Brooklyn Dodgers (1977-1978)
October 7, 2020
The Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team recorded its final out at Ebbets Field on September 24th, 1957 and left Crown Heights for Los Angeles soon afterwards. The beloved ballpark met the wrecking ball in February 1960. The baseball Dodgers, of course, are whom everyone talks about when they speak of the Brooklyn Dodgers these days. But the name was actually used by a variety of teams over the years across various sports. Today we’ll look at (to my knowledge) the last team to adopt the “Dem Bums” identity: the minor league Brooklyn Dodgers basketball team of 1977-1978.
