The families nearest to the old stomping grounds hold onto the memories passed down and remain steadfast in their dedication to preserve the legacy of the Brooklyn Dodgers for as long as they can.

Born in Borough Park, Brooklyn, Marty Adler, who died in 2013 at age 76, once tried out for the Dodgers. Though he lined a ball off the right field wall at old Ebbets Field during that tryout ...

The Yankees against the Dodgers is the most venerable of all Fall Classic rivalries. When I hear the words, this Brooklyn-born boy’s thoughts drift back nearly 70 years to when the old Brooklyn ...

But long before the Yankees were formed in 1903, there was another New York City team: The Dodgers were Brooklyn’s darlings until 1958, when they moved to Los Angeles. My 91-year-old grandfather ...

By now, Mr. Askotzky knows what they are looking for: a small plaque that marks the location of home plate at Ebbets Field, the long-ago-dismantled home of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Mr. Askotzky ...

The people began to line up outside the crumbling old baseball ... time the Dodgers would be in New York City since Sept. 24, 1957, the last day of business for Ebbets Field over in Brooklyn.