This
is a 1955 Ebbets Field World Series Pin Back Button. These
pins were sold at Ebbets Field during the 1955 World
series between the New York Yankees, and the Brooklyn
Dodgers.
For the third time in four years, the
Brooklyn Dodgers, and the New York Yankees faced off in the
World Series. Of the Dodgers seven World Series setbacks, the last five had come at the hands of the Yankees. However, this year, the "Bums from Brooklyn" won ten consecutive games to start the season, and then Da' Bums went on to beat the Yankees in the
World Series. Although breaking the hearts of Brooklynites by moving the team to Los Angeles two years later. Dodger enthusiasts still pine for their team, and have made
Brooklyn Dodgers memorabilia some of the most sought after in the hobby.
|