Editing Ebbets Field (section)

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[[File:Ebbets Field 1920 10 06.jpg|thumb|left|Game 1, 1920 World Series]]
Ebbets Field was the scene of some early successes, as the Dodgers, also called the "Robins" after long-time manager [[Wilbert Robinson]], won [[National League (baseball)|National League]] championships in [[1916 Brooklyn Robins season|1916]] and [[1920 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1920]]. The seating area was expanded in the 1920s, a boom time for baseball when many ballparks were expanded. The double deck was extended from third base around the left field corner, across left field, and into center field, allowing right-hand hitters to garner many more home runs. By the 1940s, a big scoreboard had been installed in right field, as well as a screen atop the high wall which made home runs to right field a tougher accomplishment. Additional rows of seating across left field reduced that area by about 15 feet, aiding right-handed hitters.

The park's first night game was played on June 15, 1938, drawing a crowd of 38,748. [[Johnny Vander Meer]] of the visiting [[Cincinnati Reds]] pitched his second consecutive [[no-hitter]], a feat that has never been duplicated in Major League Baseball. It was also in [[1938 in baseball|1938]] that [[Hilda Chester]], one of the earlier sports "[[Fan (person)#Sports|superfan]]s," became a regular attendee when promotional wizard [[Larry MacPhail]] brought Ladies' Days to Ebbets Field, welcoming women for only ten-cents.

After the Dodgers early successes the team slid into hard times. It remained there for two decades, until new ownership first brought in MacPhail in 1938, and then, after MacPhail's wartime resignation, player development specialist [[Branch Rickey]] in [[1943 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1943]]. In addition to his well-known breaking of the color line by signing [[Jackie Robinson]] in 1948, Rickey's savvy with [[Farm team|farm systems]] (which he had honed with the rival [[St. Louis Cardinals]]) produced results that made the Brooklyn Dodger "Bums" a perennial contender through their exit to California after the 1957 season.

The Dodgers won pennants in [[1941 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1941]] (under MacPhail), [[1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1947]], [[1949 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1949]], [[1952 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1952]], [[1953 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1953]], [[1955 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1955]] and [[1956 Brooklyn Dodgers season|1956]]. They won the [[1955 World Series]], their only world title, and were within two games (in 1950) and a [[Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball)|playoff heartbreak]] (in 1951) of winning five National League pennants in a row (1949–53), challenging the five time World Champion cross-town Yankees during that stretch. Ebbets Field also hosted the [[1949 Major League Baseball All-Star Game]].