Topic: Brooklyn (New York City)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Duke Snider, a Hall of Fame centerfielder who was the leading home run hitter for the fabled Brooklyn Dodger teams of the 1950s, died Sunday. He was 84.Snider was a graceful outfielder with a picture-perfect left-handed swing. He batted ...
Former Dodgers pitcher Danny McDevitt dies at 78; won last game played at Ebbets FieldDanny McDevitt, the former Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who won the team's final game at Ebbets Field in 1957, has died. He was 78.His daughter-in-law, Kristie McDevitt, says McDevitt ...
William Henry Keeler was born on March 3, 1872 in Brooklyn, New York , and played professional baseball from 1892 to 1910. From 1892 to 1910 Keeler played for the New York Giants , Baltimore Orioles , Brooklyn Superbas, and the New ...
On May 1, 1920, the Brooklyn Robins and Boston Braves battled 26 innings without determining a winner. This game also saw a record 103 plate appearances by the New York Mets , a record 175 official at-bats for the two teams, and ...
Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs that make up New York City . A Pint for a Pint, the whole month of March (March 2009) Most people in Brooklyn work outside of the borough, but local companies like Pfizer , the ...
Phil Bildner's new children's book - The Shot Heard 'Round the World - isn't about the American Revolution , but a famous 1951 play-off game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants. ("Dodger baseball was Brooklyn's religion," writes Bildner, adding ...
Life is a journey we all travel and we all wish to say how much we truly enjoy it and that we spend as much time with our children and our loved ones as we can given all our obligations. I am ...
The Dodgers began play way back in 1884 in Brooklyn, NewYork. They became the Grays, Bridegrooms, Grooms,Superbas, Robins and Dodgers. But theDodgers have won 5 titles in Los Angeles, and won one in Brooklyn. He ranks fourth in Dodgers? history with a ...
I remember my very first day at Catholic school when my mother dropped me off and said goodbye how scared and nervous I was. I always paid attention and was very well behaved in the class room.I went to Catholic school from ...
The 1906 baseball season saw the first one-city World Series. In early June, player/manager Frank Chance's Cubs kicked off the greatest National League dynasty of the 1900s by building a big lead over John McGraw's Giants and then coasting to a major ...