The ghosts of “Dem Bums” still linger in Brooklyn. It’s been decades since the Brooklyn Dodgers left the subways and New York ...
Moses, concerned about traffic congestion in downtown Brooklyn, recommended the Dodgers move to Queens, near where Shea Stadium was eventually built. O’Malley could not fathom that the Brooklyn ...
To the editor: It was considered outre to be a Brooklyn Dodgers fan on Long Island, where I lived and where most people followed the Yankees or the Giants. I was 13 years old in 1955 when the ...
It would be easy to miss the plaque in a parking lot that was once Ebbets Field, but the managers of a nearby apartment complex are happy to help.
It was the first time the Dodgers would be in New York City since Sept. 24, 1957, the last day of business for Ebbets Field over in Brooklyn. It was their first time in the Polo Grounds — where ...
For Brooklyn Borough Historian Ron Schweiger, the Dodgers are, and always will be, Brooklyn's team. "The fans had to dodge the trolley cars crossing the streets to get to the ballpark. So ...
The debate this week in the Adler household is about who the late family patriarch, Marty Adler, would root for in the 2024 World Series. The Yankees — or, the Los Angeles Dodgers? "I can’t ...
The historic rivalry between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers dates back to 1941 when Joe DiMaggio’s Yankees clinched a decisive victory over the Dodgers in the World Series.
That history began when the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn, their home for the first seven of those World Series battles before the franchise moved to L.A. in 1958. The Yankees won six of those ...