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The story of Ebbets Field and the Brooklyn Dodgers' move to Los Angeles were further chronicled by historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, figured into the plot of the film Field of Dreams, were featured in an entire episode of Ken Burns' acclaimed public-television documentary Baseball, as well as a 2007 HBO documentary called Brooklyn Dodgers: Ghosts ...
When the Dodgers completed a three-game sweep of the Giants at Ebbets Field on August 10, the Brooklyn lead over the Giants reached 12 + 1 ⁄ 2 games. The following day, when Brooklyn won the first game of a doubleheader against the Boston Braves and the Giants fell to the Philadelphia Phillies , the Dodger lead stood, albeit briefly, at 13 ...
From the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles from Brooklyn in 1958, the Dodgers employed a handful of well-known public address announcers; the most famous of which was John Ramsey, who served as the PA voice of the Dodgers from 1958 until his retirement in 1982; he was also well known for announcing at other venerable Los Angeles venues, including ...
Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, where it was known as the Brooklyn Dodgers, before moving to Los Angeles for the 1958 season. A total of 56 players, managers, and executives in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum , plus four broadcasters who have received the Hall's Ford C. Frick Award , spent some or part of ...
The Dodgers donate memorabilia from ... ' 7-6 World Series-clinching win over the New York Yankees in Game 5 to the the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles ...
In 1959, the season ended in a tie between the Dodgers and the Milwaukee Braves.The Dodgers won the tie-breaking playoff. 1959 also saw a team other than the Yankees win the A.L. pennant, one of only two such years in the 16-year stretch from 1949 through 1964, and because of the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles, this resulted in the first World Series since 1948 to have no games in New York City.
Los Angeles descended into chaos Wednesday night as belligerent baseball fans set a bus on fire while others clashed with cops and looters ran amok following the Dodgers’ World Series victory.
The Dodgers went on to win the game 7-6, and the series 3-1. Aaron Judge would like to have this play from the World Series back. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) (Elsa via Getty Images)