Dazzy Vance, Gotham Legend
by On Feb. 9, 1933, the Brooklyn Dodgers traded their pitching ace Dazzy Vance to the St. Louis Cardinals with infielder Gordon Slade for Ownie Carroll …
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Monday Mets: Still Waiting
by If you’ve been reading the Monday Mets articles for some time, and I’m pretty sure both of you have been, you’ll know that I get …
Jackie Robinson’s Original Pro Contracts To Be Auctioned
Jackie Robinson’s original professional baseball contracts with the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Montreal Royals which were in a Brooklyn historian’s safe-deposit box until a few …
Jackie Robinson’s Original Pro Baseball Contracts For Auction
by Jackie Robinson‘s original professional baseball contracts with the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Montreal Royals which were in a Brooklyn historian’s safe-deposit box until a few …
Drysdale, Reese, Michaels Among Frick Finalists
Brooklyn-born Al Michaels and former Dodgers Don Drysdale and Pee Wee Reese are among eight of the National Pastime’s most recognizable and honored voices who …
Manhattan’s Last Champions
Think of the 1954 Giants as The Boys of The Summer Before. Perhaps the date is the first clue. The World Series could hardly have started any sooner, and given the course of events that quickly unfolded, there was no way it was going to end any later. In its time, that was a good thing.
Baseball Digest Birthdays: Casey Stengel
by One hundred-twenty one years ago today one of the most colorful characters in baseball history was born. Remembering Casey Stengel.
Going Nine: The Power Of Two
(This story was originally published in Gotham Baseball Magazine) Eddie Lucas was a baseball fan, born into a baseball loving family. Just hours after watching …