Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley deemed August 13, 1951 “Music Depreciation Night” at Ebbets Field to celebrate the reconstitution of the Brooklyn Dodgers’ beloved off-key pep band: the Brooklyn Dodgers Sym-Phony.
Though the Dodgers left Brooklyn more than five decades ago and the musicians now well into their senior years, the Sym-Phony still makes occasional appearances around New York.
Mick Gillispie told the story of the night – and the 22,000 brave souls who sat through the cacophony of the other 2,000 – during the sixth inning of Tennessee’s game with the Huntsville Stars on Wednesday.
Andrew Green
James Rowe
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