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9 unusual facts about Ebbets Field


1939 Major League Baseball season

August 26 - The first Major League game to be televised occurs, when WXBS-TV broadcasts the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field.

André Routis

Now competing as a featherweight, Routis made his American debut against Eddie Anderson at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.

Bennie Daniels

Daniels has the distinction of starting the last game played in Ebbets Field by the Brooklyn Dodgers on September 24, 1957.

Brooklyn August

The poems title reflects the tone of the poem, as it describes the team's 1956 heyday at their Ebbets Field ground, now long since demolished.

Ebbets

Ebbets Field, a now-demolished baseball park in Brooklyn, New York

Jack Delaney

The fight was held in Brooklyn's Ebbets Field and spurred on by his loudly cheering female fans, known as "Delaney's screaming mamies," Delaney dropped Berlenbach, controlled the fight and won the light heavyweight title.

Josiah Zuro

In the summer of 1925 he managed a free municipal opera project, producing three open-air operas in Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, before large crowds.

Lee Pfund

His first major league win came in his first start, on May 14, 1945, as the Dodgers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 at Ebbets Field.

Wiffle ball

Thomas P. Hannon Jr. authored a book, Backyard Ball, on his experiences building a smaller version of Ebbets Field.


Bama Rowell

On May 30, 1946 at Ebbets Field, Rowell hit a home run which broke the Bulova clock on the stadium's scoreboard, shattering the clock's glass.

Brooklyn Dodgers proposed domed stadium

The Brooklyn Dodgers proposed domed stadium, designed by Buckminster Fuller, was to replace Ebbets Field for the Brooklyn Dodgers to allow them to stay in New York City.


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