John Donald (Spider) Jorgensen was a Brooklyn Dodger who sacrificed the heart of his career for his country. When ballplayers refuse vaccines to help make their country safer, Jorgensen was a ...
Not every month has a Brooklyn Dodger hanging from the bottom tip of the moon. Such a month is June. Yet sometimes, even if it is one ball player, that ball player may have done something to sear ...
On Dec. 31, 1897, Charles Ebbets became the controlling owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, then known as the Grooms. Ebbets gained an 80% interest in the team after spending most of the decade as a ...
On Jan. 2, 1912, Brooklyn Dodgers president and majority owner Charles Ebbets announced his intention to purchase 4.5 acres of land in the Pigtown section of Brooklyn, New York for a new stadium. Up ...
The Brooklyn Dodgers traded for the Chicago Cubs’ All-Star Randy Jackson in December 1955, hoping he would become their regular third baseman. Injuries limited his playing time during the next two ...
In 1951, newly anointed Brooklyn Dodgers majority owner Walter O’Malley hired Chuck Dressen to manage his team. O’Malley was motivated to make the change not because Dressen would be a better manager ...
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