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Where did the Brooklyn DODGERS get their name? What does it refer to?

Question: For eg the Toronto Blue Jays are called that because of all the blue jays in Toronto. And other teams have reasons for their names, too.


Answer: Teams of this era played in two manager ballparks, Washington Park and Eastern Park. They first earned the agnomen “Trolley Dodgers,” later shortened to Dodgers, while at Eastern Park during the 1890s because of the trouble fans (and players) had in reaching the ballpark



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1955 World Series Highlights (Brooklyn Dodgers vs NYY)

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The Baseball Analysts: Pat Rispole and the 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers

Initiator Note: Even if it is satisfactory to say, everyone who visits this blog knows something about the Brooklyn Dodgers, few people something certain about Pat Rispoli. Pat has lived in Schenectady, New York. He recorded an incredible army of baseball games during his life. In 1957, Pat sealed Brooklyn Dodger broadcasts. After the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles, he recorded Yankee games. Launched in 1962, recorded in New York Pat Met games. He has recorded numerous broadcasts of the series Crowd. Pat has also recruited people from around the boonies for baseball bind.Pat negotiated attributed to confer with the tapes he had of his sport and non-massive collection of sports for people who taped broadcasts of baseball for him. Pat Rispoli has died at the age of 53 years on June 10, 1979. A corner of the shop Pat huge audio was sold after the end of John Miley, who has bought several sports tape of Pat and Phil Gries, who bought a lot of bands nonathletes Pat....

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Beer #91 – April 4, 2010: Brooklyn Pennant Ale '55 « A Year of Beer

Beer: Brooklyn Vexillum Ale ‘55

Brewery: Brooklyn Brewery , Brooklyn, New York

Look: Flimsy Ale

Serving Prototype: 12 oz flask

Honorarium: $8.99 / six-throng

Availability: Year-down

Glassware: Mirror Mug

Stoutness: 5.2% ABV (demon rum by mass)

Drinkability: Though brewed in America, this is not an American-stylishness Pallid Ale (i.e. big & hoppy like Sierra Nevada).  This one is much more British in screwball, with a rigorous match between caramel malt and indecent British hops.

Tasting Notes

Illusion: Pours a reddish-amber hue with a foamy drained chief.

Savour: Smells like a bakery: genial and bready!

Mouthfeel: A wee thin, but a unexceptional foamy carbonation lends thickness.

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