Ebbets field
Photo by Norman Kaphan

Ebbets Field opened on April 9, 1913 in Brooklyn, NY. It was the home of the much loved baseball team, the Brooklyn Dodgers. Baseball's first televised baseball game was played at Ebbets Field by the Dodgers on August 26, 1939 against the Reds. Jackie Robinson was the first black man in the 20th century to play in Major League Baseball at the field on April 15, 1947. The last game was held September 24, 1957, the year the team left for California. Ebbets Field was demolished on February 23, 1960.