Every self-respecting baseball fan will never forget this date – May 28, 1957… For as exactly than the face of New York baseball was forever changed when the Giants and Dodgers—two teams that had been playing in the Big Apple since the late 1800s—abandoned the city for California. To this day, their relocation remains a touchy subject to longtime fans …
Bret Miller | Sports Team History Brooklyn Dodgers Ghosts Of Flatbush What a great account of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the documentary called “Brooklyn Dodgers Ghosts Of Flatbush.” We thoroughly enjoyed the complete history of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Growing up on the west coast and not knowing why the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles, this documentary tells you everything …
1895 1947 1955 Brooklyn Team Nickname The team name, Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers, was coined in 1895. The nickname was still new enough in September 1895 that a newspaper could report that “‘Trolley Dodgers’ is the new name which eastern baseball cranks [fans] have given the Brooklyn club.” In 1895, Brooklyn played at Eastern Park, bounded by Eastern Parkway (now Pitkin …