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Being Unable to Watch Dodgers Games on TV in Los Angeles Is a Tradition

Jan 8, 2019

Baseball History, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Media

The Los Angeles Dodgers have the richest local TV deal in baseball – and the strangest. The team receives around $200 million a year to keep its games from being televised to the majority of its local fans. ...

‘Baseball as It Was’ (4/7/16): Ken Burns

Brian Wright

Apr 8, 2016

Baseball History, Interviews, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Media, Milestone, National League West, Podcasts, Radio

Jackie Robinson’s legacy as a Hall of Fame player and a civil rights pioneer is one that will endure forever. His breaking of the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in April 1947 makes him the most signifi...

Looking Ahead to Vin Scully’s Final Season

Seth Poho

Dec 6, 2015

Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Media, Radio

With the recent announcement of Vin Scully's impending retirement from broadcasting, news of this not only affects those tuned into his calls from Chavez Ravine, but the entire nation of baseball. It was only a...

Vin Scully Says 2016 Could be his Final Season

Gershon Rabinowitz

Aug 30, 2015

Baseball History, Breaking News, Headlines, Los Angeles Dodgers

His voice has been the soundtrack of baseball for over half a century. Universally beloved and admired as arguably the greatest announcer in the history of the sport, Vin Scully, the Hall of Fame voice of the L...

‘Baseball as It Was’ Episode #25: Carl Erskine

Brian Wright

Jun 1, 2015

Baseball History, Interviews, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Media, National League, National League West, Podcasts, Postseason, Radio

Jackie, Pee Wee, Duke, Campanella, and Hodges – names that still resonate strongly in the borough of Brooklyn and make up one of the most indelible teams in baseball history. Another name that will long be r...

This Day in Baseball: A Farewell to Ebbets Field

Joshua Sadlock

Feb 23, 2015

Baseball History, Features

Today marks a sad day in baseball history. On this day in 1960, demolition began on venerable Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. The stadium was no longer needed following the Dodgers move to Los Angeles. Many former Br...

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