Brooklyn Dodgers: Home Is Where The Heart Is

From the desk of:  FINGERPRINTS OF THE BUMS

Spanning the Borough 

To Bring You The Constant Variety of Bums

One out of every seven people in this country can trace their family histories back through Brooklyn.  The Boys of Summer are no different.  Gone but hardly forgotten, the old Trolley Dodgers are quite alive and well.  Despite being scarred and broken, Dem Bums remain dear in the hearts of the Brooklyn citizenry, whom still wear their baseball caps, t-shirts, jerseys, and jackets like a red badge of courage.  Here in Kings County, at least, you might say New York City is still home to three teams.  However, the greater municipal politico and powers presently and historically have always demonstrated little or no interest in recognizing, preserving, or promoting Gotham's near 180 year baseball legacy - much less Brooklyn Dodgers history.  Therefore, I make it my business to seek out and reveal FINGERPRINTS OF THE BUMS wherever they may be.  This is the second installment in a series of reboots and original content featuring people, places, and things you may already be familiar with, and hopefully things you're not so familiar with.

• Part One Fingerprints of the Bums: Street Art and Murals

Once upon a time ...

Old Stone House 

circa 1846

Served Briefly as Brooklyn Dodgers Clubhouse

WASHINGTON PARK

Home of the Brooklyn Dodgers

I     1883~1891

II    1898~1912

Modell's Sporting Goods Collection

Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

Washington Park Program ~ 1889

Vintage Baseball Game ~ 2009

BROOKLYN BASEBALL CLUB

Washington Park Program ~ 1890

Eastern Park Program ~ 1891

Brooklyn Historical Society Collection

Game at Washington Park/Brooklyn Historical Society Collection

Last Season at Washington Park/Modell's Collection

55 Sullivan Place: Ebbets Field

Cedar Street renamed McKeever Place 

Edward and Stephen McKeever, Partner/Owners

Ebbets Field Apartments (Right Field) Wall, Bedford Avenue

April 9, 1913 ~ Sept. 24, 1957

Junior's Restaurant Collection

Ebbets Field Turnstile

MCU Park, Coney Island

Brooklyn Historical Society Collection

Brooklyn Historical Society Collection

Ebbets Field Seats

Junior's Restaurant Collection

Road Trips 2017: Cooperstown Museum and Baseball Hall of Fame

HOME PLATE

Modell's Sporting Goods Collection

Bossert Hotel, Montague Street

Where Johnny Podres and the World Champion 

Brooklyn Dodgers Twisted the Night Away.

Road Trips 2017: Cooperstown Museum and Baseball Hall of Fame

Brooklyn Historical Society Collection

Film Props, Movie Shoot; Brooklyn Heights

Photo: Baseball Legends of Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery 

by Peter J. Nash; 2003 Arcadia Publishing

Sledgehammer to Cornerstone and Resulting Damage

Road Trips 2017: Cooperstown Museum and Baseball Hall of Fame

Bedford Avenue at Sullivan Place

Flagpole Dedication at Barclays Center

Attended by Sharon Robinson,

Daughter of Jackie Robinson

If the building in the forefront somewhat resembles a ballpark, 

it's because this is where Walter O'Malley wanted to build his new stadium;

Flatbush Avenue at Atlantic Avenue

MCU PARK

Coney Island

Home of the Brooklyn Cyclones

"BABY BUMS"

2001 Inaugural Season 

New York-Penn League Champions

Retired Numbers: Carl Erskine; Don Newcombe; Jackie Robinson; Gil Hodges

1955 World Champions          Final Pitch: McDevitt to Pignatano

Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson