<p>Can a four-game series define a season?</p><p>The Brooklyn Dodgers’ “Boys Of Summer’ are no longer boys. The defending World Series champions find themselves in a three-way brawl for the 1956 National League pennant with the young upstart Milwaukee Braves and the heavy-hitting Cincinnati Redlegs. Every head-to-head matchup carried the weight of a play-off game, and pressures both on- and off-field impacted the season.</p><p>The middle of June brings Milwaukee to Brooklyn in what would prove to be a critical four-game series.</p><p>The Dodgers won the first two games, putting them three up over the Braves. In response, the Braves decided the best option ahead of the doubleheader to close out the series was to fire their manager, Charlie Grimm. Coach Fred Haney is stepping into the Sunday doubleheader as The Man.</p><p>His first game went the way of the Braves, thanks to Joe Adcock’s legendary 550-foot home run onto the roof of the Ebbets Field grandstand. Now he’s hoping that his style of discipline during at-bats and base running can split the series and propel the Braves towards their first World Series appearance as a Milwaukee-based team.</p><p>Ewan Spence and the Classic Baseball Radio team bring you this recreated radio broadcast from June 17, 1956. This should not be considered a complete or fully accurate historical record. Nevertheless, this is our story of the game.</p><p>We thank Retrosheet, Sports Reference, Sports Logos Net, Tom R Audio, and  Crafting The Call.</p><p>** Links **</p><p>You can find the boxscore here:</p><p><a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BRO/BRO195606172.shtml"><u>https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BRO/BRO195606172.shtml</u></a> </p><p>An account of Joe Adcock’s mammoth homer off Ed Roebuck, believed to be the only ball to ever land on the roof at Ebbets Field.</p><p><a href="https://thisdayinbaseball.com/joe-adcock-page/"><u>https://thisdayinbaseball.com/joe-adcock-page/</u></a> </p><p>A profile of the Milwaukee Braves’ Fred Haney, the manager whose mid-season appointment on June 16, 1956, sparked an immediate 11-game winning streak. </p><p><a href="https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/fred-haney/"><u>https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/fred-haney/</u></a> </p><p>A retrospective on the unique dimensions of Ebbets Field, the &quot;short porch&quot; in right field, and the legendary atmosphere of the Dodgers&#39; home. </p><p><a href="https://thisgreatgame.com/ballparks-ebbets-field/"><u>https://thisgreatgame.com/ballparks-ebbets-field/</u></a></p><p>An official overview of the Brooklyn Dodgers’ pennant-winning campaign of 1956 and their final years in New York. </p><p><a href="https://www.walteromalley.com/dodger-history/team-histories/1956/"><u>https://www.walteromalley.com/dodger-history/team-histories/1956/</u></a> </p><p>A retrospective on Don Newcombe’s 27-win season and his dominance over the National League. </p><p><a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/don-newcombe-had-big-season-in-1956-c163639432"><u>https://www.mlb.com/news/don-newcombe-had-big-season-in-1956-c163639432</u></a></p><p>A retrospective on Johnny Logan’s scrappy style and his famous dust-ups with pitchers like Don Drysdale.</p><p><a href="https://northwoodsleague.com/madison-mallards/2003/06/10/meetjohnnylogan/"><u>https://northwoodsleague.com/madison-mallards/2003/06/10/meetjohnnylogan/</u></a> </p><p>A comparison of how the Braves&#39; June performance at Ebbets Field impacted the final 1-game margin for the National League pennant. </p><p><a href="https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/1956-national-league-standings-june-17"><u>https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/1956-national-league-standings-june-17</u></a> </p>