This day in baseball: Ebbets debut
Posted: April 5, 2019 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Brooklyn Dodgers, Casey Stengel, Ebbets Field, history, Major League Baseball, MLB, New York Yankees, sports 2 CommentsThe Dodgers played their first game at Ebbets Field on April 5, 1913. 25,000 fans watched the exhibition against the Yankees as Brooklyn defeated New York, 3-2. Casey Stengel hit the new ballpark’s first home run, an inside-the-parker.
The first exhibition game at Ebbets Field in 1913 (Wikimedia Commons)
Oh, my God, what a great photo!!!!!
It’s almost like being there 🙂