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Old Fart's clip on the Dodgers got me to missing and reminiscing about my hometown of Brooklyn NY, so here's something I wanted to share with anyone else who still remembers. If you grew up there, it will always be in your heart, no matter how far away life may take you.
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Added: 17th September 2007
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Posted By: Naomi |
 
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Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known as the Brooklyn Dodgers, before moving to Los Angeles before the 1958 season; which is why I posted it in 1950s.
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Added: 16th September 2007
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Posted By: Old Fart |
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Saw the Animals tour in Jersey City Rooselvelt Stadium I heard the Brooklyn Dodgers farm team played there.And they had huge helium filled floating animals like the album cover.
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Added: 29th December 2007
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Posted By: tommy7 |
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The single most dramatic moment in American sports history: Bobby Thomson's home run that won the 1951 National League pennant for the New York Giants. The Giants had trailed the Brooklyn Dodgers by 13.5 games in August, but they won 38 of their last 44 games to finish tied with the Dodgers at the end of the season. A three-game playoff was needed to settle matters. The Giants and Dodgers split the first two games. The Dodgers were leading the deciding game 4-1 heading into the bottom of the ninth. The Giants scored a run and had two men on base with one out. Bobby Thomson came to bat...
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Added: 6th January 2008
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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American League baseball umpire Ed Hurley appeared as a challenger on What's My Line in this episode from October 4, 1953. In the early days of What's My Line, the panelists were each permitted a free guess as to what the contestant's occupation was. Even though Hurley signed in with the alias 'John doe,' Dorothy Kilgallen correctly guesses Hurley's job. Hurley relates a funny story about an incident that occurred that day in the fifth game of the World Series between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees.
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Added: 10th May 2008
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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From Ken Burns' excellent Baseball documentary: Brooklyn Dodgers' broadcaster Red Barber tells why Branch Rickey wanted to integrate baseball.
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Added: 10th January 2008
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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Duke Snider, batting hero of the 1955 World Series for the Brooklyn Dodgers, promotes Ovaltine vitamin drink on The Captain Midnight Show.
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Added: 24th May 2008
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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Everybody knows that Jackie Robinson was the first black major league baseball player, right? Wrong--by 63 years! Moses Fleetwood (Fleet) Walker, a barehanded catcher, played 42 games for the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association way back in 1884 when the AA was a major league. Walker's presence on the team created considerable controversy. Walker was subjected to death threats and snubbed by his own teammates. His brother Welday joined the team for a while too, appearing in five games as an outfielder. However, with owners, players and fans all showing open hostility toward blacks, the major league moguls made a 'gentleman's agreement' not to sign any more black players after 1884. This tacit pact stood until Jackie Robinson took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers on opening day 1947.
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Added: 6th February 2008
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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'Is Steve Garvey Really Too Good To Be True?' asked the cover of Sports Illustrated in its 1982 baseball preview issue. Garvey, the Los Angeles Dodgers' popular first baseman, had spent years carefully cultivating a squeaky clean image that abruptly disintegrated the following year. He and wife Cyndy endured a scandalous public divorce in which Garvey's trysts with other women were exposed. Must have been that SI cover jinx!
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Added: 20th February 2008
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