Dodgers Set a Major League Record with 13 - 0 Start at Home

Dodger Clubhouse, 1956 (Duke Snider)
Edition size 75, archival pigment inkjet print, image 16" x 20"
The "Duke of Flatbush" -- Dodger centerfielder Duke Snider -- takes a moment to himself before a game at Ebbets Field during the team's second-last season in Brooklyn. Photographed by George Heyer for SPORT magazine.

Breaking the record set by the now-defunct Detroit Tigers in 1911, the Los Angeles Dodgers, on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 surpassed that record by beating the Washington Nationals (big surprise...not!) at Dodgers Stadium in Chavez Ravine. Team members were allegedly unconcerned with the possibility of setting this record, but as manager Joe Torre went on to say "I"m sure they're aware of it. I'm sure they'd like to be the team to own the streak by themselves, or, like the 1911 Tigers, not be around when it's broken."

To read the entire article by Dylan Hernandez in the Los Angeles Times, please click here.