Bob Greene’s tribute to Pee Wee Reese, “The Man Who Stood Beside Jackie Robinson” (op-ed, June 27), brought to mind a memory of my own. On Sept. 6, 1955, as a 12-year-old Little Leaguer, I was part of ...
This day in Los Angeles Dodgers history saw Don Drysdale and Brooklyn legend Pee Wee Reese inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame during a ceremony held in Cooperstown on August 12, 1984.
On July 18, 1939, the Brooklyn Dodgers acquired Harold Pee Wee Reese from the Boston Red Sox for $35,000 and players to be named later. The Dodgers eventually traded Red Evans (September 1, 1939) and ...