If there was ever a place in America where a city and its baseball team were as close as family, it was Brooklyn. The legacy of this relationship comes down to us in stories of childhoods spent at Ebbets Field and in the stories of Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey, whose courage changed the face of America. Baseball in Brooklyn goes back to the beginning of the sport, when a young city embraced a new game and, like missionaries, carried it to the nation.
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Brooklyn Dodgers [Book]
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Yahoo Sports AM: Dodgers nightmare (again)
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How the Los Angeles Dodgers became MLB's unstoppable force
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Dodgers NLDS history: Long odds after losing first 2 games at home
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Dodgers Add Mitchell White, DJ Peters & Zach McKinstry To 40-Man
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Dodgers finish with 111 wins, best in NL since 1906 Cubs
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The Dodgers Departed Long Before Brooklyn Bounced Back - The New
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Mitchell & Ness is a global brand. 40 years ago, the Philly
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Dodgers Love L.A.: A uniform day, a unique moment
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Dodgers Take Another Early Exit From the Postseason Tournament
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