Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush

Synopsis

The Brooklyn Dodgers, from Jackie Robinson's breaking baseball's color barrier to their move to Los Angeles, a dozen years later. The Dodgers epitomize the diverse working-class, in contrast with the white uptown Yankees, and come oh-so-close to winning the World Series before it finally happens in 1955. By then, Ebbets Field is crumbling, ticket sales are off, fans have moved to the suburbs, and Robert Moses is blocking Walter O'Malley's plan to build a stadium at the terminus of the Long Island Railroad. When Los Angeles makes O'Malley an offer he can't refuse, an era comes to an end: in 1958 the Dodgers and cross-town-rival Giants go West, leaving the ghosts of Flatbush.

Main Cast

Jackie Robinson

Self

Age : 53 | Popularity : 29%

Liev Schreiber

Self (Narrator)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Duke Snider

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Buzzie Bavasii

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Ralph Branca

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Peter O'Malley

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Rachel Robinson

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Gil Hodges

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Charles Olivier Aaron Cohen
Production	Executive Producer	Rick Bernstein
Department	Role	Name

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