Stories By Oldbear48
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Dodger Baseball
/ 8 months agoIn Memoriam: Carl Erskine
Other than in videos, I never got to see Carl Erskine pitch. By the time the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles,...
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Dodger Baseball
/ 8 months agoScandals in Baseball: The List is Growing – Part One
Note – Picture – Chicago White Sox players Eddie Murphy, John ‘Shano’ Collins, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Happy Felsch, and Nemo Leibold...
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Dodger Baseball
/ 9 months agoJust How Good Were the 1927 Yankees?
I wanted to try to get one more post in before I head to California for a couple of weeks. Some...
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Dodger Baseball
/ 9 months agoLAD World Series Heroes – 1970’s And Beyond
This is the third and final chapter of Bear’s excellent expose on Dodgers World Series Heroes. 1974 The baseball landscape...
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Dodger Baseball
/ 9 months agoLAD World Series Heroes – 1960’s
1963 1963 would be a special year. It was the year that Sandy Koufax realized his potential and became the dominant...
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Dodger Baseball
/ 9 months agoIs Major League Baseball Pricing the Average Fan Out of the Game?
I was thinking about this when I saw that the cheapest seat for opening day at Dodger Stadium this season is...
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Dodger Baseball
/ 9 months agoWorld Series Heroes Part 1
The Dodgers have been to the World Series 21 times. They won 7 of them. It wasn’t until 1955 that the...
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Dodger Baseball
/ 9 months agoThe Great Holdout of 1966
As 1966 began, teams were getting ready for spring training and GM’s and players were finalizing contracts. 1966, no long term...
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Dodger Baseball
/ 9 months agoWho Is That Guy Anyway?
The other day I was thinking about some of the players I have seen play who were only in the majors...
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Dodger Baseball
/ 10 months agoMy All-Time Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodger Teams
It is only fair that when choosing an All-Time team, we separate Brooklyn from Los Angeles. The Brooklyn Dodgers came into...