Ghosts of Flatbush
RipublicaninMass
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Recommended watch! I fell in Love with Dem Bums even more!
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My TIVO recomended it and I've been watching it since - it is friggin hilarious
the lil bush show isn't bad either
collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.
looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started
<< <i>that a great show. i love seeing old baseball documentries like that, i wish i was alive back then, i always think i would have been a dodger fan
the lil bush show isn't bad either >>
I was born in 1970 and I am a HUGE Brooklyn Dodger fan!
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<< <i>that a great show. i love seeing old baseball documentries like that, i wish i was alive back then, i always think i would have been a dodger fan
the lil bush show isn't bad either >>
I was born in 1970 and I am a HUGE Brooklyn Dodger fan! >>
1976 for me,
collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.
looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started
<< <i> 1969 for me and i can't explain this obsession with dem bums >>
Rooting for the underdog is as American as John Wayne.
randy
the rube
<< <i>It's nice to hear that there are Brooklyn Dodger fans on this board. Actually, I'm so old (born in '47) that I went to Brooklyn Dodger games at Ebbett's Field. I still have my '57 Dodger Yearbook, the last year they were in Brooklyn. >>
I believe the site where Ebbett's Field once stood is now home to a run down public housing project. There is a plaque there
to mark the old stadium.
On a related note it looks like the old Tiger stadium in Detroit is going to be hitting the wrecking ball in the not too distant
future. It was a great place to watch a game since it was designed for the fans to be much closer to the field than a lot
of modern ballparks (including Comerica) are these days.
<< <i>well I am headed to NY tomorrow, could someone give me the address for Ebbetts? >>
I found this on a website:
Today the Ebbets Field apartments have become a symbol of the urban slums that exist in New York City. Even today the site where the most famous ballpark once stood still attracts many baseball fans both old and young. If you ask any of the old Flatbush faithful they would say that you can still sense the ghost of years past. Back in 1996 Pee Wee Reese revisited the old site with his son who was filming the ESPN production of "The Brooklyn Dodgers: America's Original Team." During filming Reese broke down as he recalled the memories of Ebbets Field and Brooklyn. Morgan Spurlock's award winning documentary about the hazards of the fast food giant McDonald's "Super Size Me" used the Ebbets Field Apartments back drop when talking about the demographics of the poor and urban ghettos where McDonald's were targeting. The address of the old ballpark no longer exists (55 Sullivan Place) the closes to it is 77 Sullivan Place which serves as a community center for the building and is located at the old rotunda entrance.
rube,