Tag: Brooklyn Dodgers

Vin Scully Was Los Angeles

He was Venice Beach, Pink’s hot-dog stand and the Hollywood Bowl all rolled into one. He was Los…

Jackie Robinson Museum Focuses on Civils Rights and Baseball

Jackie Robinson’s family home in Stamford, Conn., had a den featuring trophies, artifacts and a big scrapbook commemorating…

With Jersey Retirement, Gil Hodges Connects the Dodgers and Mets Again

By 1980, Fred Wilpon would purchase the team, adding another layer of connective tissue: Wilpon attended Brooklyn’s Lafayette…

A Marker Honoring Jackie Robinson Was Defaced. M.L.B. Helped Replace It.

Later, he added: “The association of guns and violence against African Americans in this country is one of…