ON THIS DAY IN EARLY DODGERS HISTORY: APRIL 12

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                              April 12, 1884—Brooklyn baseball president Charles Byrne announces that every  home game will be ladies day in the 1884 season, with ladies admitted free with a paying customer.  “We have found by experience that when there is an assemblage of ladies at our matches, we get a more orderly gathering.” ...

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ON THIS DAY IN EARLY DODGERS HISTORY: APRIL 11

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April 11, 1888—Sporting Life  suggests that Brooklyn’s baseball club be called the “Bridegrooms,”  after several players marry before the start of the 1888 season. The name sticks.

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ON THIS DAY IN EARLY DODGERS HISTORY: APRIL 10

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April 10, 1889: That the Brooklyn baseball team “is better prepared to reach the championship goal which the club has been striving for since they entered the [American] association area in 1884 is another assured fact, the Brooklyn team of 1889 not only being stronger in batting ability and in base running, but in that most desirable essential harmony in the ranks,” The Brooklyn Eagle...

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ON THIS DAY IN EARLY DODGERS HISTORY: APRIL 9

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April 9, 1891: A.C. McNeill, a Chicago prosecutor seeking to close down illegal gambling dens in the Windy City, tells a court that his nephew, Brooklyn Bridegrooms pitcher Bob Caruthers, lost $9,000 to Chicago gamblers.

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ON THIS DAY IN EARLY DODGERS HISTORY: APRIL 8

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                             April 8, 1888: At a Brooklyn Bridegrooms exhibition game, club president Charles Byrne points to recently acquired pitcher Bob Caruthers and tells an astonished visiting guest, “That is Mr. Caruthers, and we pay him a salary of $5,000 for seven months service just to play ball as he can play it, and we paid $8,500 for his...

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ON THIS DAY IN EARLY DODGERS HISTORY: APRIL 7

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                                      April 7, 1890: Stocky Brooklyn outfielder Oyster Burns bets $10 that he can beat skinny pitcher Bob Caruthers in a 100-yard run.  Burns loses.

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ON THIS DAY IN EARLY DODGERS HISTORY: APRIL 6

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                                          April 6, 1889: Brooklyn Bridegrooms manager Bill “Gunner” McGunnigle vows to jump from the top of the Brooklyn Bridge if Brooklyn doesn’t win the 1889 American  Association major league...

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ON THIS DAY IN EARLY DODGERS HISTORY: APRIL 5

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April 5, 1890—The new National League Brooklyn Bridegrooms defeat the new Brooklyn American Association team 4 to 1 in an exhibition game.

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