Dodgers set National League Single game attendance record
Dodgers set National League Signle game attendence record
The Dodgers officially become the “Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc.”
1958 – The Dodgers officially become the “Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc.” in anticipation of playing their first season on the West Coast.
1957 World Series Game three Lew Burdette beats the Yankees
On October 3, 1957 – In Game 3 of the World Series, Lew Burdette wins the first of his three decisions against the Yankees. Burdette and the Milwaukee Braves beat Bobby Shantz, 4 – 2. Hank Aaron led off the second inning with a triple, then made it safe at home on Joe Adcock’s…
New York Giants votes to move the franchise to San Francisco
New York Giants votes to move the franchise to San Francisco
Club President Walter O’Malley offically announces that the Brooklyn Dodgers will play in Los Angeles in 1958.
1957 – Club President Walter O’Malley offically announces that the Brooklyn Dodgers will play in Los Angeles in 1958.
Horace Stoneham says that the Giants will quit New York after the season.
Horace Stoneham says that the Giants will quit New York after the season. He says he has not heard anything more from San Francisco and that his move is not contingent on that of the Dodgers. He sees a new stadium or joint occupancy with the Yankees as the only solution that could convince the Giants to stay in New York.
Cleveland Indians reject the Boston Red Sox’ offer of $1 million for star pitcher Herb Score
On March 19, 1957, In what is believed to be the largest offer for a player to date, Cleveland Indians general manager Hank Greenberg rejected a million-dollar offer for left-handed pitcher Herb Score from Boston Red Sox GM Joe Cronin. Greenberg refuses, saying that Cleveland is interested in building for the future, not in selling…
Los Angeles Dodgers become first team with their own plane
January 4, 1957, The Brooklyn Dodgers become the first team to purchase an aircraft, buying a 44-passenger Convair 440 two-engine airplane for $770,000. The team, from 1949 through 1957, had flown in a 20-seat DC-3, a gift from Bud Holman, who won the plane from Eastern Airlines in a crap game, according to legend, and…
Dale Berra is born in Ridgewood, NJ. Yogi’s son doesn’t have his father’s talents but closes his eleven-year big league career with 19 games as an Astro in 1987 where he bats .178.
1956 – Dale Berra is born in Ridgewood, NJ. Yogi’s son doesn’t have his father’s talents but closes his eleven-year big league career with 19 games as an Astro in 1987 where he bats .178.
Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium over the New York Central railroad tracks
In an effort to keep the Giants in New York, Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium over the New York Central railroad tracks, on a 470,000-foot site stretching from 60th to 72nd streets on Manhattan’s West Side. The estimated cost of $75 million for the stadium eventually dooms the project and will be a major factor in Horace Stoneham’s decision to move to San Francisco.
