he might could be able to help you

I would also do a worldcat search to see if any libraries near you have archival holdings of the Brooklyn Eagle newspaper. This should be your best source for learning about Brooklyn, Ebbets Field, and the Dodgers. I would think the Dodger coverage should be better and more comprehensive in 1955 than it is today.

For the "time travel" effect, I would recommend divorcing yourself as much as possible from 2008 baseball, television, and computers during the season.

If you're not familiar with SABR, these people are amazing. I'm a former member and you can't believe the depth of knowledge these people have. I have no doubt somebody there has every box score and game report, audio tape broadcasts might be tough as I doubt they saved those analog recordings back then.

I think it would be an interesting programming move for ESPN Classic to run a vintage season from a team in this manner. The 67 Red Sox, 89 Cubs, 86 Boston Celtics, 60 Pirates, 85 Bears. You could do one every year during the appropriate seasons. I think you'd get some great ratigns. Intersperse with vintage and modern day interviews and even vintage ads, you'd draw decent numbers.

It's about the '56 Dodgers and the first real fight in America over public funds for a private ballpark. It's incredibly fascinating, especially if you love baseball and mid-1950s political battles.

This is an amazing project. I'd love to join in and organize a group of fans who would like to embark on this trip.

Personally, this is utterly fascinating to me as it's so close to my anthro thesis work from a few years back that dealt with the recreation of space, memory, and identity through the SF Giant's AT&T Park (where the yellowed vintage jerseys outsell the 'normal' ones more than 2:1).

My email should be on the comment. I'm thinking a name and site for this project will start us off quite nicely, especially if it's designed as the NYT 1955.

-Drew Breunig