When the Dodgers went to the Bronx: Game 1 of the 1947 World Series

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[Opening game of the World Series], DODG_0002, 1947; Brooklyn Daily Eagle Photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
[Opening game of the World Series], DODG_0002, 1947; Brooklyn Daily Eagle Photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History

 

It's been a strange long year and something like the start of baseball seems even stranger in our current climate. Fields and stadiums are opening slowly with limited entry and required vaccination cards. But back in 1947 all you needed to see a game was a ticket and some excitement. This is a shot of fans from Game 1 of the World Series pitting the New York Yankees against Brooklyn's own beloved Dodgers. 73,365 eager fans packed Yankee Stadium that Tuesday afternoon.

The Dodgers got an early lead with Dixie Walker's RBI single off of Spec Shea to score "Pistol Pete" Reiser from second base. There were two more runs in the 6th and 7th but not enough to chip away at the 5 run lead the Yankees had secured in the 5th inning. Sadly the Yankees took both that game, and the whole series. The Bums from Brooklyn rallied in Game 3 but they ultimately lost to the Bronx Bombers.

In 2021 baseball looks much different than it did in 1947 and while we're not sure about what this season is going to bring we can offer you this: If you wanted to relive the highlights of that series and see the hits and strike-outs these very fans cheered for and jeered at, all you have to do is click here.

Interested in seeing more photos from CBH’s collections? Visit our online image gallery, which includes a selection of our images, or the digital collections portal at Brooklyn Public Library. We look forward to inviting you to CBH in the future to research in our entire collection of images, archives, maps, and special collections. In the meantime, please visit our resources page, or access the resources of the former Brooklyn Collection. Our reference staff are still available to help with your research! You can reach us at cbhreference@bklynlibrary.org.

 

 

This blog post reflects the opinions of the author and does not necessarily represent the views of Brooklyn Public Library.

 

David Levine

I have a memory of walking on Court St. in the 1950s before the Dodgers left and I was five or six years old. Interest in the team must've been so great that there was a scoreboard on the side of one of the old office buildings showing inning by inning the score of the game. It was someone's job to add a digit it to it every half inning. Do you have a picture of that?
Tue, Mar 30 2021 9:18 pm Permalink
Suzanne A. Shaw

April 2, 2021: Look forward to receiving you communications via e-mail with wonderful photographs from days of old when I was a young girl growing up in Crown-Heights, Brooklyn, attending P.S.161 and then Erasmus High School. Now at the age of 76, living alone with my two rescue dogs in Santa Fe, New Mexico, I wanted to let you know how appreciative I am of hearing from the BPL now and then. You lift my spirits and heart and I love the memories you send me to not feel so alone. After this pandemic lessens in its intensity I hope to visit Brooklyn once more. Most sincerely and with gratitude for your endeavors on behalf of Brooklyn and myself. Most Sincerely, Suzanne (Susan) A. Shaw
Fri, Apr 2 2021 3:19 pm Permalink

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