Twenty-eight months after the Dodgers play their last game in Brooklyn, the demolition of Ebbets Field finally begins when a wrecking ball, painted with red and white stitches, begins its work on the ballpark Brooklyn called home for 44 years. Before the demolition wheel-chair bound Roy Campanella, the team’s former All-Star catcher and three-time National League MVP is given an urn of dirt from behind home plate in front of a crowd of 200 faithful fans.
1960 – Branch Rickey meets with officials of the proposed Western Carolinas League about pooling talent for Continental League clubs.
1960 – Walter O’Malley, owner of the Dodgers, completes the purchase of the Chavez Ravine area in Los Angeles by paying $494,000 for property valued at $92,000.
1960 – Cienfuegos completes a 6 – 0 sweep to give Cuba the Caribbean Series championship for the 5th straight year. Camilo Pascual wins 2, including the Series clincher against the representative of Puerto Rico.
The San Francisco Giants move their offices to Candlestick Park. They will work out of a locker room until the Giants’ facility is completed.
The BBWAA voters fail to elect a new Hall of Fame member. Edd Roush gets 146 votes, but 202 are necessary for election. Sam Rice (143) and Eppa Rixey (142) are next in line. All three will eventually be elected.
1960 – Roland Americo “Buddy” Biancalana is born in Greenbrae, CA. A career .205 hitter who bats .042 during his 18 games as an Astro in 1987, Buddy gains notoriety as the butt of David Letterman jokes.
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