Ebbets Field hosted the 1949 All-Star game, the first to allow African Americans. Larry Doby, who broke into the majors in the same year as Robinson, represented Cleveland for the AL.

At the old Ebbets Field site, crime, poverty and apathy continue the destruction that a wrecking ball began nearly 50 years ago. Skip to main content Skip to navigation Menu ...

Happy 100th birthday, Ebbets Field It was 100 years ago Tuesday that the first game was played in Brooklyn's Ebbets Field. By Dayn Perry ...

Brooklyn Dodgers fans cheering during a game at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York. May 1940. William C. Shrout—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, NY.

When the Dodgers played their final game in Brooklyn, on a Tuesday evening 50 years ago Monday, the sadness enshrouding Ebbets Field was so impenetrable that not even a five-hit shutout by Danny ...

Ebbetts Field, opening ball, 1913. Photo via Wikipedia. In Part 1, we met architect Clarence R. Van Buskirk, mired in a corruption scandal in Part 2, but victorious designer of Ebbets Field in Part ...

An aerial shot of Ebbets Field in July 1954. (AP) Roy Campanella was left paralyzed by a car accident and didn't move west with the team, but he did make it to the demolition of Ebbets Field in ...

Ebbets Field would be the site of some of the worst baseball ever played, and some of the best that fans have ever witnessed. From 1914 until 1931 the team would be known as the Robins, in honor ...

With 30 years of studying materials and manufacturing techniques, Ebbets Field Flannels co-founder and owner Jerry Cohen has more than a working knowledge about baseball wool from 1900 to 1970.