The team, known at first as the “Grays” owing to the color of their uniform ... about traffic congestion in downtown Brooklyn, recommended the Dodgers move to Queens, near where Shea Stadium ...
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.
By now, Mr. Askotzky knows what they are looking for: a small plaque that marks the location of home plate at Ebbets Field, the long-ago-dismantled home of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Mr. Askotzky ...
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 ...
He was born in Brooklyn, raised in Brooklyn ... “But when I see that uniform, with ‘Dodgers’ across the front, it wins me over.” Abby Tedesco has no conflicts about which team she plans ...
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 ...
For Brooklyn Borough Historian Ron Schweiger, the Dodgers are, and always will be, Brooklyn's team. "The fans had to dodge the trolley cars crossing the streets to get to the ballpark. So ...
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 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 ...
It was 1883, and Byrne was forming a baseball team – one which would eventually go on to be known as the Brooklyn Dodgers ... owing to the color of their uniform, joined the minor-league ...