Ebbets Field
baseball park, New York City, New York, United States
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Brooklyn
- In New York City: Brooklyn of New York City
…a wonderfully intimate ball park, Ebbets Field; many hearts were broken when the team decamped to California in 1957, and the field was subsequently demolished. Even without the Dodgers, Brooklyn celebrated its independent nature. It had its own shopping mecca (around Flatbush Avenue), a Civic Center, and even a Chinatown…
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Los Angeles Dodgers
- In Los Angeles Dodgers
…1913 the team moved into Ebbets Field, an intimate ballpark that served as the home of the Dodgers until 1957. The team was known as the Grays, the Bridegrooms, the Superbas, and the Robins before they settled on the name Dodgers in 1932.
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