Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the last game at Ebbets field in Brooklyn.
Growing up in Buffalo N.Y. while the Dodgers still played in Ebbets field and remembering their move to Los Angeles I found this article entertaining. If you are familiar with V. Scully and his announcing style and can picture his voice and delivery on the quote below you might find it rather amusing like I did. Enjoy
In the quote below, Scully's reference to Gladys' mental state refers to the fact that she was depressed over the Dodgers leaving not that she had mental problems.
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Setting the depressing tone, Vin Scully recalls, was the song selection of organist Gladys Goodding, whose music infused the maudlin mood.
"Gladys was a very nice lady, known to take a drink or three," the longtime Dodgers announcer says. "And Gladys showed up with a paper bag -- and there wasn't any doubt what was in it. It was too late for lunch. . . .
"If I remember correctly, the very first song she played was 'My Buddy,' a pretty down song, and it went down from there. All of us in listening to the music were aware of her mental state, and I'm sure she was dipping into the brown bag, and the music kept getting more depressing every third out.
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McDevitt, a little-known rookie left-hander on a team littered with name stars such as Pee Wee Reese, Duke Snider, Roy Campanella and Gil Hodges, says he had no idea that game would be the Dodgers' Brooklyn swan song......
"I couldn't believe that after working my butt off to get to Brooklyn that I would be going back to another minor league town, which is what L.A. was then."
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LOL
The link directly to the article requires you to be registered. However, I believe that you can get to the article without registering by clicking on the second link which will take you to the L.A. Times front page and then clicking on "Sports" on the left side. Then scroll down until you see the section "Latest Columns". Go to the last columnist, Jerry Crowe and click on him to get to the article. I hope that works.
Dodgers' last pitch at Ebbets means more now Los Angeles news, California news - Los Angeles Times 
09-25-2007, 11:51 AM
Dodgers' last pitch at Ebbets means more now 
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