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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 ...
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.
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 ...
The Cincinnati Red Stockings team's newfangled uniform of knee-length "knickers" with bright colored high-topped socks or stockings also inspired the use of team colors serving a dual role as a team nickname for the sportswriters of the day, who could add variety to their prose by referring to, e.g., the Hartford club or "Hartfords" alternately ...
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 ...
The team, known at first as the “Grays” owing to the color of their uniform, joined the minor-league Interstate Base Ball Association and began playing at a decent but unspectacular standard.
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 ...