by David Krell | Jun 21, 2012 | David Krell
Professional baseball for Brooklyn began about 125 miles south in a doubleheader against the ISBA’s Wilmington, Delaware team on May 1, 1883. The teams split the games. Wilmington won the first game 9-6, Brooklyn won the second game 8-2. On May 9th, Brooklyn played...
by David Krell | Jun 20, 2012 | David Krell
As baseball crawled toward its first wobbly steps of formal organization in the mid-19th century, Brooklyn embraced the game through several amateur teams, including Atlantics, Excelsiors, Putnams, Eckfords. The Atlantics played in the National Association of Baseball...
by David Krell | May 25, 2012 | David Krell
Ask any baseball fan to name the best player of all time and you may be in for a discussion that probably could not be confined by the time limits of a cross-country trip. By train. On any fan’s short list, Willie Mays must reside. His was a Hall of Fame career of...