Brooklyn Dodgers - Ebbets Field - Frank Sinatra - There Used To Be A Ballpark

[johngreco]

As a 78 year old man, this brought a tear to my eye.

[normanschimmel]

I lived five blocks from Ebbet's. People would park on my block, and walk to the game. I could see the lights from our schoolyard, and the world was a wonderful place. There was only one World Series to remember and that was 1955. Yes, there used to be a ballpark, right here.

[johnj.flanagan-songsoffaith]

I am 78. As a youngster, I had the pleasure of going to games at the old Yankee Stadium, Ebbets Field, and the Polo Grounds, before the Dodgers and Giants abandoned New York. We were all so disappointed when that happened later. The lads in my class at St Philip Neri School, in Northport, NY, were divided between Yankee fans and Dodger fans, with a Giant fan here and there. I was in Little league, playing in East Northport, Larkfield area. I would say we were fans of our teams, but respected good ball players from both the National and American Leagues, and Little League stressed the importance of good sportsmanship. Those were good days, and the memories put a smile on this old man’s face just thinking about it.

[eustacecourage]

I would like to think that if I could go back in time and spend ten years somewhere, it would be 1947-57 in Brooklyn. Being a Dodger fan, to watch Snyder, Campanella, Reese, Hodges, Robinson and the rest of the Boys of Summer would be a young boy's dream. But I don't think I could take the heartbreak, I really don't.

[roberthowell]

Oh God, I miss my Dodgers. A trip to Ebbets Field to watch the Dodgers play was like going to the Super Bowl. Nothing like it in the world. 😢😢

[thebigbobert]

I've talked with a man. Who lived in Brooklyn, NY. Until 1975. If time travel were possible. I would love go back and see a Dodger game. In Ebetts field. He still had tears in his eyes. Talking about those days. He said he was 15 when they moved to los angeles. When he got the news about the move. He said it felt like his heart was breaking. When I watch this video. I can almost feel the sadness.

[garymauro]

The Dodgers were the epicenter of Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Dodgers symbolized our country's melting pot. Everybody was enthralled by their quest to beat the buttoned up Yankees.Peewee Reese's arm around Jackie Robinson was an iconic moment for the civil rights movement
When they left Brooklyn it broke Brooklyn's heart and baseball was diminished.Only Sinatra could articulate that

[louisvega-oesc]

I was a bleacher bum at ebets field.. used to go there usually on Sundays for double headers.. miss, the sconce in right, snider in center, amoros in left, Robinson at third, pee-wee, at short, Gilliam at 2nd, hodges at 1st, and of course, campy behind the plate.. some great pitching to go along too... favorite pitchers, nucombe, Labine, and podres...

[richardlorith]

I wish I was around to see this Stadium, my grandmother used to always talk about it

[stephensanfilippo]

I was born in Brooklyn in 1948. I went to Ebbets Field. I have loved this song since the first time I heard it right after Sinatra recorded it. It always brings back joyful memories of a time gone by. My extended family bought some land in the 1940s in Ridge, a village of 300 people, 65 miles east of Brooklyn Bridge. They put up little houses. It was Paradise. We went there on weekends and in the summer. There was a clearing in the woods. The boys, we older cousins, played baseball there all day long. We called ourselves the Ridge Rhinos, and the field Rhino Field. On the 4th of July, we would play "the Men." They seemed so old. They were in their 50s and 40s and late 30s. Now, the Men and the Women have passed, and the older cousin are in our 70s. Our younger cousins, who were too young to play, remember the field and that something special and great happened on the 4th of July. Now, the family is spread all over the country and the field in the clearing is long gone, but the family continues - - - a beautiful Sicilian family - - - with beautiful memories that we pass onto the next generations. - - - Stefano

[distantreplaydotorg]

Love the way you showed the Mets at the exact point where it said, "The new team hardly tries". Perfect sync.

[drewsmith]

Beautiful song, wonderful sentiment of a happy and simpler time could only sung by Sinatra. Born 1 year after the Dodgers and Giants moved away, lucky to have been born and raised in Da Bronx as a Yankee fan but surely would have love d the Dodgers and the Sym=phony, OIsk, Pee-Wee, Campy, Gil, Jackie, Newk, RoeDuke etc.

[jcmorton]

Big Brooklyn Dodger fan went to Ebbits Field often.

[ryetim]

Just shows how NOTHING is forever. I'm sure the People in Brooklyn thought they would never leave. Probably never even occurred to them

[rentslave]

The Dodgers also played 15 home games in Jersey City during the 1956-1957 seasons.I was at the next to last game.

[baikitball]

Wow Im a Dodger fan and live 2 hours away from Dodger Stadium but this video still gives me goosebumps and lump in my throat... if this isn’t nostalgia I dont know what is...

[davideckley]

This song was composed extremely well. Nelson Riddle was on his game and Frank hit every note

[kirby]

Great upload, thanks! ...Great number by the greatest interpreter of a lyric in history!

[bshalon]

I'll make this easy on everyone from that era. Old blue eyes was singing about all three ballparks - Ebbits Field, Polo Grounds and The House that Ruth Built.

[fek]

That picture at the end of Podres and Zimmer gets me. I never saw either of them play but as coaches they were beloved by a new generation of fans.