Major League baseball has not been played in the Borough of Brooklyn since 1957.
But any serious baseball fan can still tell you that until that time some of the games greatest moments occurred at Bedford Avenue where Ebbets Field stood.
Beginning in 1884 a Brooklyn team played in the American Association. In 1890 the team would join the new National League.
This team changed names almost year to year, known variously as the Atlantics, the Grays, the Superbas, the Bridegrooms, the Grooms and the Trolley Dodgers. This last name came from the fact that residents of Brooklyn had to “dodge” the trolleys that provided public transportation in the Borough.
In those days most ballparks were built entirely of wood and the great danger of fire was always a co ...
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