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Dodger blue is a rich bright tone of the color azure named for its use in the uniform of the Los Angeles Dodgers. It is also a web color used in the design of web pages. [1] The web color is not used in the Dodgers' uniform but it rather resembles the lighter blue used throughout Dodger Stadium.
From the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles from Brooklyn in 1958, the Dodgers employed a handful of well-known public address announcers; the most famous of which was John Ramsey, who served as the PA voice of the Dodgers from 1958 until his retirement in 1982; he was also well known for announcing at other venerable Los Angeles venues, including ...
In 1959, the season ended in a tie between the Dodgers and the Milwaukee Braves.The Dodgers won the tie-breaking playoff. 1959 also saw a team other than the Yankees win the A.L. pennant, one of only two such years in the 16-year stretch from 1949 through 1964, and because of the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles, this resulted in the first World Series since 1948 to have no games in New York City.
The "Cobalt and Electric Blue" uniform features "Los Angeles" across the chest, inspired by the signage at the team's first stadium in LA. The Dodgers played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ...
To their credit, the Dodgers had no interest in connecting their team to Hollywood — how the world sees Los Angeles — by spelling out “Dodgers” or player names in the style of the ...
Their alternate black uniform would have player names when first introduced in 1991. Player names would return to the home uniform in 1997. The San Francisco Giants adopted names on their uniforms in the 1970s but removed them from the home uniform in 2000. The Giants also went without names in their orange (starting in 2010) and black (2001 ...
The Los Angeles Dodgers became the latest Major League Baseball organization to release their “City Connect” alternate uniforms on Thursday. The NL West club joined a handful of other teams in ...
The name, picked by original team owner Wayne Huizenga, is derived from the fact that a marlin is a billfish, and Huizenga wanted a name that was different from the baseball type names of other mascots (like Slider and Sluggerrr) and one that children could remember more easily. On Mother's Day and Father's Day, Billy is joined by his parents ...