Photo of the Day: Don Drysdale pitching in Ebbets Field (in color!) Let's take a color-photo look at Hall of Famer Don Drysdale in the very early years of his career.

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 Feb. 1960. (Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios/Getty Images) ...

Liz Ronk, who edited this gallery, is the Photo Editor for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter at @LizabethRonk. Brooklyn Dodgers fans cheering during a game at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York. May 1940.

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 ...