1950. ...

Vin Scully's Final Innings New York Times
By Tyler Kepner Andrew Gombert for The New York Times Vin Scully at Shea Stadium before the start of Game 1 of the NLDS in 2006. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. ...

The day Vin Scully came in from the cold Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Barber, voice of the Brooklyn Dodgers and host of a college football roundup show on the CBS Radio Network, had met Scully only briefly but remembered the ...

On This Day in History: July 23 Birth Anniversary of the 'Captain'Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
by Vernon Parker (history@brooklyneagle.net), published online 07-23-2009 A quarter-century after he last led his teammates out of the Ebbets Field dugout ...

Lonny Frey to Tony Cuccinello to Sam Leslie: Joe Stripp Played Third Bleacher Report - CA,USA
Optimism reigned supreme at the Brooklyn Dodgers' spring training camp despite the fact that the team had finished sixth the year before. ...

The Dodgers Extend Casey Stengel's Contract and Sign Van Lingle Mungo Bleacher Report - CA,USA
by Harold Friend (Scribe) Casey Stengel and the Brooklyn Dodgers got great satisfaction by beating the New York Giants the last two games of the season, ...

Special video presentation bring hometown heroes together again Anderson Herald Bulletin - Anderson,IN,USA
Erskine went from the Anderson sandlots to the Major League diamonds of Brooklyn and Los Angeles while playing for the Dodgers. ...

Binghamton Baseball Shrine Induction Day WBNG-TV - Binghamton,NY,USA
Also inducted tonight was Hallstead native Danny McDevitt. He played six big-league seasons and is the last Brooklyn Dodger to pitch at historic Ebbets Field.

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH Washington Post - United States
The Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants headed west in 1957, shattering God's plan forever, but 16 teams were not enough to go around anymore. ...

The Giants Lose the Pennant. The Giants Lose the Pennant. Bleacher Report - CA,USA
by Harold Friend (Scribe) Before 45055 paying customers, the majority Brooklyn Dodgers' supporters, the New York Giants lost their final game of the 1934 ...

The Brooklyn Dodgers' Vengeance: Bill Terry Had to Eat His Words Bleacher Report - CA,USA
The Brooklyn Dodgers were visiting Bill Terry's Giants at the Polo Grounds for two games. National League president John Heydler informed both contenders ...

Dizzy and Paul Dean's Great Doubleheader Against the Brooklyn Dodgers Bleacher Report - CA,USA
The lead was back to three and one-half games and now, Brooklyn was entering the picture. The Cardinals went from Boston to Ebbets Field, and the Giants ...

Villagers weigh in on prized pitchers Villages Daily Sun - The Villages,FL,USA
Koufax signed with his hometown team, the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1955, but was unable to break into the team's regular pitching rotation his first several ...

Brooklyn Dodger News Alerts

The Brooklyn Dodgers Dominated Hall-of-Famer Carl Hubbell Bleacher Report - CA,USA
It was Hubbell's first start of the season against Brooklyn. Giants' skipper Bill Terry usually made sure that Hubbell would not face the Dodgers, ...

The Birth of Distrust Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
And so we came to the World Series of 1955, another subway series: the Brooklyn Dodgers vs. the New York Yankees. The Dodgers -- the greatest baseball team ...

The Brooklyn Dodgers Sign Old Tom Zachary Bleacher Report - CA,USA
by Harold Friend (Scribe) The 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers lacked solid pitching, but both Casey Stengel and general manager Bob Quinn thought that the team had ...

Spotlight on Dodgers' History: Uncle Robbie Bleacher Report - CA,USA
When Brooklyn inked him as their field manager about a month later, a blood feud was born. Robinson managed a National League Pennant in 1916, going 94-60, ...

The Brooklyn Dodgers Beat New York on the Seventh Attempt Bleacher Report - CA,USA
by Harold Friend (Scribe) Casey Stengel's Brooklyn Dodgers hosted the hated New York Giants in a holiday double header on May 31, 1934. ...

On This Day in History: July 8 Stanky Was a Stinker Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
Stanky had played for the Dodgers from 1944-47. Branch Rickey, president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, said of Stanky, “Eddie would get up to ...

Casey Stengel's Brooklyn Dodgers Counted on a Hack Wilson Comeback Bleacher Report - CA,USA
by Harold Friend (Scribe) The Brooklyn Robins (Dodgers) were an offensively challenged team when Casey Stengel took over in 1934. ...

Dodger manager Walter Alston (l.) and owner Walter O'Malley in 1953 Irish Central - NY,NY,UK
Former Brooklyn — and, as no New York baseball fan can forget — Los Angeles Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley was inducted into the Irish American Baseball Hall ...

Brooklyn Dodgers Win in Casey Stengel's Managerial Debut at Ebbets ... Bleacher Report - CA,USA
by Harold Friend (Scribe) The Brooklyn Dodgers hosted the Boston Braves in the 1934 season opener. Casey Stengel tabbed Van Lingle Mungo as his pitcher. ...

Casey Stengel Becomes Brooklyn's Manager Bleacher Report - CA,USA
by Harold Friend (Scribe) Near the end of February, 1934, the Brooklyn Dodgers summoned coach Casey Stengel to New York. The next day, General Manager Bob ...

Will Lind be the people's choice? Anderson Herald Bulletin - Anderson,IN,USA
Representing the Brooklyn Dodgers, Erskine entered in the bottom of the eighth inning with one out and the game tied 9-9. He struck out Mickey Vernon of the ...

Livin' the Dream with Tom Fouch: Baseball, Brooklyn, and bums Lincoln Standard - Culloden,WV,USA
Such is the case with the documentary, "Brooklyn Dodgers: Ghosts of Flatbush." It should be noted that baseball is a subject I love, so I wasn't wasting ...

Hathaway's career spans 7 decades Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
Save for a six-week stretch in 1945, when he pitched in four games with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Hathaway spent all that time in the minor leagues. ...

Why Short Al, Talkative Fan, Calls No More New York Times - United States
He rattled off the starting lineups from the 1941 World Series between the Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, and then for the 1944 World Series between the ...

Jackie was our all-time All-Star St. Louis American - St. Louis,MO,USA
"I go to auctions and baseball shows and I look for anything connected to Jackie or the Brooklyn Dodgers.” (He doesn't count the Los Angeles Dodgers. ...

Historically Speaking Brooklyn Through the Ages: July Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
July 6, 1912: Cornerstone of Ebbets Field Grandstand laid. July 7, 1912: “Three drowned and fifty fall in water by breaking of rotten pier at Point Breeze, ...

On This Day in History: June 30 'Is Anyone Here From Brooklyn?' Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
Her agent took her around to other studios and some of the advice she was given was: “Get rid of that Brooklyn accent, you sound like Ebbets Field. ...

Bonus Baby Sandy Koufax Bleacher Report - CA,USA
by Harold Friend (Scribe) There was a brief story on Dec.14, 1954 in the Cincinnati Times-Star revealing that the Brooklyn Dodgers were going to sign ...

Nets one step closer to Brooklyn Examiner.com - USA
... a deal that will eventually lead to the construction of a new NBA arena on the site that was once proposed for a domed stadium for the Brooklyn Dodgers. ...

The Cardinals Traded Joe Medwick Because of Money Bleacher Report - CA,USA
Joe Medwick's trade from the Cardinals to Brooklyn in 1940 is an excellent example. Medwick joined the Cardinals in 1932. He never batted less than .306, ...

The 10 most significant steals of home in baseball history SI.com - USA
The Dodgers went on to bring Brooklyn its only world championship in that Series, but they actually lost Game 1, 6-5, making Robinson's the only steal of ...

Jackie Robinson was a real hero Zanesville Times Recorder - Zanesville,OH,USA
Branch Rickey, the general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, had the courage to challenge baseball's (and thus, America's) racist policies. ...

Baseball Voices The Daily News Online - Batavia,NY,USA
Scully, 81, is in his 60th year of broadcasting baseball for the Dodgers -- first on CBS Radio in Brooklyn, then radio and television in Los Angeles. ...

In response to the letter writer (June 14) who suggests I ... New York Times - United States
For all those who think you can't talk about O'Malley and the Dodgers in Brooklyn, I say — you shoulda been there.

Historically Speaking: Hotel St. George And Its Pool Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
The Brooklyn Dodgers owned a suite of rooms at the St. George in 1946 and '47. While hotel finances declined in the Depression, they picked up during World ...

FROM THE BROOKLYN AERIE Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
If you want to know the names of the Brooklyn Dodgers who were responsible for what is probably the biggest goof in major league baseball history — ending ...

O'Malley vs. Moses, a Half-Century Later Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Then in 2005 a fellow who seemed one of the least likely men in America to write a book about the Brooklyn Dodgers, the political columnist Tom Oliphant, ...

'The Shot' still stands for Jints Napa Valley Register - Napa,CA,USA
By Ev 'Ace' Parker My backyard neighbor Tom McNicholas sent me an e-mail the other day, and Tom — once a Brooklyn boy and lifetime Brooklyn Dodgers fan in ...

“After Many A Summer” relives the fans' heartbreak when the ... Providence Journal - Providence,RI,USA
By Mark Dunkelman As a charter member of the Southeastern New England Brooklyn Dodgers Fan Club (SNEBDFC), I wonder why I chose to review this book. ...

Rochester author recalls fabled baseball announcer Vin Scully Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA
Born in the Bronx and raised in Manhattan, Scully's heart became attached to Brooklyn once he joined the Dodgers' broadcast team. When the Dodgers finally ...

FROM THE BROOKLYN AERIE Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
It's hard to believe when you see the costs of bleacher seats in New York's newest baseball stadiums that at Ebbets Field you could get a bleacher seat for ...

If They Don't Win It's A Shame Greene County Daily World - Linton,In,USA
Bad Bill was the Manager of the Dodgers, or rather the Brooklyn Superbas in 1910, which became the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers in 1911. ...

On This Day in History: June 15 Lights On at Ebbets Field Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
It was an exciting game even if the Dodgers lost. The lights must have distracted the Dodgers — they lost the game to the Cincinnati Reds 6-0. ...

When the Braves bailed Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
Convinced that he could not compete with so wealthy a rival, O'Malley began working feverishly to move his team out of aging Ebbets Field into a new ...

Two extra-base hits about the golden '50s Boston Globe - United States
Shapiro, a professor of journalism at Columbia University who wrote a book about the Dodgers' last season in Brooklyn, depicts Rickey as a potential savior ...

Loran Smith: Athens' Jackson had a big time in the big leagues Daily Citizen - Dalton,GA,USA
Jackson hit the last home run by a Brooklyn Dodger in 1957, when the team concluded the season in Philadelphia and began packing up for the move to Los ...

Biography has the word on baseball voice Vin Scully USA Today - USA
Scully's big-league schooling began under Red Barber with the 1950 Brooklyn Dodgers and continued when the club moved to California eight years later. ...

Ray McNulty: Dodgertown should stay in Vero Beach TCPalm - West Palm Beach,FL,USA
... whose father, Bud, was a Cadillac dealer who in 1947 lured the then-Brooklyn Dodgers to Vero Beach, where the complex's stadium bears his name. ...

Sports club audience hears praise choruses for Preacher Roe Log Cabin Democrat - Conway,AR,USA
Roe, who went on to become an icon pitcher foe the Brooklyn Dodgers during their golden era in the late 1940s and early 1950s, died of colon cancer last ...

Why, how baseball left NY City Tulsa World - Tulsa,OK,USA
Less than a year later, journalist Robert Murphy reminds us, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants abandoned The Big Apple for Los Angeles and San ...

'Miracle Ball' recounts hunt for famous Bobby Thomson home-run ball Staten Island Advance - SILive.com - Staten Island,NY,USA
by Malcolm Ritter/AP Associated pressthe New York Giants' Bobby Thomson hits his pennant-winning home run, on Oct. 3, 1951, against the Brooklyn Dodgers. ...

Book review: 'Pull Up a Chair: The Vin Scully Story' by Curt Smith Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... other sources to tell the story of a 22-year-old Bronx kid who made his debut in the Brooklyn Dodgers broadcasting booth alongside Red Barber in 1950. ...

The Man Who Shot 'the Shot Heard 'Round the World' Wall Street Journal - USA
And so, as the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants waged their final playoff game in Harlem, the amateur photographer let pass 77 balls and 142 strikes, ...

Pete Reiser: The Definition of Hustle Bleacher Report - CA,USA
The year was 1941, and the Brooklyn Dodgers were 21 season removed from their last pennant. Coming off a solid 88-65 season, the Dodgers needed a spark to ...

Nets Face Deep Potholes On Road To Brooklyn Forbes - NY,USA
Think of the marketing possibilities that come with being the first major sports team to move to Brooklyn since the Dodgers left in 1958--not to mention a ...

Eagle Artifact Recalls Brooklyn's Past Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
... parochial and private high schools of Brooklyn.” Published before the Navy Yard was closed, before the Dodgers left and, of course, before the Eagle ...

Book recounts hunt for ball from famous 1951 homer San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Thomson's home run, in the bottom of the ninth inning against the Brooklyn Dodgers, clinched the pennant for the New York Giants. ...

Johnny Vander Meer- A Feat For The Ages Bleacher Report - CA,USA
Many of the 38748 who had piled into Ebbets Field for this regular season match-up between the Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers were here to be a part ...

Dodgers treasure Chattanooga Times Free Press - Chattanooga,TN,USA
It all started for Sal LaRocca as a boy attending his first Brooklyn Dodgers game at Ebbets Field in the summer of 1944. “My very first game was a night ...

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH New York Times - United States
Branch Rickey, a former owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers and the man responsible for breaking the game's color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson in 1947, ...

Jaime Richards column: Jackie Robinson's story remains relevant Daily Review Online - CA,USA
Shortly after World War II, Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager Branch Rickey came up with a plan. He'd integrate his team. Why? 1. ...

FOREVER BLUE New York Times - United States
By Michael D'Antonio O'Malley changed baseball profoundly, and (sorry, Brooklyn) in ways that were not all for the bad. His move — in which he was joined by ...

Years later, fame of 'shot' lives on for Bobby Thomson USA Today - USA
In spite of his three-run homer off the Brooklyn Dodgers' Ralph Branca that won the National League pennant for the New York Giants in 1951, Thomson just ...

Why Baseball Still Needs Jackie and Pee Wee Bleacher Report - CA,USA
Pee Wee was the Dodgers captain, 10-time All Star, and winner of seven league championships while the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn. ...

Revisiting The Twilight of New York Baseball's Golden Age mediabistro.com - New York,NY,USA
... baseball books positioned on opposite sides of the historical moment when the Giants left Manhattan and the Dodgers left Brooklyn—in close proximity, ...

Streetcars for B'klyn: Transit Blogger Proposes a Revival Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
At the time, trolleys were an integral part of Brooklyn life. In fact, the baseball name “Brooklyn Dodgers” was short for “Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers,” ...

A Day for Rachel Robinson Los Angeles Times Blogs - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Kareem spoke about his love of the Brooklyn Dodgers and what Jackie meant to him. He continued to speak admiringly of Jackie and Rachel's relationship and ...

Recognizing My Inheritance The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark,NJ,USA
And they were being raised by a Brooklyn Dodgers fan - they'd learn what it means to "Wait 'Till Next Year." The rest of us came along (there's 7 kids in my ...

Sports of The Times The Romance of Teams Traveling by Train New York Times - United States
Harry Harris/AP The Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley with Manager Chuck Dressen and Ralph Branca in 1951. By DAVE ANDERSON For any trip of meaningful ...

'Bottom of the Ninth' Wall Street Journal - USA
The Braves' reversal of fortune was noted, with envy, by the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Walter O'Malley. Despite owning the majors' most profitable team ...

Lady all-stars Pasadena Weekly - Pasadena,CA,USA
... triumphs of Mack and his brother Jackie, who in 1947 broke Major League Baseball's color barrier by signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers at age 28. ...

Artist Hopes Mural Will Land Hodges in Hall of Fame WTVW - Evansville,IN,USA
Before he made a name for himself as manager of the 1969 miracle Mets and as a player for the Brooklyn Dodgers he spent his life in the southern Indiana ...

Petersburg honors Gil Hodges with mural Evansville Courier & Press - Evansville,IN,USA
The mural includes three pictures of Hodges — as a Brooklyn Dodger, as manager of the Mets, and at-bat in Ebbetts Field. Faces in the crowd at Ebbetts were ...

Brooklyn Dodger News Alerts

Rachel Robinson to receive ucla's highest honor UC Los Angeles - Los Angeles,CA,USA

Today, the name of Jackie Robinson, who famously broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947 as a player with the Brooklyn Dodgers, ...


Time Passages ~ Nashua's Dodgers Nashua Telegraph - Nashua,NH,USA

The Nashua Dodgers, a farm club of the Brooklyn Dodgers, operated in the class-B New England League between 1946 and 1949. The team was based at Holman ...


The rest of the story: There was much more to MLB player Frank ... NewsOK.com - Oklahoma City,OK,USA

Kellert, at-bat for the Brooklyn Dodgers, is studying the play. He has the perfect angle, while Summers can't tell you much more than what number is on ...

Pete Barth column: Cleveland kids celebrate American icon Sheboygan Press - Sheboygan,WI,USA

Jackie, of course, broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947, when he took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Sadly, he received death threats ...

Here's to you, Mr. Robinson: Hudson man made splash in turn of the ... MetroWest Daily News - Framingham,MA,USA

From 1914 to 1931, the Brooklyn Dodgers were called the Brooklyn Robins in honor of their manager, Wilbert Robinson. Nicknamed "Uncle Robbie," Robinson led ...

AROUND THE MINORS Arkansas Democrat Gazette - AR,USA

The 65-acre complex, once a World War II naval air base, was created under legendary Dodgers executive Branch Rickey as a place for the entire Brooklyn ...

"100 Things" A Must-Read For All Dodger Fans True Blue LA - Los Angeles,CA,USA

Not only is the book chock full of facts, anecdotes, tidbits, and trivia about Dodger history -- both Brooklyn and Los Angeles -- but the wonderful writing ...

Minor League Baseball president wants Dodgertown renamed "Historic ... TCPalm - West Palm Beach,FL,USA

... insisted that name remain intact to honor Bud Holman, the former Eastern Airlines executive to helped attract the then-Brooklyn Dodgers here in 1948. ...

FROM THE BROOKLYN AERIE Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA

Although the term “Dodgers” when applied to the Brooklyn Dodgers conjures up scenes of playful antics as pedestrians tried to dodge the oncoming trolleys, ...

Forever Blue Signal - Santa Clarita,CA,USA

D'Antonio examines the life of the colorful former Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers owner in his new book: “Forever Blue.” D'Antonio said O'Malley was ...

Scully inducted into NABC Hall of Fame SportingNews.com - USA

Scully, 81, has been a Dodgers broadcaster since 1950, when the team still was located in Brooklyn. In 1982, Scully won the Ford C. Frick Award from the ...

The Numbers Say Jackie Robinson Was Bold, to Little Effect New York Times - United States

How did his antics on third base affect the Brooklyn Dodgers' bottom line? Analyzing Robinson's performance on the basepaths requires a statistical tool ...

Celebrating Jackie's Legacy (Part Three) BlackAthlete.net - USAKANSAS CITY

-- Before Jackie Robinson wore number 42 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, he wore No. 5 for the 1945 Kansas City Monarchs. 1. Robinson played his first ...

On This Day in History: April 17 The Stats on Opening Day, 1951 Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA

Although long gone now, we like to remember those golden years of baseball in Brooklyn. “The only two Dodger hurlers — since 1930 — who have won more than ...

Jackie Robinson Would Have Played for the New York Giants Bleacher Report - San Francisco,CA,USA

13, 1956, the Brooklyn Dodgers traded Jackie Robinson to the hated New York Giants for left-handed journeyman pitcher Dick Littlefield. ...

Sliding into Home New Yorker - United States

Now, reasonable people might ask why the Mets get a special claim on Robinson and, for that matter, the Brooklyn Dodgers (unreasonable people have asked, ...

The Dodgers Left My Father, the Stadium Left Me New York Times - United States

The date was Oct. 4, 1955, and the Brooklyn Dodgers had just won the World Series for the first and last time. Two years later, Brooklyn fans would flock to ...

Dodgers to Honor Scholars on Jackie Robinson Day NBC Los Angeles - Los Angeles,CA,USA

Don Newcombe, Robinson's teammate with the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1949-51 and 1954-56, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the game against the ...

On This Day in History: April 15 Brooklyn Superbas Win Opening Game Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA

by Brooklyn Eagle (), published online 04-15-2009 PHILADELPHIA — Before they became the Brooklyn Dodgers the borough’s baseball team was called the Superbas ...

Who Framed Walter O'Malley? Forbes - NY,USA

In fact, Moses had long been eying Flushing Meadows in Queens--the eventual site of Shea Stadium--as a potential site for a grand arena of imperial ...

PASSINGS Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

He joined the St. Louis Cardinals in 1939 and was with the Brooklyn Dodgers for the 1940 and 1941 seasons before serving in the Navy during World War II. ...

Ebbets Field, Redux Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

Ebbets Field was small and cramped and it had no parking, and it was these deficits that compelled the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Walter O'Malley, ...

Dem Bums Are Still in Their Hearts Mineola American - Mineola,NY,USA

That was the year that Jackie Robinson became the first black player in the Major Leagues as a Brooklyn Dodger. Mr. Livingston spoke about how difficult it ...

The Glory of Baseball: Tense Political Vote Preceded Dodgers' Move ... By Marc Seror 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; and the city now owned Chavez Ravine, after the plan to build public housing there failed. ...

A tour of the best and worst baseball stadiums -- past and present The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com - Lehigh Valley,PA,USA

This list only includes venues at which I've seen games, so all you Wrigley Field fans, please hold your fire! 1. Ebbets Field, Brooklyn -- You never forget ...

A Utah sports legend Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA

He interrupted a budding major league career with the Brooklyn Dodgers for service in the Navy during World War II, returning only after that conflict was ...

HOFFARTH: A true blue take on O'Malley's move Los Angeles Daily News - Los Angeles,CA,USA

By Tom Hoffarth, Columnist For the record, Walter O'Malley moved the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles some 50 years ago because ... well . ...

FROM THE BROOKLYN AERIE Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA

... Brooklyn’s choicest residential neighborhoods. Although Ebbets Field before the Dodgers left was rundown and the smallest of the big-league ball parks, ...

Former Brooklyn Dodger Herman Franks Died MadFriars.com - San Diego,CA,USA

By Tot Holmes Herman Franks, a backup catcher for a number of teams including the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1940 and 1941, died at his home in Salt Lake City, ...

Q&A with Michael D'Antonio The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark,NJ,USA

In Forever Blue, D'Antonio tells the story of the Walter O'Malley and offers perspective for what led him to move the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles. ...

Brooklyn Dodger News Alerts

GORDON WHITE: Local Resident Linked to Thompson's Home Run Southern Pines Pilot - Southern Pines,NC,USA
The Giants trailed the National League-leading Brooklyn Dodgers by 13.5 games on August 11, 1951. From that point on the Giants established one of ...

HISTORY IN HAND Youngstown Vindicator - Youngstown,OH,USA
That changed when Robinson became a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Phyllis Messuri, fourth-grade teacher, said she brought in Shuba, 84, ...

Kids books that make a pitch for baseball San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Maddox, who is the grandniece of Branch Rickey, the man who broke the color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers, deconstructs the ...

The real Brooklyn Dodgers story Press-Enterprise - Riverside,CA,USA
The Dodgers were doomed in tiny, decrepit and boxed-in Ebbets Field, and O'Malley worked for a decade seeking sites for a new stadium in Brooklyn. ...

Newcombe named special advisor MLB.com - USA
Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers first in 1947, breaking baseball's color barrier, with Campanella joining him in 1948 and Newcombe in 1949. ...

On This Day in History: March 23 The Dodgers Go Hollywood Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
Last but not least the film featured the Brooklyn Dodgers. In the story, Red is suspected of being a cop killer called “the constant reader. ...

Here’s the pitch — O’Malley still out at home BrooklynPapers.com - NY, United States
“The Dodgers leaving Brooklyn was like tearing down the original Penn Station,” said Cathy Gavin of Park Slope, the daughter of an aggrieved Brooklyn Dodger ...

Recapping Peter O'Malley's visit to Brooklyn Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Former Dodger owner Peter O'Malley made his visit on Saturday to Brooklyn -- the Brooklyn Historical Society, to be precise -- to discuss his father Walter ...

The most hated man in baseball? Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
When owner Walter O'Malley announced in 1957 that he would move the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, many New Yorkers decided he was "a money-grubbing ...

Ace slept here, and it's for sale HamptonRoads.com PilotOnline.com Parker played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player in 1940. He was in the first pro football game ever televised, long before the days of big money endorsements for sports stars. ...

O'Malley heads to Brooklyn Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... O’Malley and the Dodgers at the Brooklyn Historical Society on Saturday at 1 pm If any of the New York-based readers of Dodger Thoughts are around, ...

The Trolleys We Didn’t Dodge Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
By 1919, there were 40 different trolley lines in Brooklyn, an abundance that inspired the nickname “trolley dodgers” for Brooklynites (a certain famous ...

Forever Blue: Q&A With Michael D’Antonio New York Times Blogs - New York,NY,USA
“Forever Blue” describes the Brooklyn Dodgers as “America’s team before there was such a term.” Explain. Brooklyn, with its spirit and history as a first ...

The verdict on Walter O'Malley Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Diehards would no doubt have preferred an anemic Brooklyn Dodger team to none at all, but based on the thorough histories we now have before us, ...

Can We Ever Forgive Him? Book Defending O’Malley To Be Launched at ... Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
“I think he had LA lined up for years,” says Andrew Paul Mele, a Brooklyn native and author of the A Brooklyn Dodgers Reader and The Boys of Brooklyn. ...

Happy Birthday Pete Reiser Tot Holmes (registration) - Gothenburg,NE,USA
He later was a successful Dodgers minor league manager and died on October 25, 1981. Leo Durocher, who managed the Dodgers when Reiser played in Brooklyn, ...

Former Dodgers' boss O'Malley gets sympathetic bio San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
The Brooklyn Dodgers had finally won the World Series — against their dreaded Bronx rivals, no less. By 1958, the Dodgers had left Ebbets Field for Los ...

After 61 years of spring training in Vero Beach, Dodgertown now ... Palm Beach Post - FL, United States
By EVE SAMPLES When the Los Angeles Dodgers' planes started touching down at Vero Beach Municipal Airport in mid-February, the restaurant overlooking the ...

A True Family Of Baseball BlackAthlete.net - USA
Branch Rickey, in sore need of solid pitching for his Brooklyn Dodgers, purchased Bankhead's contract from Memphis in late August. On August 26, 1947, ...

Getting into Bucky's dome: MCA's show on Buckminster Fuller opens ... Chicago Tribune - United States
The Brooklyn Dodgers asked Fuller to design the first domed stadium (it was never built). He designed domes for American pavilions at international ...

Sympathy for THIS Devil? For O’Malley? Neva! BrooklynPapers.com - NY, United States
The son of former Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley, perhaps the most reviled man in the history of the Western Hemisphere, will face down a borough ...

FROM THE BROOKLYN AERIE Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
If anyone asks you what the score was of the Johnny Podres win over the New York Yankees in the 1955 World Series in which Brooklyn Dodgers scored their one ...

In Vero Beach, Dodger Blue Fades to Black New York Times - United States
For Dodgers fans, it brought much more than that. With Ebbets Field long committed to memory, Vero Beach was the last vestige of the Brooklyn Dodgers and a ...

Teamwork is overrated Sportsnet.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
The Brooklyn Dodgers in 1954. From left, Carl Furillo, Gil Hodges, Sandy Amoros, Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese, Jim Gilliam, Pete Wojey and ...

Walter O'Malley's blame in Dodgers move is complex Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
Interesting book excerpt in SI regarding Robert Moses' involvement in the Dodgers' relocation to Brooklyn, although much of this ground was covered in an ...

Win Forever Blue The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark,NJ,USA
Forever Blue recounts the last days of the Brooklyn Dodgers from the perspective of Walter O'Malley, the most reviled man in Brooklyn sports history. ...

Performance Riverside confronts racism with courage Press-Enterprise - Riverside,CA,USA
Robinson endured death threats to himself and his family, and received physical and verbal abuse almost everywhere he traveled with the Brooklyn Dodgers. ...

First big-leaguer subject of video Livingston Daily - Livingston,MI,USA
In 1911 and 1912, Bert Tooley of Howell played for the Brooklyn Dodgers (known in those days as the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers). Tooley was a light-hitting ...

Educators see 'Most Valuable Player' as catalyst for difficult ... Press-Enterprise - Riverside,CA,USA
At the behest of Branch Rickey, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers who signed Robinson, the baseball player did not strike back at his tormentors. ...

Dodgertown Not Forgotten Bleacher Report - San Francisco,CA,USA
Dodgertown was the home of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1949 until 2008. The location, Vero Beach, Fla., is a small oceanfront community located on ...

On This Day in History: February 23 Ebbets Field Is Demolished Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
What’s Brooklyn without the Dodgers?” Today, the Ebbets Field Apartments occupy the land where “Dem Bums” used to play. On April 9, 1913, the most modern ...

Dodger Fans Have Always Been Passionate InsideTheIvy.com (subscription) - New Orleans,LA,USA
In 1938, Robert Joyce walked into a Brooklyn bar after the Dodgers had lost to the Giants. The bartender ragged on him as did a Giant fan who was visiting ...

Brooklyn Through the Years: February Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
February 23, 1960 Demolition Day at Ebbets Field with Brooklyn Dodgers attending ceremony. February 24, 1916 Brooklyn Institute Museum, now Brooklyn Museum ...

Brooklyn Dodger News Alerts

On This Day in History: February 17 1st Radio Announcer for Dodgers Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
It was in the winter of 1938-39 that Larry MacPhail, who had been hired as president of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1937, lured “Red” Barber from Cincinnati to ...

I remember when . . . Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
I lived in Brooklyn until I was 12 years old, and I remember those years very well. *Peddlers and their horse-drawn wagons plodding down my street, ...

Feeling blue: Dodgertown turns to 'ghost town' The Canadian Press - VERO BEACH, Fla.
"It's post-mortem blues," groundskeeper Steve Carlsward said, wearing a faded Dodgers cap. "I work every day keeping up a field that nobody plays on, ...

Hard ball in the country The News - Salem,AR,USA
His fame was cemented with Roger Kahn's book The Boys of Summer written about the Brooklyn Dodgers. His career totals were 127 wins and 84 losses. ...

Forever Blue; the True Story of Walter O'Mall Rays Digest - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
O’Malley made the difficult decision to move the team after his 10-year efforts to remain in Brooklyn and privately build a new stadium for the Dodgers had ...

Lewis Leader: Dodgertown camper says thanks for the memories TCPalm - West Palm Beach,FL,USA
Lewis Abraham Leader is a former newspaper reporter and editor who lives in Carmel Valley, Calif. A lifelong Dodgers fan, he was born in Brooklyn and grew ...

Mets Ought to Bank on Jackie Robinson Field NBC Philadelphia - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... color barrier nearly 62 years ago, tearing up the base paths for the team’s spiritual and local National League predecessors, the Brooklyn Dodgers. ...

Jackie Robinson Central Florida News 13 - Orlando,FL,USA
In 1946, the park, formerly known as City Island Ball Park, was the site of the first racially integrated Spring Training game between the Brooklyn Dodgers ...

Alone In The Booth ESPN - USA
Even when he emceed the Brooklyn Dodgers event, he stayed in the booth. Alone. "He does nine innings of TV by himself every night," says Buck. ...

Read more... Auction Central News - New York,NY,USA
Robinson wasn't just playing baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was out there hitting for all the great black players who never got the chance to play in ...

Happy Birthday, Jackie Robinson, Baseball Pioneer findingDulcinea - New York,New York,USA
During this time, Branch Rickey, general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, had the idea to integrate the major leagues, which operated under an unspoken ...

KANSAS CITY IDEA NOT SO FAR FETCHED Long Island Exchange - West Babylon,NY,USA
Perhaps the most famous – and heartbreaking – one was the Brooklyn Dodgers. When Walter O’Malley relocated ‘Dem Bums’ from the Borough of Churches to glitzy ...

Now & Then: Downtown Brooklyn Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA
Among other things, the building had served as headquarters for the Brooklyn Dodgers, and was where Jackie Robinson and Dodgers President Branch Rickey made ...

A Way to Mark Robinson’s 90th Birthday New York Times - United States
Referring to his Brooklyn Dodgers teammate Roy Campanella, Robinson said: “Campy and I would fight any aggressor — the Russians or any other nation. ...

Jackie Robinson The Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
... that blacks and whites should be kept apart in all walks of life - until Branch Rickey, general manager of Brooklyn Dodgers, signed Robinson from UCLA. ...

Musial, Campanella named to Hall of Fame, January 22, 1969 Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
He signed with the Dodgers in 1946 and reached the majors in 1948. He was partially paralyzed after a car accident in January, 1958. ...

Connected in history Carthage Press - Carthage,MO,USA
The lone exception was Branch Rickey, who left the St. Louis Cardinals in 1942 to become president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. ...

When St. Louis was the Most Racist City in Major League Baseball Riverfront Times - St-Louis,MO,USA
... columnist George Vecsey and the great Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe (pictured above, center) took a look back at the old days 60-some years ago ...

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. ...