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#263 Ebbets Field and the Glory Days of the Brooklyn Dodgers

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

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The Greatest Fan in Brooklyn Dodgers History

The greatest fan in brooklyn dodgers history was regularly seen at ebotts fld, starting in the late thirties. A woman named hilda chester, with a notoriously loud voice. She would loudly opine upon the progress of the game. At one point, she got so comfortable that she famously just wrote a note and slipped it to aleo de rocher in the dugout. That's how close she thought that she was to the to the outcome of the match. But i think when you read these stories recollections, among the greatest fans are,  the most inspiring fans, were the neighbor kids.

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