Our Brooklyn Dodger History!

[zman]

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[zman]

That's Dodger Deb on the far left giving the finger, english style, to anybody who says the Dodgers don't stand a chance. Just kidding. It's a 1941 photo of Brooklyn Dodger fans giving the victory sign after losing game 1 of the World Series to the Yankees.

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[zman]

Pee Wee Reese leads off in the '49 World Series.

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[tonypug]

Pee Wee Reese leads off in the '49 World Series.

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It's nice to see the Ballentine Ale and Beer sign, even though it's a little hard to see. Now all you see is Budweiser.

[Grand Daughter]

Elvis 9045 posted a picture of a black gentleman and another gentleman who looks alot like my grandfather. Could someone please if they know name who these two people are for me. Thank you!!1

[DODGER DEB]

Elvis 9045 posted a picture of a black gentleman and another gentleman who looks alot like my grandfather. Could someone please if they know name who these two people are for me. Thank you!!1

Grand Daughter, could you please tell US which photo you are referring to...is it posted on this thread, and if it is what post # is it? If it is posted on another thread, please identify the thread, along with the post #.

WE might be able to help you, if WE saw the photo.

c.

[zman]

It's nice to see the Ballentine Ale and Beer sign, even though it's a little hard to see. Now all you see is Budweiser.

Yeah, I know what you mean. Today everything seems so homogenized. One town looks pretty much like another with it's McDonald's golden arches and Wal Mart supercenter. Theme parks instead of roadside attractions. No Burma Shave signs. At baseball stadiums, MLB approved mascots as opposed to natural characters like Hilda or the Sym-phony. There's a corporate blandness that's fallen over our modern times. All the individual, eccentric and flavorful elements have been removed from the stew. Sanitized for our protection, I guess.

[zman]

Duke, Jackie and Pee Wee during the 1952 World Series

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[zman]

These 2 photos were taken in 1950. The bottom photo shows an unusual play in which both Gil and Jackie slid home but Jackie was called out because the ump ruled that Gil interfered with the catcher. The next day they posed for the top photo.

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[zman]

Johnny Podres

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[zman]

Billy Cox

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[zman]

Pee Wee, Jackie, Billy and...?

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[zman]

I love this photo of Billy Cox that Bill Burgess posted elswhere on this site. Billy Cox was Brooks Robinson before there was a Brooks Robinson and yet there are so few photos of him I can find on the web. Sure wish I could have seen him play.

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[strummer]

Rex Barney (who played for the Dodgers in the late forties) was the ballpark announcer in Baltimore, and very well regarded by the fans. In his book, Rex recalls that he always told stories abvout Billy Cox to Brooks Robinson ephasizing how great Billy was and that Brooks could learn stuff from him. After every great defensive play he made, Brooks would come over to Rex and ask if Billy Cox could have made the same play. Rex' answer was always the same. " Yes, Billy would have made that play, but he would have made it look easier."

[zman]

Rex Barney (who played for the Dodgers in the late forties) was the ballpark announcer in Baltimore, and very well regarded by the fans. In his book, Rex recalls that he always told stories abvout Billy Cox to Brooks Robinson ephasizing how great Billy was and that Brooks could learn stuff from him. After every great defensive play he made, Brooks would come over to Rex and ask if Billy Cox could have made the same play. Rex' answer was always the same. " Yes, Billy would have made that play, but he would have made it look easier."

That's a great story, Strummer. I was looking at his hitting stats and in addition to being a magician with a glove it looks like he rose to the occasion in the post season with his bat too. A .302 average in 3 World Series including 7 hits and 6 RBI's in the 1953 Series.

[zman]

"They had such great players as Duke Snider, Roy Campanella, Carl Furillo, Gil Hodges, Peewee Reese. I asked Jackie Robinson if he had a choice which of those players he'd like to see up in the clutch, say in the ninth inning with the bases loaded?

Jackie: Very good question. Very good question. There’s one guy you left out in there that I have to say I’d like to see up there, Billy Cox. I'd like to see Billy Cox up in a situation like that, then I'd think it would be Jim Gilliam. These are the fellows I believe were the same kind of hitters, whether it was 10-0, or 1 to nothing or two outs with the bases loaded. I like to see the guy who could walk up under any situation and do the same kind of thing. If some fellow who could hit 324, 320, when that situation arose, they weren't quite the performers that the other guys were, but day in and day out they would get their base hits and do the kinds of things that make them a standout ballplayer. But a clutch situation, Billy Cox, I'd love to see out there because if Billy is going to base hit, he's going to get it. It didn't make any difference and that's the way I felt about my roommate, Jim Gilliam."

(From an interview with Jackie Robinson by Don Mesibov)

[DODGER DEB]

Nice photo taken on April 30, 1957 of CAMPY, DON ZIMMER and GIL in clubhouse at OUR Ebbets Field....

An AP photo on eBay.

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[Shotgun Shuba]

Here is a little talked about Bum

Photo from walteromalley.com

[DODGER DEB]

Here is a little talked about Bum

Photo from walteromalley.com

Ah, yes, DAN BANKHEAD! Nice addition, Shotgun!

I believe DAN came up to BROOKLYN sometime in late summer, 1947.

Does anyone remember how he got into the record books?

c.

[tonypug]

Ah, yes, DAN BANKHEAD! Nice addition, Shotgun!

I believe DAN came up to BROOKLYN sometime in late summer, 1947.

Does anyone remember how he got into the record books?

c.

He was the first black pitcher in the major leagues. His origonal job was to be Jackie Robinsons roommate. His only full season in the majors was in 1950.

[DODGER DEB]

He was the first black pitcher in the major leagues. His origonal job was to be Jackie Robinsons roommate. His only full season in the majors was in 1950.

While all of what you say is true, tony, I was thinking more along the lines that he hit a HR in his first at bat, joining a few who have done it. Add to that, he is the first black pitcher to do it, and, I believe, he still holds that record!

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[Shotgun Shuba]

I hope nobody minds if I add another osbcure(to me at least) Dodger.

Photo from walteromalley.com

[DODGER DEB]

I hope nobody minds if I add another osbcure(to me at least) Dodger.

Photo from walteromalley.com

You really are digging up memories, Shotgun!

That would be none other than, #5, Carroll "Wayne" Belardi, OUR backup first baseman in the early 1950's.

c.

[Shotgun Shuba]

Excellent, DD
This is my last weird one, I promise.
Photo from walteromalley.com

[DODGER DEB]

Excellent, DD
This is my last weird one, I promise.
Photo from walteromalley.com

That, Shotgun, is none other than pitcher, CHRIS VAN CUYK, who pitched for OUR team in the early 1950's. You would be interested to know that his brother JOHN VAN CUYK was also a member of OUR team.

None of the players you pictured were "weird". Quite the contrary, all were very nice!

c.