Blue Magic: The Brooklyn Dodgers, Ebbets Field, and the Battle for Baseball’s Soul
Forewords by Branch Rickey III & Sharon Robinson, Daughter of Jackie Robinson
To be a Brooklyn Dodger fan in the 1950s was to experience magic.
Today, the Brooklyn Dodgers do not exist but for the soul of those who refuse to yield their passion for the team’s legacy.
Their passion is relentless. Their heartbreak, legendary.
The Dodgers did not offer a mere pastime to their fans. They became fixtures that anchored the borough’s kaleidoscope of ethnicity. Fans found a communal setting at Ebbets Field, a brick-faced ballpark that occupied one city block in the Flatbush neighborhood.
Dodger fans celebrated the glory of dominating the National League during the era and winning the World Series championship in 1955. They mourned the team’s devastating letdowns – losing the N.L. Pennant on the last day of the 1950 season, the epic collapse in the 1951 season, and five World Series losses to the New York Yankees.
Speaking & Media
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Moderator – The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture Topics: The Business and Promotion of Baseball, Mascots and Batboys National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum – Cooperstown, NY May 30-31 and June 1, 2012 |
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Speaker – SABR Jerry Malloy Negro Leagues Conference Topic: From Buckeye to Black Eye: The Cleveland Buckeyes Championship Season of 1945, Jackie Robinson, and the Beginning of the End of the Negro Leagues Renaissance Cleveland – Cleveland, OH July 19-21, 2012 |
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Speaker – Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention Topic: The Brooklyn Dodgers – Nostalgia’s Team The Marriott Hotel – Hunt Valley, MD August 9-11, 2012 |
