ON THIS DAY IN EARLY DODGERS HISTORY: APRIL 12

Posted by Ron on Apr 12, 2012 | 0 comments

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.”