And the relationship between Brooklyn and its Dodgers was almost obscenely intimate. Ebbets Field occupied one city block near the geographic center of the borough, where fans sat huddled in tiny ...

The Dodgers moved to Los Angeles from Brooklyn back in 1958 ... who has fond childhood memories of seeing the team play at Ebbets Field. At the time, games on television were in black-and-white ...

Ebbets Field served as the home of the Dodgers through the 1957 season, the team’s final year in Brooklyn before relocating to Los Angeles the following year. Ebbets Field after Dodgers move to L.A.

Ebbets Field has a rich history in baseball - and New York in particular. The stadium in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn was ...

"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives," Jackie Robinson said not long before he died in 1972.

1913 — Ebbets Field opened in Brooklyn and Philadelphia defeated the Dodgers 1-0 before a crowd of 10,000. The stadium, which cost $750,000 to build, was named after Charles Ebbets, the club’s ...

1913 — Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field hosted its first game, an exhibition. Before a crowd of 25,000, the Dodgers beat the Giants, 3-2. Casey Stengel hit a an inside-the-park homer for Brooklyn.