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Ebbets

1960 Demolition begins on Brooklyn's Ebbets Field (opened in 1913) 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers play last game at Ebbets Field, defeat Pirates 2-0 1957 Duke Snider's 39th and 40th home runs are last hit at Ebbets Field 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers sign a new 3 year lease for Ebbets Field 1956 Dodgers sell Ebbets Field to a real estate group They agree to stay until 1959, with an option to stay until 1961 1955 Willie Mays hits record tying 9th HR at Ebbets Field (ties Joe Adcock) 1949 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn 1948 Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as a New York Giant 1946 Cards beat Dodgers 8-4 at Ebbets Field to win NL playoffs 2-0 1946 Braves Bernard Malamud HR shatters Bulova clock in Ebbets Field 1945 Scheduled demonstrations at Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field to end segregation in organized baseball are called off 1938 1st night game at Brooklyn Ebbets Field (Reds 6, Dodgers 0) as Cincinnati Red Johnny Vander Meer hurls unprecedented 2nd consecutive no-hitter 1938 Dodgers announce contracts to install lights at Ebbets Field 1925 No baseball games played in NL due to Charles Ebbets' funeral 1925 Charles Ebbets, President (Dodgers), dies 1922 Charles Ebbets proposes putting numbers on players' sleeves or caps 1916 In Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3 1916 NL votes down Charlie Ebbets proposal to limit 25 cents seats 1913 Brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0 1911 Brooklyn Dodgers President Charles Ebbets announces purchase of grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000 1859 Charles Ebbets, namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn

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