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It was called the Ship of Dreams, and its presence thrilled the populace as it flew over New York City on the gloomy afternoon of May 6. But later that day, the excitement that had carried the day turned to shock and disbelief with the news that the famous Hindenburg exploded and crashed to the […]

“I hadn’t even made up my mind Wednesday night. It came to me in the middle of the ball game yesterday just like that. … Robinson is coming to the Dodgers as just a ball player.” – Branch Rickey1 One baseball season and a spring as a Montreal Royal and Jackie Robinson was on the […]

  “On a cool, clear, September night, only 6,702 attended the funeral of the beloved Dodgers, a hushed and bereaved gathering come to pay respects to a memory … only 6,702 could muster the courage to bid a fond farewell, perhaps because it hurt too much to say goodbye.” That was Phil Pepe of the […]

“Oh, I’m not really great. I’m just good, darn good.” – Terris “Elmer the Great” McDuffie, August 14, 1935.1   Night baseball came to Ebbets Field for the first time on September 11, 1935, when the Brooklyn Eagles of the Negro National League took on the House of David in an exhibition. Pitching for the […]

The first baseball game in Ebbets Field was an exhibition between the Brooklyn Superbas and New York Yankees that drew a sellout crowd of 25,000 while an estimated 10,000 fans were turned away. (Photo: Library of Congress)   On September 20, 1912, Brooklyn team president Charles Ebbets gave up hope that his new stadium could […]