by David Krell | Nov 23, 2016 | David Krell
Brooklynites tuning their radios to WOR for the Dodgers-Pirates broadcast on September 18, 1941 encountered an unexpected delay in Red Barber’s recounting of balls and strikes. A natural phenomenon triggered the interruption and, consequently, the ire of Dodger...
by David Krell | May 13, 2015 | David Krell
In the summer of 2007, HBO aired The Ghosts of Flatbush, a documentary about one baseball’s most beloved teams. The Brooklyn Dodgers. This two-part documentary drilled into the passion, celebrity, and heartbreak surrounding the team that gave the borough an...
by David Krell | Jun 20, 2013 | David Krell
1951. The Giants Win the Pennant! Ralph Branca. Brooklyn Dodgers. Bobby Thomson. New York Giants. Leo Durocher. Polo Grounds. Russ Hodges. The Shot Heard ‘Round the World. Larry Jansen. Larry Who? Ralph Branca threw the pitch that Bobby Thomson sent...
by David Krell | Jun 19, 2013 | David Krell
1951 was supposed to be the Dodgers’ year, a vengeance-filled riposte of burgeoning against the baseball fates that determined the previous year’s National League pennant go to the Philadelphia Phillies on the last day of the 1950 season. The paradigm repeated as...
