Ebbets Field

The park's first night game was played on June 15, 1938, drawing a crowd of 38,748. [[Johnny Vander Meer]] of the visiting [[Cincinnati Reds]] pitched his second consecutive [[no-hitter]], a feat that has never been duplicated in Major League Baseball. It was also in [[1938 in baseball|1938]] that [[Hilda Chester]], one of the earlier sports "[[Fan (person)#Sports|superfan]]s," became a regular attendee when promotional wizard [[Larry MacPhail]] brought Ladies' Days to Ebbets Field, welcoming women for only ten-cents.

The park's first night game was played on June 15, 1938, drawing a crowd of 38,748. [[Johnny Vander Meer]] of the visiting [[Cincinnati Reds]] pitched his second consecutive [[no-hitter]], a feat that has never been duplicated in Major League Baseball. It was also in [[1938 in baseball|1938]] that [[Hilda Chester]], one of the earlier sports "[[Fan (person)#Sports|superfan]]s," became a regular attendee when promotional wizard [[Larry MacPhail]] brought Ladies' Days to Ebbets Field, welcoming women for only ten-cents.

After the Dodgers early successes the team slid into hard times. It remained there for two decades, until new ownership first brought in MacPhail in 1938, and then, after MacPhail's wartime resignation, player development specialist [[Branch Rickey]] in [[1943 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1943]]. In addition to his well-known breaking of the color line by signing [[Jackie Robinson]] in 1948, Rickey's savvy with [[Farm team|farm systems]] (which he had honed with the rival [[St. Louis Cardinals]]) produced results that made the Brooklyn Dodger "Bums" a perennial contender through their exit to California after the 1957 season.

After the Dodgers early successes the team slid into hard times. It remained there for two decades, until new ownership first brought in MacPhail in 1938, and then, after MacPhail's wartime deployment, [[Branch Rickey]] in [[1943 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1943]]. In addition to his well-known breaking of the color line by signing [[Jackie Robinson]] in late 1945, Rickey's savvy with [[Farm team|farm systems]] (which he had honed with the rival [[St. Louis Cardinals]]) produced results that made the Brooklyn Dodger "Bums" a perennial contender through their exit to California after the 1957 season.

The Dodgers won pennants in [[1941 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1941]] (under MacPhail), [[1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1947]], [[1949 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1949]], [[1952 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1952]], [[1953 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1953]], [[1955 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1955]] and [[1956 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1956]]. They won the [[1955 World Series]], their only world title, and were within two games (in 1950) and a [[Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball)|playoff heartbreak]] (in 1951) of winning five National League pennants in a row (1949–53), challenging the five time World Champion cross-town Yankees during that stretch. Ebbets Field also hosted the [[1949 Major League Baseball All-Star Game]].

The Dodgers won pennants in [[1941 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1941]] (under MacPhail), [[1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1947]], [[1949 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1949]], [[1952 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1952]], [[1953 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1953]], [[1955 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1955]] and [[1956 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1956]]. They won the [[1955 World Series]], their only world title, and were within two games (in 1950) and a [[Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball)|playoff heartbreak]] (in 1951) of winning five National League pennants in a row (1949–53), challenging the five time World Champion cross-town Yankees during that stretch. Ebbets Field also hosted the [[1949 Major League Baseball All-Star Game]].