Wouldn’t it be swell, he told himself, if there happened to be a Brooklyn Dodgers jersey with Pee Wee Reese’s No. 1 on the back? What he found was a Brooklyn Dodgers jersey with Duke Snider ...
That history began when the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn, their home for the first seven of those World Series battles before the franchise moved to L.A. in 1958. The Yankees won six of those ...
For Brooklyn Borough Historian Ron ... Among the artifacts is a vivid reminder of the Dodgers' attempt to stay local. "What’s the green, Jersey City. In Jersey City there was a stadium called ...
It would be easy to miss the plaque in a parking lot that was once Ebbets Field, but the managers of a nearby apartment complex are happy to help.
My grandfather was a loyal Brooklyn Dodgers fan. So was my grandmother on the other side, who grew up a block from Ebbets Field. They came from an era when the Dodgers and Yankees didn’t just ...
The debate this week in the Adler household is about who the late family patriarch, Marty Adler, would root for in the 2024 World Series. The Yankees — or, the Los Angeles Dodgers? "I can’t ...
The day had gone perfectly, as far as the citizens of Brooklyn were concerned. It was the fifth of October but felt like the Fourth of July, partly because of the unseasonably muggy 85-degree day ...
Moses, concerned about traffic congestion in downtown Brooklyn, recommended the Dodgers move to Queens, near where Shea Stadium was eventually built. O’Malley could not fathom that the Brooklyn ...
New York is 8-3 against the Dodgers in the most frequent World Series matchup, including 6-1 against Brooklyn and 2-2 since ... "You put that jersey on and those pinstripes, it just feels ...
The historic rivalry between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers dates back to 1941 when Joe DiMaggio’s Yankees clinched a decisive victory over the Dodgers in the World Series.
This was the flag that had stood sentry at Ebbets Field for all 77 home games during the 1956 season, the only one in which the Brooklyn Dodgers would ever reign as world champions. Seventy-seven ...
The Yankees held on for a 6-5 Game 1 win, but the Dodgers won the Series, with Johnny Podres throwing an eight-hit shutout in a 2-0 Game 7 victory that gave Brooklyn its first championship after ...