Forum: Brooklyn Dodgers

This should be interesting. I was born long after the team left Brooklyn, but my father and grandfather were fans. The Mets always seemed a bit like a consolation prize, and baseball in general seemed much more interesting when there were three teams in the biggest city in the nation, at least...

Friends: As part of setting up my new (moved) law office, I have dedicated the vestibule to OUR Brooklyn Dodgers. It is incredible what a topic of conversation our beloved Bums are. A true icebreaker with clients. Among my memorabilia, I want to collect the various caps worn by the team...

On this day, January 31st, 89 years ago, OUR JACKIE ROBINSON was born. :candle: While he left US much too soon (1972), he did leave all of US with wonderful memories of his incredible life. Please share any memories you have of OUR JACKIE on this day. c.

http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/story/1913140.html He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1943 to 1944 and from 1947-1948. In 202 games with the team, he hit .258.

I date all my baseball photos using the following book. (Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century: The Official ML BB Guide, Researched, Illustrated & Written by Marc Okkonen, 1991, 1993) Also, the following website, hostd by the Hall of Fame, mainly using the same book above, but also using...

http://www.nypost.com/f/print/news/local/brooklyn/construction_on_barclays_arena_commences_5jijvOLIsV9E4UcJNJ4mmO

While looking around the Internet earlier I came across a website called walteromalley.com. The biography is the usual junk and lies about him being a visionary and stuff like that, but there is also a business correspondence section that contains photographs of actual business correspondence...

They listed the top 10 players not in the Hall and Gil Hodges was #9. Maybe some day...

Cliff Dapper, a catcher whose entire Major Leagues career consisted of 8 games for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 15 days between April 19 and May 3, 1942 has made the Wikipedia Oldest Living Major Leagues Players list. Born on January 2, 1920, he qualified for the list three days ago on January 2,...

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Talk-of-a-third-baseball-team-in-New-York-rises-;_ylt=AlCpXJy3EfVEJTvO9Ljz0BkRvLYF?urn=mlb,211087 Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:27 am EST Talk of a third baseball team in New York rises again I've always been intrigued by the thought of making New...

Is it just me or is there a tangible connection between the old Brooklyn Dodgers and the Mets? Had the O'Malley accepted Moses' offer, they be in Queens rather than Los Angeles. Granted the two were bullheaded leaders, but I believe there'd be no need for the expansion team that came to New...

Charlie Ebbets, 1925

Yankees vs. Dodgers at Ebbets Field Saturday at 5 PM Eastern Time. Announcers Red Barber and Mel Allen. 1952 is the oldest surviving World Series on TV.

Back when “The Ghosts of Flatbush” came out, a Yankee fan asked me this question. And when you think about it, he had a point. I have been a Mets fan as long as I can remember. I was born 10 years after the Dodgers left. While I was born in Brooklyn, I grew up on Long Island. I live in...

I see no ones posted about it, which is unbelievable!, is it on the "no discuss list?" If so it's probably because it's too close to the truth. Since Robert (the scoundrel) Moses has no PR dept working on his Image I suggest people get this book. It seems to be a meticulously well researched book...

http://www.baseballhappenings.net/2009/12/brooklyn-dodger-that-didnt-make-it.html I was talking with some Dodgers fans, when one presented me with a photo of Dodgers prospects and noted that all but one in the photo made the Major Leagues. They asked me if I knew who the lone non-major leaguer...

The man who was benched to make room for Jackie Robinson. A St Paul sports legend. Played major league baseball AND in the NBA. A Minnesota town team baseball legend as well. Hopefully my Minneapolis Star Tribune link works-- ...

A terrible thing was done when the Dodgers were moved out of Brooklyn. It should have never happened. After reading several threads in this forum, I have concluded that the Dodgers organization is but a shell of its former self now, ever since they moved to Los Angeles. But you guys have the...

http://www.baseballhappenings.net/2009/11/book-review-playing-ball-with-legends.html Michigan Sports Hall of Fame legend Don Lund was considered the best Detroit High School athlete of his time. He earned the same praise as a three-sport letter winner at the University of Michigan. His...

Gil Hodges is a Hall of Famer according to the people who knew like Pee Wee, Roy and Duke. In the Players own words Gil is described. Quotes are given and page numbers are listed. History was made with the help of the team. Could it have been done without Gil? "Jack counted on Gil" as the quote...

I love this cartoon http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2009/10/16/gallo16.gif

Happy 100 to the oldest living ballpayer! He played in 35 games in 1937, the only year the Dodgers wore green caps. from Wikipedia... "In a one-season career, Malinosky posted a .228 batting average (18-for-79) with two doubles, seven runs, and three runs batted in in 35 games played. As of...

I stumbled across this little ad while I was YouTubing for some old Ebbets Field Goodness. If any of the apartments in that slum look half as good as the pictures show I'll eat my brand new ballcap.com Dodgers hat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh7sFIIkcH0 I'm surprised they didn't list the...

Don Thompson played for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1951, 1953 and 1954, hitting .220 with one home run and 19 RBI in 210 games for them. He recently passed away.

This was next year. 54 years ago today the Brooklyn Dodgers won the World Championship. Congrats to Brooklyn and the great fans who keep the torch lighted! No wild cards, no strikes, just winner take all! Those were the days, and they live forever in the hearts of many. A signature...