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That is until Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley acquired the land and forcibly removed its remaining residents to build Dodger Stadium. It’s an overlooked part of Los Angeles history that ...
Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is taking paternity leave. He and his wife Mamiko are expecting their first child soon. Manager Dave Roberts confirmed this news. Ohtani shared the pregnancy ...
The Dodgers wore caps with the Brooklyn “B” logo in front and Robinson’s signature inscribed on the underside of the bill. Two of Robinson’s eldest grandchildren, Sonya Pankey and Ayo ...
Its Friday, April 18 and the Dodgers (14-6) are in Arlington to take on the Rangers (12-7). Yoshinobu Yamamoto is slated to take the mound for Los Angeles against Jacob deGrom for Texas. The Dodgers ...
He did so with the Dodgers, who had a celebration for the late Robinson that involved Los Angeles Lakers great Abdul-Jabbar, who grew up a Brooklyn Dodgers fan in New York. In between telling ...
Dodgers catcher Will Smith, right, is congratulated by Freddie Freeman and Shohei Ohtani, left, after a three-run homer against the Rockies at Dodger Stadium. (Los Angeles Times) 36,336 people ...
A front-page “Bulletin” announced the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team would bring its 250 players to train at the former Naval Air Station in Vero Beach. I found the 1948 Press Journal column ...
After playing for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues, Jackie Robinson made his debut for the then-Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. He was the focal point in breaking the color ...
telling stories about becoming a fan of the Brooklyn Dodgers because of Robinson and then getting to meet him for the first time in 1970. “Jack always had the idea that he was an equal human ...
Mykalai Kontilai, who fraudulently used Jackie Robinson’s Brooklyn Dodgers contracts, was sentenced to 51 months in prison and ordered to pay $6.1 million he stole from investors. Bobby Miller ...
LOS ANGELES -- Jackie Robinson was the first to break baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers 78 years ago Tuesday. His legacy continues to inspire people inside the major leagues ...
Here's what it said in 2024 (and 2023), with added emphasis: "Robinson played his first Major League game at Ebbets Field on April 15, 1947 as a first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Major ...