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Brooklyn Dodgers
If there was ever a place in America where a city and its baseball team were as close as family, it was Brooklyn. The legacy of this relationship comes down to us in stories of childhoods spent at Ebbets Field and in the stories of Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey, whose courage changed the face of America. Baseball in Brooklyn goes back to the beginning of the sport, when a young city embraced a new game and, like missionaries, carried it to the nation. This book tells the story of that beginning and concludes with the heart-wrenching move of the franchise to the West Coast after the 1957 season. Brooklyn Dodgers carries us from the birth of baseball in the streets of Brooklyn through the decades in Flatbush when Ebbets Field was the center of the Brooklyn community. That was a time when the players lived in the neighborhoods not far from the ballpark, side by side with their followers. Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson, Gil Hodges, and Johnny Podres all make appearances in this exciting selection of photographs. A large part of Brooklyn Dodgers is dedicated to those teams of the 1950s and their irrepressible fans.
130 pages, Hardcover
First published September 18, 2012
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July 24, 2024
Brooklyn Dodgers. I have been a Dodgers fan ever since I watched the show, Brooklyn Bridge. The boy’s passion and enthusiasm rubbed off on me. When I went to look them up online, I was surprised to find out that they are no longer in Brooklyn. They moved the team to Los Angeles. Talk about culture shock! I honestly didn't know that it happened. I'm a Cubs fan from Chicago. Oh yeah. Back to the book. Looking at it makes me smile and cry at the same time. Seeing all that greatness tweaks my emotions into overdrive. I highly recommend it to baseball fans, history buffs, and people who like old photographs.
November 2, 2016
Brooklyn Dodgers by Mark Rucker is about one of the greatest teams, best history and also talks about Dodgers when Jackie Robinson. This was a great book . I recommend this book to the people who like baseball and biography.
November 7, 2025
Brickyard, Oyster, Adonis, Burleigh, Dazzy, Pee Wee... worth a quick read for the old-timey baseball names alone.
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