Pre-reading Activities r Background Information r 1 Manhattan is a suburb of new york 2. Brooklyn is a suburb of New York 3. Ebbets Field is the stadium built by and named after Charlie ebbets the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team. The first game played in this former home of the Brooklyn Dodgers took place in 1938. The informationvisithttp://www.basedakormore Dodgers no longer play for brooklyn. Fo almanac. com/stadium shtml and http://www.ballparkscom/baseball/national/e bets. htmPre-reading Activities Background Information 1. Manhattan is a suburb of New York. 2. Brooklyn is a suburb of New York. 3. Ebbets Field is the stadium built by and named after Charlie Ebbets, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team. The first game played in this former home of the Brooklyn Dodgers took place in 1938. The Dodgers no longer play for Brooklyn. For more information, visit http://www.baseball￾almanac.com/stadiume.shtml and http://www.ballparks.com/baseball/national/e bbets.htm