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“The Brooklyn Dodgers today purchased the contract of Jackie Roosevelt Robinson from the Montréal Royals.”1 Arthur Mann, an assistant to Dodgers president and general manager Branch Rickey, handed out the announcement in the press box at Ebbets Field during the fifth inning of the Royals’ 4-3 exhibition game victory against the Dodgers.2 Coincidentally, Jackie Robinson, […]

The Brooklyn Robins were winding down a disappointing season. Widely considered to be a challenger for the NL pennant in 1925, owing to its strong second-place (92-62) finish the year before, the club had “slumped badly,” opined the Brooklyn Eagle.1 Skipper Wilbert Robinson’s squad (65-68) was in fourth place, 17½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates. […]

“Crazier than the guy sitting next to the railing of the upper stands and throwing peanut shells down on the fans below.”1   After concluding his 22-year major-league career with the Boston Braves in 1935, Babe Ruth had a brief coaching career with the Brooklyn Dodgers, debuting as first-base coach on June 19, and served […]

The iconic main entry of Ebbets Field was located at the intersection of Sullivan Place and Cedar Street (later renamed McKeever Place). (Photo: SABR-Rucker Archive)   Brooklyn got a day’s head start on the rest of the majors in the 1913 season. Opening Day for the other 14 big-league teams came on April 10 that […]

The Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants began a three-game series at Ebbets Field on the evening of Friday, April 22, 1955. The Dodgers started the season winning their first 10 games while the Giants, winners of the 1954 World Series by sweeping the Cleveland Indians, had lost five of their first seven. The […]