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| 1913 |
In an exhibition game against the Yankees, 25,000 fans watch the Dodgers play their first game in Ebbets Field. Brooklyn beats New York, 3-2, with Casey Stengel hitting the park's first home run, an inside-the-parker.
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| 1957 | The Phillies trade five players, Ron Negray, Tim Harkness, Elmer Valo, Mel Geho, and Ben Flowers (the player to be named later), sending $75,000 to the Dodgers to obtain much-touted Cuban infielder Chico Fernandez. Philadelphia's new shortstop plays three seasons in the City of Brotherly Love, batting just .242 before being traded to the Tigers. |
| 1989 | At Riverfront Stadium, Dodgers' hurler Orel Hershiser's scoreless-inning streak ends at 59. With two outs in the bottom of the first, Todd Benzinger's single scores Barry Larkin, almost a pickoff victim after getting a base hit to lead off the game but was safe on the 'Bulldog's' throwing error. |
| 1993 |
In front of 42,334 fans at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, the Florida Marlins, making their major league debut, defeat the Dodgers, 6-3. Joe DiMaggio throws out the ceremonial first pitch, and the team retires uniform number 5 in tribute to their late president Carl Barger, the number of his favorite player, fittingly Joe DiMaggio.
(Ed. Note: In 2012, the Marlins took the unusual step of un-retiring a number, allowing Logan Morrison to don the digit in tribute to his dad, whose favorite player was George Brett, the former Royals' third baseman. -LP) |
4 Fact(s) Found