1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season

Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with approximately 2.5 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since... 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, after New York County . It is also the westernmost county on Long Island. Brooklyn was an independent city until it was annexed by New York City in 1898. It continues to maintain a distinct culture. Many Brooklyn neighborhoods are ethnic enclaves where particular ethnic groups and cultures predominate. Brooklyn's official motto is Eendraght Maeckt Maght. Written in the Dutch language, it is inspired by the motto of the United Dutch Provinces and translated "Unity makes strength". The motto is displayed on the borough seal and flag, which also feature a young robed woman bearing fasces, a traditional emblem of republicanism. Brooklyn's official colors are blue and gold.
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The 1947 Major League Baseball season. On April 15, Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers became the first modern day black player to play in the... major leagues. On April 27, Babe Ruth day was celebrated at every MLB stadium; Ruth made an appearance at Yankee Stadium and despite having cancer, Babe said "The only real game I think in the world is baseball".
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The 1947 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers, with the Yankees winning the Series in seven games for their first... title since 1943, and the eleventh championship in team history. Yankees manager Bucky Harris won the Series for the first time since managing the Washington Senators to their only title in 1924. This was the first World Series involving an African-American player, as Jackie Robinson had racially integrated Major League Baseball at the beginning of the 1947 season. It was also the first Series to be shown on television although coverage was limited to New York City, Philadelphia, Schenectady NY, and Washington DC as coaxial inter-connected stations, where October 1947 Billboard reported over 3.9 million viewing the games, but primarily on TV sets located in bars . The October 13, 1947 Time magazine reported that President Truman, who had just made the first Oval Office TV appearance on October 5, 1947 and had then been given the first TV for the White House, watched parts of the Series but "skipped the last innings".
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