September 11, 1935: Lights go on at Ebbets Field for Brooklyn Eagles
“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 […]