Ebbets Field

A long time member of the Society for American Baseball Research, John G. Zinn is the author of three books about the Brooklyn Dodgers and numerous articles and essays about the history of baseball. His blog on baseball history can be found at amanlypastime.blogspot.com. Paul G. Zinn is a sales manager for a virtual communications software company and was a sportswriter at three daily newspapers. He lives in Acton, Massachusetts.

“proves to be a masterly look at Ebbets Field”—Library Journal; “The Zinns [take] on the task of painstakingly recounting or adding to the historical record of Ebbets Field. They are careful historians...[and their] efforts, and those of their collaborators Ellen Snyder-Grenier, James Overmyer, and Ronald Selter, are meticulously footnoted” —SABR Deadball Committee Newsletter; “fans memories, prove to be well worth reading. Each tells an individual story adorned with family tradition, memories of first games attended, and nostalgia for a team that truly was part of the neighborhood”—Nine.

• Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments      I—History and BackgroundCharles Ebbets: Builder of Ballparks, Ballclubs and MoreJOHN G. ZINN      A Ballpark and Its “City”: Ebbets Field, Brooklyn and Changing TimesELLEN M. SNYDER-GRENIER      The Alpha and the Omega: First and Last Dodger Games at Ebbets FieldJOHN G. ZINN      History, Tragedy and Comedy: The Dodgers at Ebbets FieldPAUL G. ZINN and JOHN G. ZINN      Before Jackie: Black Baseball at Ebbets FieldJAMES OVERMYER      Ebbets Field: Sporting Venue and Community CenterPAUL G. ZINN      Ebbets Field by the NumbersRONALD M. SELTER      II—Memories of Ebbets FieldVisiting Players Reminisce About the Brooklyn Ballpark      The Home Team: Recollections of the Brooklyn Dodgers      Vox Populi: The People Remember Ebbets Field      AppendicesA: Play-by-Play and Box Scores for Ebbets Field’s Two 1913 Openers      B: Play-by-Play and Box Score for the Last Dodger Game at Ebbets Field      C: Music Played at the First and Last Games at Ebbets Field      Bibliography      About the Contributors      Index