Wednesday afternoon, August 14, 1946, bottom of the 5th inning, and Pete Reiser deftly glides past the tag of the Giants’ Walker Cooper on the front end… Read more “A Moment in Time – 8/14/46: Pete Reiser steals home, setting NL record”
Category: Ebbets Field
Pastime Portraiture: Ace Adams
Ace Adams, New York Giants 31-year-old rookie pitcher, 1941, from an unknown International News press photographer. I chose this as a subject for a post as liked… Read more “Pastime Portraiture: Ace Adams”
Art of the Game: The debut of Willard Mullin’s Brooklyn “Bum”
Tuesday, June 6th, 1939 – the Brooklyn Dodgers, under new player-manager Leo Durocher, beat the Pirates 5-2 at Ebbets Field behind a complete-game victory by Freddie Fitzsimmons,… Read more “Art of the Game: The debut of Willard Mullin’s Brooklyn “Bum””
Pastime Portraiture: Ivy Olson
Third in a series celebrating the last time the Dodgers and Red Sox met in the World Series, in 1916, and next up is Brooklyn’s steady, hard-nosed… Read more “Pastime Portraiture: Ivy Olson”
Pastime Portraiture: Casey Stengel (1916)
So the 2018 World Series is set, the Dodgers against the Red Sox. While Los Angeles has never faced Boston in the Fall Classic, the franchises did… Read more “Pastime Portraiture: Casey Stengel (1916)”
Pastime Portraiture: Hank Aaron
Monday, July 30, 1956, Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, NY, and the young star of the first-place Milwaukee Braves, Henry Aaron, poses for an Associated Press photographer (individual not… Read more “Pastime Portraiture: Hank Aaron”
The First Jackie Robinson Day – in 1947
There’s really not much I can add regarding the significance of April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson’s debut, that hasn’t been discussed at length before. But, as I… Read more “The First Jackie Robinson Day – in 1947”
A Moment in Time – 5/7/41
Wednesday, May 7, 1941, Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, the first place Cardinals in town, bottom of the 9th inning, game tied 3-3, and veteran umpire Lou Jorda has… Read more “A Moment in Time – 5/7/41”
Sketches of Major League Parks by Gene Mack – From the 1946-1947 Sporting News
Hey all, similar to my recent post Visiting Major League Parks – Complete Set from the 1933-1934 Sporting News and the earlier Burns-Eye Views of Big League Parks from the 1937… Read more “Sketches of Major League Parks by Gene Mack – From the 1946-1947 Sporting News”
Radio Broadcast – 4/22/50, Dodgers vs Giants, Ebbets Field
Here’s my third YouTube upload of a classic radio broadcast – April 1950, Dodgers vs Giants, Ebbets Field, Red Barber, can’t get any better than that. From… Read more “Radio Broadcast – 4/22/50, Dodgers vs Giants, Ebbets Field”
Behind the Bag 