By ADAM ECOM  Los Angeles: The Franchise That Broke Brooklyn's Heart The Dodgers didn't start in Los Angeles. They started in Brooklyn in 1883 — a borough team, working class, completely their own. Ebbets Field. Loud neighborhoods. A fanbase that treated baseball like it was personal, because it was. Brooklyn: Where It Began Ebbets Field was not a grand stadium. It held about 32,000 people, sat in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, and was surrounded by apartment buildings so close that residents could watch games from their rooftops. The concourses... Read more...