Brooklyn Dodgers
Dem Bums, once
The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team based in Brooklyn, New York, from 1884 to 1957.
The team is remembered for breaking baseball's color barrier when Jackie Robinson joined in 1947, and for its fierce rivalry with the New York Yankees.
The Dodgers relocated to Los Angeles after the 1957 season, becoming the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Brooklyn Dodgers finally beat the Yankees in the 1955 World Series.
- baseballBat-and-ball team sport
- National LeagueOlder major baseball organization
- FlatbushBrooklyn neighborhood name
- Crown HeightsBrooklyn neighborhood, diverse history
- pennantTapering nautical flag
Jackie Robinson · trolley · 1955 · World Series · subway series · rivalry · bleachers · stickball · stoop ball · sandlot · borough · Los Angeles · relocation · heartbreak · hot dogs · egg cream · Babe Ruth · ballpark
- BrooklynBedford-Stuyvesant, Bed-Stuy, Brighton Beach, Brownsville, Coney Island
- Defunct TeamsMontreal Expos, New York Giants
- Baseball HistoryBabe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Lou Gehrig, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron
- 1940s SportsJackie Robinson, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Joe Louis, Ben Hogan
Brooklyn DodgersNew York Yankees
Famed Bronx baseball squad
Yankees · Bronx Bombers · Yankee Stadium · Joe DiMaggio · Mickey Mantle