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  2. Brooklyn Dodgers - Wikipedia

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    The team's legal name was the Brooklyn Base Ball Club. [16] The "Trolley Dodgers" nickname was used throughout this period, along with other nicknames, by fans and sports writers of the day. The team did not use the name in a formal sense until 1916, when the name was printed on home World Series programs.

  3. 1951 National League tie-breaker series - Wikipedia

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    Andy Pafko scored the game's first run with a home run to left. [12] After the third out, Willie Mays walked to start the third inning, and after the first out Stanky got the Giants' first hit, a single. After a fly out by Dark, the Giants remained without a run; Hearn retired all three batters in the bottom of the third to end the inning.

  4. Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball) - Wikipedia

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    The Shot Heard 'Round the World: Dotted line represents the approximate track of Thomson's game-winning line drive home run. In baseball, the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" was a walk-off home run hit by New York Giants outfielder and third baseman Bobby Thomson off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds in New York City on October 3, 1951, to win the National League (NL ...

  5. Jackie Robinson - Wikipedia

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    His home in Brooklyn, the Jackie Robinson House, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976, [312] and Brooklyn residents sought to turn his home into a city landmark. [313] In 1978, Colonial Park in Harlem was renamed after Robinson. [314] [315] Robinson also has an asteroid named after him, 4319 Jackierobinson. [316]

  6. 1955 World Series - Wikipedia

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    The 1955 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1955 season.The 52nd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the National League (NL) champion Brooklyn Dodgers against the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees, with the Dodgers winning the Series in seven games to capture their first championship in franchise history.

  7. The story of two Brooklyn sisters who forged a family of firsts

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    A look at the lives of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first Black female doctor in New York, and her sister Sarah J. S. Tompkins Garnet, the first Black female principal in NYC.

  8. Influencer sparks backlash after running the Brooklyn Half ...

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  9. Timeline of Brooklyn - Wikipedia

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    New York Congregational Home for the Aged opens in Brooklyn, constructed in three stages; the center section and east pavilion in 1918, west pavilion in 1921, and a west wing in 1927. [112] New York Congregational Home for the Aged was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. [21] Carlton Avenue YMCA opens. [113]