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96-675: Hamish Linklater (born July 7, 1976) is an American actor and playwright. He is known for playing Matthew Kimble in The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–2010), Andrew Keanelly in The Crazy Ones (2013–2014), and Clark Debussy in Legion (2017–2019). He is the son of dramatic vocal trainer Kristin Linklater . In 2021, he starred as Father Paul in the horror miniseries Midnight Mass , for which he received high critical acclaim. Linklater

192-897: A Dollar premiered at Venice Film Festival and in the United States, with Linklater playing wealthy villain Martin Kidd. In 2022, Linklater began filming Downtown Owl , a film based on the Chuck Klosterman novel of the same name . Linklater is the screenwriter as well as a producer and director for the film. Linklater married playwright Jessica Goldberg in January 2002; they divorced in 2012 and have one daughter. Shortly thereafter, Linklater went public with his relationship with actress Lily Rabe , daughter of Jill Clayburgh . They have two daughters, born in March 2017 and June 2020. In September 2021,

288-634: A Willard Mullin illustration of the Brooklyn Bum. Perhaps the highlight of the Daffiness Boys era came after Wilbert Robinson left the dugout. In 1934 , Giants player/manager Bill Terry was asked about the Dodgers’ chances in the coming pennant race and cracked infamously, "Is Brooklyn still in the league?" Managed then by Casey Stengel , who played for the Dodgers in the 1910s and went on to greatness managing

384-490: A chance to buy land somewhat suitable for building a ballpark, and the chance to own that ballpark, giving him complete control over all its revenue streams. At the same time, the National League was not willing to approve the Dodgers' move unless O'Malley found a second team willing to join them out west, largely out of concern for travel costs. Meanwhile, Giants owner Horace Stoneham was having similar difficulty finding

480-660: A complicated yet cordial relationship with her ex-husband, Richard ( Clark Gregg ), whose younger girlfriend—also named Christine—is referred to as "New Christine," much to her chagrin. This leads to Christine being called "Old Christine," a source of ongoing humor in the series. Christine lives with her son, Ritchie (Trevor Gagnon), and her brother, Matthew ( Hamish Linklater ), a therapist who often provides sarcastic yet supportive advice. Christine's best friend and business partner, Barb ( Wanda Sykes ), frequently acts as her confidante, offering both comic relief and level-headed counsel amidst Christine's many personal dilemmas. Throughout

576-427: A contending club first by general manager Larry MacPhail and then the legendary Branch Rickey . Led by Jackie Robinson , Pee Wee Reese , and Gil Hodges in the infield, Duke Snider and Carl Furillo in the outfield, Roy Campanella behind the plate, and Don Newcombe , Carl Erskine , and Preacher Roe on the pitcher's mound, the Dodgers won pennants in 1941 , 1947 , 1949 , 1952 , and 1953 , only to fall to

672-486: A missing girl. The series premiered on February 19, 2021. In 2021, Linklater starred in Mike Flanagan 's Netflix horror miniseries, Midnight Mass , as Father Paul Hill. It premiered September 24, 2021. He received high critical acclaim and a Critic's Choice nomination for the role. Also in 2021, he began filming Gaslit as Jeb Magruder, which premiered in 2022 on Starz. In 2022, Walter Hill 's western Dead for

768-419: A new posh private school, where she is constantly being humiliated by Marly and Lindsay, some non-working mothers at the school. On top of all this, she has just discovered her ex-husband, Richard, has started dating a much younger woman who is also named Christine. Christine has a brief fling with Burton Schaefer, her on-and-off romantic interest, but they soon break up due to Christine not being able to commit to

864-418: A new teaching job at another school, allowing him and Christine to start dating. The third season was scheduled as a midseason replacement on CBS with 13 episodes scheduled. Due to the 2007 writer's strike , the third season consists of only 10 episodes. The third season premiered on February 4, 2008. Christine and Mr. Harris have a good relationship, until Christine's schedule becomes too hectic midway through

960-424: A new, more accessible and better ballpark than Ebbets Field . Beloved as it was, Ebbets Field had grown old and was not well served by vehicular infrastructure, to the point where the Dodgers could not "sell out" the park to maximum capacity even in the heat of a pennant race, despite dominating the league from 1946 to 1957 . New York City Construction Coordinator Robert Moses sought to force O'Malley into using

1056-566: A noted sports cartoonist , fixed the Brooklyn team with the lovable nickname of "Dem Bums". After hearing his cab driver ask, "So how did those bums do today?", Mullin decided to sketch an exaggerated version of famed circus clown Emmett Kelly to represent the Dodgers in his much-praised cartoons in the New York World-Telegram . Both image and nickname caught on, so much so that many a Dodger yearbook cover, from 1951 through 1957, featured

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1152-577: A replacement for his team's antiquated home stadium, the Polo Grounds . Unlike O'Malley, Stoneham did not engage in a serious effort to identify a location for a replacement for the Polo Grounds. Stoneham was considering moving the Giants to Minneapolis, but was persuaded instead to move them to San Francisco, ensuring that the Dodgers had a National League rival closer than St. Louis. So the two arch-rival teams,

1248-423: A show breaking the " Seinfeld curse " (after the failures of The Michael Richards Show , Bob Patterson , Listen Up , and Louis-Dreyfus' own Watching Ellie ). The series premiere reached 15.1 million viewers. Old Christine s time slot was changed mid-way through the second season, with a decline in ratings after losing its Two and a Half Men lead-in. On May 16, 2007, it was announced that, despite

1344-474: A site in Flushing Meadows , Queens – the eventual location of Shea Stadium (which opened in 1964), the home of the future New York Mets , who began play in 1962. Moses' vision involved a city-built, city-owned park, which was greatly at odds with O'Malley's real-estate savvy. When O'Malley realized that he was not going to be allowed to buy a suitable parcel of land in Brooklyn, he began thinking of moving

1440-540: A week of each other in 1925, and Robbie was named president while still field manager. Upon assuming the title of president, however, Robinson's ability to focus on the field declined, and the teams of the late 1920s were often fondly referred to as the "Daffiness Boys" for their distracted, error-ridden style of play. Outfielder Babe Herman was the leader both in hitting and in zaniness. The signature Dodger play from this era occurred when three players – Dazzy Vance , Chick Fewster , and Herman – ended up at third base at

1536-452: Is New Christine's father. Richard and New Christine rekindle their romance once again. Barb decides to start working at the gym with Christine, while Christine falls hard for Ritchie's new teacher, Mr. Harris. The season finale included Richard sleeping with Christine after breaking up with New Christine yet again. This causes a pregnancy scare for Christine, which is soon avoided. Eventually, New Christine takes Richard back and Mr. Harris takes

1632-506: Is known as the Shot Heard 'Round The World . In 1955, by which time the core of the Dodger team was beginning to age, "next year" finally came. The fabled "Boys of Summer" shot down the "Bronx Bombers" in seven games, led by the first-class pitching of young left-hander Johnny Podres , whose key pitch was a changeup known as "pulling down the lampshade" because of the arm motion used right when

1728-515: Is pregnant, causing Richard to rekindle his relationship with her. New Christine eventually gives birth to a baby girl. Meanwhile, Barb becomes engaged to a reluctant Dave. At the conclusion of the season, Christine also becomes engaged to Max, but she feels intimidated by his very educated friends, and also in an effort to improve herself and reach her potential, she decides to return to college. In May 2010, CBS canceled The New Adventures of Old Christine . Afterward, series creator Kari Lizer slammed

1824-488: Is released from custody and marries Richard so that she can stay in the country. She also starts dating the immigration officer Dave. While Richard tries to win New Christine back, he temporarily moves into a new apartment with Matthew. Christine begins going to therapy, but she is attracted to her therapist, Max. They eventually abandon Christine's therapy and strike up a relationship instead. New Christine announces that she

1920-632: The 1889 championship tournament to the New York Giants and tied the 1890 championship with Louisville . Their success during this period was partly attributed to their having absorbed skilled players from the defunct AA New York Metropolitans and one-year Players League entry the Brooklyn Ward's Wonders . The middle years of the decade were disappointing, a slump the Spalding Guide rather primly ascribed to management tolerating drunkenness among

2016-512: The Billy Joel single " We Didn't Start the Fire ", which included the line, "Brooklyn's got a winning team." Lawyer and real estate businessman Walter O'Malley had acquired majority ownership of the Dodgers in 1950, when he bought Rickey's 25 percent share of the team and secured the support of the widow of another equal partner, John L. Smith . Soon O'Malley was working to buy new land in Brooklyn for

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2112-612: The Jackie Robinson biopic film 42 . Linklater also joined the cast of Aaron Sorkin 's The Newsroom in a recurring role, playing senior producer Jerry Dantana. He remained for six episodes, until earning the role of Andrew Keanelly on the CBS series The Crazy Ones , which premiered in September 2013. In 2017, Linklater was cast in a recurring role in the FX original series Legion , based on

2208-646: The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum . Catcher Roy Campanella , left partially paralyzed in an off-season automobile accident on January 28, 1958, was never able to play for the Dodgers in Los Angeles. After the 1957 season, the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants relocated from New York to California to become the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants , leaving the largest city in

2304-557: The Marvel Comics character, and was promoted to the main cast for its second season . Also in 2017, he had a small role in the third season of the FX black comedy crime drama series Fargo , created by Legion showrunner Noah Hawley . In 2020, Linklater was cast in the Amazon Prime series Tell Me Your Secrets as John Tyler, a convicted rapist seeking redemption by trying to find

2400-511: The New York Yankees in all five of the subsequent World Series. The annual ritual of building excitement, followed in the end by disappointment, became a common pattern to the long suffering fans, and "Wait ’til next year!" became an unofficial Dodger slogan. While the Dodgers generally enjoyed success during this period, in 1951 they fell victim to one of the largest collapses in the history of baseball. On August 11, 1951 , Brooklyn led

2496-576: The New York Yankees , the 1934 Dodgers were determined to make their presence felt. As it happened, the season entered its final games with the Giants tied with the St. Louis Cardinals for the pennant, with the Giants’ remaining games against the Dodgers. Stengel led his Bums to the Polo Grounds for the showdown, and they beat the Giants twice to knock them out of the pennant race. The " Gashouse Gang " Cardinals nailed

2592-559: The 14th episode of the season reached 8.3 million viewers, the highest viewership the show had received in the Wednesday night timeslot. CBS cancelled The New Adventures of Old Christine after five seasons in May 2010. The New Adventures of Old Christine was adapted in Germany in 2013. The series is named Christine. Perfekt war gestern! and was canceled after its first season. History of

2688-462: The 1940s, described the Cardinals as being "our old rivals." During this period, the Cardinals won the National League pennant 4 times (with the Dodgers finishing 2nd twice) and the Dodgers won the National League pennant 3 times (with the Cardinals finishing 2nd each time). In 1942 the Cardinals overcame a 10 game Dodger lead in early August to win the pennant. In 1946 the Cardinals and Dodgers finished

2784-539: The 1957 season, the rivalry was easily transplanted, as the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco have long been economic, political, and cultural rivals, representative of the broader Southern / Northern California divide. Manager Wilbert Robinson , another former Oriole , popularly known as "Uncle Robbie", restored the Brooklyn team to respectability. His "Brooklyn Robins" reached the 1916 and 1920 World Series , losing both, but contending perennially for several seasons. Charles Ebbets and Ed McKeever died within

2880-724: The Atlantics in favor of the Mutual Club of New York who had shared home grounds with the Atlantics. When the Mutuals were expelled by the league, the Hartford club moved in, the press dubbing them The Brooklyn Hartfords , and played its home games at Union Grounds in 1877 before disbanding. The team currently known as the Dodgers was formed in 1883 by real estate magnate and baseball enthusiast Charles Byrne , who convinced his brother-in-law Joseph Doyle and casino operator Ferdinand Abell to start

2976-466: The Bronx as announcer. The first major-league baseball game to be televised was Brooklyn 's 6–1 victory over Cincinnati at Ebbets Field on August 26, 1939. Batting helmets were introduced to Major League Baseball by the Dodgers in 1941. The Cardinals–Dodgers rivalry was particularly intense from 1941 through 1949. In his autobiography written in 1948, Leo Durocher , who managed the Dodgers for most of

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3072-813: The Brooklyn Dodgers The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1883 as the Brooklyn Grays . In 1884, it became a member of the American Association as the Brooklyn Atlantics before joining the National League in 1890. They remained in Brooklyn , New York, until 1957, after which the club moved to Los Angeles , California, where it continues its history as the Los Angeles Dodgers . The team moved west at

3168-515: The Cardinals play suffered on the field tremendously in the 1950s. Meanwhile, with the success of Robinson, the Dodgers doubled down on the opportunity to sign players of color from the Negro leagues . In the subsequent years after their pennant-winning season in 1947 , they would sign Don Newcombe , Roy Campanella , and Jim Gilliam from the Negro leagues, adding to an already tremendous team. The Dodgers made

3264-643: The Dodgers and Giants, moved out to the West Coast together after the 1957 season. The Brooklyn Dodgers played their final game at Ebbets Field on September 24, 1957 , which the Dodgers won 2–0 over the Pittsburgh Pirates . On April 18, 1958 , the Los Angeles Dodgers played their first game in L.A., defeating the former New York and newly moved and renamed San Francisco Giants , 6–5, before 78,672 fans at

3360-459: The Dodgers and the Giants is more than a century old. It began when the Dodgers and Giants faced each other in the 1889 World Series, the ancestor of the Subway Series, and both played in separate, neighboring cities. Brooklyn and New York were separate cities until 1898, when they became neighboring boroughs of the newly consolidated New York City. When both franchises moved to California after

3456-579: The Dodgers won 2–0. Although the Dodgers lost the World Series to the Yankees in 1956 during which the Yankees pitcher Don Larsen pitched the only World Series perfect game in baseball history and the only post-season no-hitter for the next 54 years, it hardly seemed to matter. Brooklyn fans had their memory of triumph, and soon that was all they were left with – a victory that was remembered decades later in

3552-450: The Dodgers' general manager. In 1947, after Rickey broke the color line by signing Jackie Robinson to the Dodgers, there were rumors that southerners playing for the Cardinals were planning to boycott games against the Dodgers, although the players later denied it. In general, the Cardinals were latecomers to integration. Front-office executive Bing Devine said the owner from 1947 to 1953, Fred Saigh , refused to sign black players. There

3648-533: The Dodgers' lead announcer in 1939, just after MacPhail broke the New York baseball executives' agreement to ban live baseball broadcasts, enacted because of the fear of the effect of radio calls on the home teams' attendance. MacPhail remained with the Dodgers until 1942, when he returned to the Armed Forces for World War II. He later became one of the Yankees' co-owners, bidding unsuccessfully for Barber to join him in

3744-576: The Dodgers. Their original target had been the Washington Senators franchise, which eventually moved to Bloomington, Minnesota to become the Minnesota Twins in 1961 . At the same time, O'Malley was looking for a contingency in case Moses and other New York politicians refused to let him build the Brooklyn stadium he wanted, and sent word to the Los Angeles officials that he was interested in talking. Los Angeles offered him what New York did not:

3840-515: The HBO film Live from Baghdad . He has since appeared in numerous films, including Fantastic Four (2005). He had a recurring role on the television show American Dreams as well as Gideon's Crossing . He was second-in-line to play Logan on Dark Angel , but the role went to Michael Weatherly . From 2006 until 2010 he was a main cast member in the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine , as

3936-404: The National League by an enormous 13 + 1 ⁄ 2 games over their archrivals, the Giants . While the Dodgers went 26–22 from that time until the end of the season, the Giants went on an absolute tear, winning an amazing 37 of their last 44 games, including their last seven in a row. At the end of the season the Dodgers and the Giants were tied for first place, forcing a three-game playoff for

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4032-449: The Stars , ratings tip-toed up, as it added a few hundred thousand. By the third episode, the show was over 7.5 million and had added more than one million to the premiere audience. Since then, the fourth season Old Christine had ratings close to 8 million viewers, and came first in its time slot multiple times. The early ratings for the fifth season had been lower than previous seasons, but

4128-657: The Superbas from being toppled from first place was that the Phillies lost one of the two games played." Most baseball statistics sites and baseball historians generally now refer to the pennant-winning 1916 Brooklyn team as the Robins; on the other hand, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle used "Superbas" in its box scores that season. A 1918 New York Times article used the nickname Robins in its title "Buccaneers Take Last From Robins", but

4224-454: The U.S. Army in his decision, since he knew that boos , taunts, and criticism were going to be directed at Robinson, and that Robinson had to be tough enough to withstand abuse without attempting to retaliate. The inclusion of Robinson on the team also led the Dodgers to move its spring training site. Prior to 1946, the Dodgers held their spring training in Jacksonville, Florida . However,

4320-412: The U.S. after her divorce, so Christine decides to marry her in a sham lesbian marriage in order to keep her best friend in the country. Richard and New Christine become engaged while Matthew finds love with one of his clients. Christine has a brief relationship with a man named Patrick, while Christine and Barb decide to turn their gym into a spa which they later discover has turned into a brothel. On

4416-533: The United States with no National League franchise and only one major league team, the New York Yankees of the American League (AL). With the threat of a New York team joining the new Continental League , the National League expanded by adding the New York Mets following a proposal from William Shea . In a symbolic reference to New York's earlier National League teams, the new team took as its primary colors

4512-557: The amateur championship after the Civil War (1861–1865) and never entered the professional NAPBBP (aka NA). The Eckfords and Atlantics declined to join until 1872 and thereby lost their best players; the Eckfords survived only one season and the Atlantics four, with losing teams. The National League (NL) replaced the NAPBBP in 1876 and granted exclusive territories to its eight members, excluding

4608-413: The awkwardness of Old Christine feel refreshingly genuine." Metacritic assigned the show a score of 64 out of 100, based on 26 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. A Los Angeles Times review notes that "Louis-Dreyfus makes Christine feel fresh and real" and the show has a "dry charm and a nice tone of affectionate irony." The show's initial ratings success was the first example of

4704-417: The ball was released. Podres won two Series games, including the deciding seventh. The turning point of Game 7 was a spectacular double play that began with left fielder Sandy Amorós running down Yogi Berra 's long fly ball, then throwing to shortstop Pee Wee Reese , who relayed to first baseman Gil Hodges to double up a surprised Gil McDougald to preserve the Dodger lead. Hank Bauer grounded out and

4800-468: The big club. Although the Dodgers ultimately built Dodgertown and its Holman Stadium further south in Vero Beach , and played there for 61 spring training seasons from 1948 through 2008, Daytona Beach renamed City Island Ballpark to Jackie Robinson Ballpark in his honor. This event marked the continuation of the integration of professional sports in the United States, with professional football having led

4896-482: The blue of the Dodgers and the orange of the Giants, both of which are colors also featured on the flag of New York City . The nickname "Mets" was adopted: being a natural shorthand to the club's corporate name, the " New York Metropolitan Baseball Club , Inc.", which hearkened back to the " Metropolitans " (a New York team in the American Association from 1880 to 1887), and its brevity was advantageous for newspaper headlines. The historic and heated rivalry between

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4992-764: The brother of Christine Campbell , played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus . In July 2006, Linklater appeared in Keith Bunin 's The Busy World Is Hushed opposite Jill Clayburgh off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons . He played the title character in Hamlet at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California and the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, Connecticut . On Halloween 2007, Linklater appeared in an episode of Pushing Daisies on ABC , entitled " Girth ". He also completed

5088-526: The city's stadium refused to host an exhibition game with the Montreal Royals – the Dodgers’ own farm club – on whose roster Robinson appeared at the time, citing segregation laws. Nearby Sanford similarly declined. Ultimately, City Island Ballpark in Daytona Beach agreed to host the game with Robinson on the field. The team traveled to Havana, Cuba for spring training in 1947, this time with Robinson on

5184-423: The club's performance rebounded somewhat. When Robinson retired in 1931, he was replaced as manager by Max Carey , who had played for the team from 1926 until 1929. Although some suggested renaming the "Robins" the "Brooklyn Canaries", after Carey, whose last name was originally "Carnarius", the name "Brooklyn Dodgers" returned to stay following Robinson's retirement. It was during this era that Willard Mullin ,

5280-539: The clubs represented at the first convention of the National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP) were from Brooklyn, including the Atlantic , Eckford , and Excelsior clubs that combined to dominate play for most of the 1860s. Brooklyn helped make baseball commercial, as the locale of the first paid admission games, a series of three all star contests matching New York and Brooklyn in 1858. Brooklyn also featured

5376-830: The couple announced they were expecting their third child, who was born in June 2022. Selected credits (adapted from About the Artists). The New Adventures of Old Christine The sitcom revolves around Christine's humorous and often chaotic attempts to keep pace with the changing world around her, especially as she navigates life as a divorcée, while her ex-husband moves on with a younger girlfriend, also named Christine, referred to as "New Christine." Filming primarily took place in Los Angeles , California , with Andy Ackerman directing all 88 episodes. The New Adventures of Old Christine received positive reviews from critics. Throughout its run,

5472-501: The day of Richard and New Christine's wedding, Christine briefly gets back together with New Christine's father, but is later left heartbroken when she discovers that he is engaged. This causes Richard to rush to Christine's side, provoking the jealous New Christine to leave him at the altar. Meanwhile, Barb and Christine's sham marriage is discovered by Dave, an INS officer, leaving Barb imprisoned. The fifth and final season, consisting of 21 episodes, premiered on September 23, 2009. Barb

5568-491: The decline in ratings, CBS would renew the show for a third season 2007–2008 as a mid-season replacement. On November 6, 2007, CBS said that production of Old Christine had been halted because of a strike by the Writers Guild of America . On December 13, 2007 CBS announced that the series would return for its third season, which premiered on February 4, 2008, replacing Rules of Engagement . However, only 10 episodes of

5664-453: The eight-year-old NL for the 1884 season. After winning the American Association league championship in 1889, the Brooklyn club (very occasionally now nicknamed the Bridegrooms or Grooms , for six players having wed during the 1888 season) moved to the competing older National League (1876) and won the 1890 NL Championship, being the only Major League team to win consecutive championships in both professional "base ball" leagues. They lost

5760-520: The film The Violent Kind. He appeared in The Public Theater 's 2009 production of Twelfth Night at Shakespeare in the Park as Sir Andrew Aguecheek , opposite Anne Hathaway , Audra McDonald and Raul Esparza . In 2011, he starred with Miranda July in The Future . He made his Broadway debut in October 2011 in Theresa Rebeck 's new play Seminar opposite Alan Rickman , Jerry O'Connell , Lily Rabe , and Hettienne Park . In 2013 , he played Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca in

5856-410: The first African-American to play Major League baseball in the 20th century when he played his first major league game on April 15, 1947, as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson's entry into the league was mainly due to General Manager Branch Rickey 's efforts. The deeply religious Rickey's motivation appears to have been primarily moral, although business considerations were also present. Rickey

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5952-409: The first team manager, and they drew 6,431 fans to their first home game on May 12, 1883, against the Trenton, New Jersey team. The Grays won the league title after the Camden Merritt club in New Jersey disbanded on July 20 and Brooklyn picked up some of its better players. The Grays were invited to join the two-year-old professional circuit, the American Association (founded 1882) to compete with

6048-483: The first two enclosed baseball grounds, the Union Grounds and the Capitoline Grounds ; enclosed, dedicated ballparks accelerated the evolution from amateurism to professionalism . Despite the early success of Brooklyn clubs in the NABBP, which were officially amateur until 1869, they fielded weak teams in the succeeding National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NAPBBP), the first professional league formed in 1871. The Excelsiors no longer challenged for

6144-405: The franchise that finally came to be called "the Dodgers" were the Atlantics (1884, not directly related to the earlier Brooklyn Atlantics ), Bridegrooms or Grooms ( 1888 – 1898 ), Ward's Wonders , the Superbas ( 1899 – 1910 ), and the Robins ( 1914 – 1931 ), named for longtime manager Wilbert Robinson. All of these nicknames were used by fans and newspaper sports writers to describe

6240-442: The neighborhood of Brownsville before moving to Ebbets Field in the neighborhood of Crown Heights in 1912. The team is noted for signing Jackie Robinson in 1947 as the first black player in the modern major leagues. The Brooklyn Dodgers had an overall win–loss record of 5,624–5,290–133 (.515) during their 68 years in Brooklyn. Eight former Brooklyn Dodgers players were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame . Many of

6336-521: The network, suggesting the decision to cancel the series was sexist. In an interview with TV Guide , Lizer stated: "As far as what happened at CBS, we've suffered from a serious lack of support from them since the beginning. I hate to say it, but I'm afraid they don't care much for the female-of-a-certain-age point of view over there. How else do you explain them squandering the talents of Julia [Louis-Dreyfus] and Wanda [Sykes]?" With support from Lizer, Warner Bros. Television began negotiations to continue

6432-510: The new name which eastern baseball cranks [fans] have given the Brooklyn club." In 1895, Brooklyn played at Eastern Park, bounded by Eastern Parkway (now Pitkin Avenue), Powell Street, Sutter Avenue, Van Sinderen Street, where they had moved early in the 1891 season when the second Washington Park burned down. Some sources erroneously report that the name "Trolley Dodgers" referred to pedestrians avoiding fast cars on street car tracks that bordered Eastern Park on two sides. However, Eastern Park

6528-407: The original 13-episode order were produced and aired for the third season because of the WGA strike. On May 14, 2008, CBS gave the sitcom a 22-episode order for the 2008–2009 season, where it aired on Wednesdays, opening up a second comedy night for the network. Only 6.7 million viewers tuned in to the premiere. The following week, despite not having to go up against ratings success Dancing with

6624-432: The pennant by beating the Cincinnati Reds those same two days. One key development during this era was the 1938 appointment of Leland "Larry" MacPhail as Dodgers' general manager. MacPhail, who brought night games to Major League Baseball as general manager of the Reds, also started night baseball in Brooklyn and ordered the successful refurbishing of Ebbets Field. He also brought Reds voice Red Barber to Brooklyn as

6720-466: The pennant. The Giants took Game 1 by a score of 3–1 before being shut out by the Dodgers' Clem Labine in Game 2, 10–0. It all came down to the final game, and Brooklyn seemed to have the pennant locked up, holding a 4–2 lead in the bottom of the ninth inning. Giants outfielder Bobby Thomson , however, hit a stunning three-run walk-off home run off the Dodgers' Ralph Branca to secure the NL Championship for New York . To this day Thomson's home run

6816-435: The players. Over the 1890s, Charles Ebbets accumulated shares in the club, owning 80% of it by decade's end. Other shares were held by Harry Von der Horst —owner of the Baltimore Orioles team that won consecutive championships in 1894, 1895, and 1896—and Orioles manager Ned Hanlon . In 1899, Von der Horst and Hanlon moved most of the Orioles' stars from Baltimore to join the Grays (Bridegrooms) in Brooklyn; Hanlon became

6912-519: The regular season tied for first place but the Cardinals won the pennant when they prevailed in the first ever playoff tiebreaker in the National League. Cardinal Hall of Famer Enos Slaughter said during this period of the Cardinals–Dodgers rivalry that "We loved to hate them and they loved to hate us." During this period, after the 1942 season, Branch Rickey , who had built up the Cardinals farm system as their general manager moved to become

7008-461: The relationship. In the season finale, Christine kisses Richard, causing him to tell New Christine, who promptly breaks up with him. The second season consists of 22 episodes and premiered on September 18, 2006. Due to Richard and Christine spending more time together after his breakup with New Christine, Ritchie believes that his parents have gotten back together, much to his parents' dismay. Christine starts dating an older man, who she later discovers

7104-699: The same time as its longtime rival, the New York Giants , moved to San Francisco in northern California as the San Francisco Giants . The team's name derived from the reputed skill of Brooklyn residents at evading the city's trolley streetcars . The name is a shortened form of one of their former names, the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers , and they later earned the respectful nickname Dem Bums . The Dodgers played in two stadiums in South Brooklyn , each named Washington Park , and at Eastern Park in

7200-405: The same time. The play is often remembered as Herman "tripling into a triple play", though only two of the three players were declared out and Herman was credited with a double rather than a triple. Herman later complained that no one remembered that he drove in the winning run on the play. The incident led to the popular joke: After his removal as club president, Robinson returned to managing, and

7296-419: The season; so they eventually break up. Meanwhile, Richard and New Christine buy a house together, which coincidentally is Christine's dream house, leaving her feeling jealous and confused. Barb leaves her husband and she has a short-lived fling with Matthew, much to Christine's horror. The fourth season, consisting of 22 episodes, premiered on September 24, 2008. As she is Bahamian, Barb faces deportation from

7392-429: The series as "Dodgers vs. Indians", despite the fact that the Robins nickname had been in consistent usage at this point for around six years. For most of the first half of the 20th century, no Major League Baseball team employed a black player. A parallel system of Negro leagues developed, but most of the Negro league players were denied a chance to prove their skill before a national audience. Jackie Robinson became

7488-452: The series on ABC , but a deal could not be made reportedly due to a high licensing fee. "While it occasionally runs to the absurd – a blind date who won't eat food other people have touched and brings his own chicken to a restaurant – it stays for the most part within the realm of recognizable human relations, and lets you feel something for its characters. This was not a luxury Seinfeld ever afforded anyone, and it's nice to see

7584-488: The series received 9 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, with Louis-Dreyfus winning Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2006 . CBS canceled The New Adventures of Old Christine after five seasons on May 18, 2010. Christine Campbell (portrayed by Julia Louis-Dreyfus ) is a neurotic and often self-absorbed single mother. She owns a women’s gym and grapples with her insecurities, while striving to maintain some semblance of control over her chaotic life. She shares

7680-1032: The series, Christine’s life is marked by her competitive, and often disastrous, attempts to keep up with the societal pressures around her. This includes her ongoing rivalry with the wealthy and condescending "meanie moms" at her son’s private school, Marly Ehrhardt ( Tricia O'Kelley ) and Lindsay ( Alex Kapp Horner ), who often exacerbate her feelings of inadequacy. The series humorously explores Christine's journey through motherhood, friendship, and self-discovery, while highlighting her struggles with modern life and her efforts to rebuild post-divorce. There are guest appearances from actors including Blair Underwood , Dave Foley , Eric McCormack , Jason Alexander , Jennifer Grey , Jeffrey Tambor , Megan Mullally , Scott Bakula , Ed Begley Jr. , Kristen Johnston , Molly Shannon , Andy Richter , Amy Sedaris , Lee Tergesen , Jane Lynch , Marion Ross . The first season consists of 13 episodes and premiered on March 13, 2006. In this season Christine has only just enrolled her son, Ritchie, at

7776-600: The star getting to play something less cerebrally conceived, less obsessive-compulsive and more ordinarily well-rounded." The New Adventures of Old Christine crew about the series The New Adventures of Old Christine received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics for its witty writing and performances, with high praise directed towards Julia Louis-Dreyfus 's performance. The series holds an 89% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes , based on 36 reviews, with an average score of 7.4/10. The site's critics' consensus reads: "Louis-Dreyfus shines in this well-paced sitcom, making

7872-447: The subtitle of the article reads "Subdue The Superbas By 11 To 4, Making Series An Even Break". Space-conscious headline writers still used "the Flock" (derived from "Robins") during the Dodgers' last decade in Brooklyn. Another example of the interchangeability of different nicknames is found on the program issued at Ebbets Field for the 1920 World Series , which identifies the matchup in

7968-524: The team bore the name "Dodgers". Examples of how the many popularized names of the team were used interchangeably are available from newspaper articles from the period before 1932. A New York Times article describing a game the Dodgers played in 1916 starts out by referring to how "Jimmy Callahan, pilot of the Pirates, did his best to wreck the hopes the Dodgers have of gaining the National League pennant", but then goes on to comment, "the only thing that saved

8064-402: The team with him. Byrne arranged to build a grandstand on a lot bounded by Third Street, Fourth Avenue, Fifth Street, and Fifth Avenue, and named it Washington Park in honor of first president George Washington . Nicknamed by reporters the "Grays" for their uniforms, the team played in the minor league Inter-State Association of Professional Baseball Clubs that first season. Doyle became

8160-460: The team's manager. The press, inspired by the popular circus act The Hanlons' Superba , dubbed the new combined team the Brooklyn Superbas . In 1899 and in 1900, they were the champions of the National League . The name Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers was first used to describe the team in 1895. The nickname was still new enough in September 1895 that a newspaper reported that "'Trolley Dodgers' is

8256-564: The team, often concurrently, but not in any official capacity. The team's legal name was the Brooklyn Base Ball Club . The "Trolley Dodgers" nickname was used throughout this period, along with other nicknames, by fans and sports writers of the day. The team did not use the name in a formal sense until 1916, when the name was printed on home World Series programs. The word "Dodgers" appeared on team jerseys in 1932. The "conclusive shift" came in 1933, when both home and road jerseys for

8352-578: The team. O'Malley was free to purchase land of his own choosing, but wanted Robert Moses to condemn a parcel of land along the Atlantic Railroad Yards in downtown Brooklyn under Title I authority, after O'Malley had bought the bulk of the land he had in mind. Title I gave the city municipality power to condemn land for the purpose of building what it calls "public purpose" projects. Moses' interpretation of "public purpose" included public parks, housing, highways, and bridges. What O'Malley wanted

8448-651: The way in 1946, with the concomitant demise of the Negro leagues , and is regarded as a key moment in the history of the American civil rights movement. Robinson was an exceptional player, a speedy runner who sparked the team with his intensity. He was the inaugural recipient of the Rookie of the Year award, which is now named the Jackie Robinson award in his honor. The Dodgers' willingness to integrate, when most other teams refused to,

8544-464: The years since the Second World War. Teams were no longer bound by much slower railroad infrastructure. Because of advances in civil aviation, it became possible to locate teams farther apart – as far west as California – while maintaining the same busy game schedules. When Los Angeles officials attended the 1956 World Series looking to entice a team to move there, they were not even thinking of

8640-472: Was a Scottish novelist of partly Swedish origin. His uncles are journalist Magnus Linklater and writer Andro Linklater . Linklater graduated in 1994 from Commonwealth School in Boston and attended Amherst College . Given his pedigree in the theater, he first established himself on the stage and made his big-screen debut in 2000's Groove . That was followed by his role as CNN correspondent Richard Roth in

8736-454: Was a key factor in their 1947–1956 success. They won six pennants in those 10 years with the help of Robinson, three-time MVP Roy Campanella , Cy Young Award winner Don Newcombe , Jim Gilliam , and Joe Black . Robinson eventually became the first African-American elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. After the wilderness years of the 1920s and 1930s, the Dodgers were rebuilt into

8832-769: Was a member of the Methodist Church , the antecedent denomination to the United Methodist Church of today, which was a strong advocate for social justice and active later in the Civil Rights Movement . Rickey saw his opportunity with the 1944 death of Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis , an arch-segregationist and enforcer of the color barrier. Besides selecting Robinson for his exceptional baseball skills, Rickey also considered Robinson's outstanding personal character, his UCLA education and rank of captain in

8928-453: Was a widespread belief that St. Louis was, in many ways, a Southern city. In the mid-1950s many of its stores and restaurants refused to serve black customers. The Cardinals, with baseball’s largest radio network blanketing the Midwest and South, had cultivated white Southern fans. Their ballpark was also the last in the majors to abolish segregated seating. Because of their lack of black players,

9024-734: Was born in New York City, New York. His mother, Kristin Linklater, was a Scottish-born Professor of Theatre and Chair of the Acting Division at Columbia University and a teacher of vocal technique. A single mother, she raised her son partly in the Berkshires , where she was a founder of the Shakespeare & Company drama troupe. Linklater was eight years old when he began doing small Shakespearean roles. His maternal grandparents were Marjorie Linklater , an arts campaigner, and Eric Linklater , who

9120-403: Was for Moses to use Title I authority, rather than to pay market value for the land. With Title I the city via Robert Moses could have sold the land to O'Malley at a below market price. Moses refused to honor O'Malley's request and responded, "If you want the land so bad, why don't you purchase it with your own money?". Meanwhile, non-stop transcontinental airline travel had become routine during

9216-412: Was not bordered by street-level trolley lines that had to be "dodged" by pedestrians. The name "Trolley Dodgers" implied the dangers posed by trolley cars in Brooklyn generally, which in 1892, began the switch from horse-power to electrical power, which made them much faster, and were hence regarded as more dangerous. The name was later shortened to Brooklyn Dodgers . Other team names used to refer to

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