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The nickname was still new enough in September 1895 that a newspaper reported that "'Trolley Dodgers' is the new name which eastern baseball cranks [fans] have given the Brooklyn club." [ 8 ] In 1895, Brooklyn played at Eastern Park, bounded by Eastern Parkway (now Pitkin Avenue), Powell Street, Sutter Avenue, Van Sinderen Street, [ 3 ] where ...
Dodgers pitcher Landon Knack delivers during a game against the Giants in July. Knack is among the Dodgers players who are more than happy to keep celebrating the team's World Series title.
Carl Erskine, one of the last surviving Brooklyn Dodgers and a mainstay of a pitching rotation that carried the team to four World Series, has died at 97.
Dodger fans, still riding high from the team's World Series victory, formed large crowds to meet Kiki Hernández and Walker Hernández in local appearances.
This category includes baseball players for the team known as the Brooklyn Dodgers (National League, 1911–12, 1932–57). See also. Brooklyn Atlantics (AA) players;
At the time of Koufax's signing, the bonus rule implemented by Major League Baseball was still in effect, stipulating that if a major league team signed a player to a contract with a signing bonus in excess of $4,000 ($55,000 today), they were required to keep them on their 25-man active roster for two full seasons. [26]
They led the major leagues with 36 injured list placements and 2,342 days lost, 445 more days than any other team. Helped by a couple key contributors that arrived at the July trade deadline, they still finished with baseball's best record at 98-64 to earn home-field advantage throughout the postseason. “This is a team that stayed together.
Erskine pitched the home opener in in L.A. Dodgers Stadium wasn't built yet, so the team played in a football stadium and 80,000 people were in the stands. "It was a big historic moment for L.A ...