The Greatest Ballpark Ever: Bob McGee

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	• Greatest Ballpark Ever: Ebbets Field And the Story of the Brooklyn Dodgers Bob McGee Rutgers, 2006 - 336 pages average customer review:based on 9 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Sorry Mr. Kahn, this is my new BIBLE

As a 58 year old Brooklyn Dodger fanatic who still and always will hate O'Malley, Mr. McGee's book is my new bible. He gives you the entire history of Baseball in Brooklyn without being boring, without preaching facts and making me feel that I was still living on Eastern Parkway. This is one book that I read very slowly as I didn't want it to end. He brought back many great memories and also brought back the tears I shed when they left and even more when on that cold February day they tore down the Hallowd Walls of that place called Ebbets. He brought me back to the times when I snuck in to watch games, layed on my stomach on Bedford Avenue to sneak a peak at the only spot to look under the Center Field fense to watch a game,saved our Borden's Elsie Dixie Cup tops to get Bleacher Seats and to turn in a Bedford Blast for a free admision to the bleachers. He even spelled Gladys Goodding's name correctly, something not done in some of the other Brookly Dodger books.

A job well done, Mr. McGee. My only disappointment in your book is that I finally ran out of pages. But, It is a book I will read over and over and over again and to all who miss Ebbets Field,the Brooklyn Dodgers and still hate O'Malley, DO NOT miss this book

Steve Grossman, Mount Laurel, NJ

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Extraordinary!

I had the privilege of meeting bob McGee at a commemoration of the Brooklyn Dodgers' only winning World Series and was amazed to learn he was a bit too young to have ever gone to Ebbets Field in person.
However, he somehow did manage to get there in spirit as he has done an exceptional job in capturing the flavor of a wonderful bygone era.
Until someone invents a time machine, McGee's book is the best means of transporting a reader back to a time when an extrordinary baseball team made those of us lucky enough to have lived in Brooklyn feel a little special outselves.
The well-known words of fellow Brooklynite Jackie Gleason describe this book to a "T."
"HOW SWEET IT IS!"

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The Greatest Ballpark Ever: Bob McGee

Ebbets Field is considered hallowed ground for baseball fans.
The field drew up to 650T people or 4th /5th in League attendance. The author provides a chronology starting with Charles Ebbets circa 1898. He traces the history including the Ebbets Field architect-Clarence Van Buskirk.

Ebbets Field construction began 3-4-1912 and opened in 1913.
By 1930, Frank York became the club President.
The volume by Bob McGee faithfully documents the early history
of Ebbets Field with a plethora of black/white photos depicting
the period of the early 1900s. The acquisition is definitely
worth while as an opening point of conversation on New York
Baseball.

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A Book Both Historic and Nostalgic

If you are a baseball fan interested in the game's history you will enjoy this effort on the Brooklyn Dodgers and their history. Whether they were called the Dodgers, Superbas, or Robins the Brooklyn version of the team has cemented its place in baseball history. Author Bob McGee provides us with a detailed account of the team's history dating from the opening of Ebbets Field in 1913 until their infamous move following the 1957 season orchestrated by a man who's name will not appear here. Some readers may find they are being told more about the team than they care to know. However, if you are a fan of baseball history this will not be a problem for you. The team's inability to win a World Series haunted the team throughout their history from their first Series appearance in 1916 until that glorious year of 1955. At one period of time the team was nicknamed the Daffiness Boys, an early version of the New York Mets of the early 1960's. The best was saved for last with the arrival of the post war Boys of Summer in the early 1950's who were immortalized in literature by Roger Kahn in 1971. Several pictures also add to the book. One, in particular, of the inside of the Ebbets Field Rotunda, I had never seen before. If you remember the Brooklyn Dodgers, I do, or if you were a fan of the team you will enjoy this book. As I said in my title, it is at once both historic and nostalgic.

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