"We wept," said Duke Snider about the demolition of Ebbets Field in 1960. "When they tore down Ebbets Field, they tore down a little piece of me," added Snider in a 1960 article entitled "Goodbye to a Ballpark," by Andrew Linker. Ebbets Field was the home to the National League's Brooklyn franchise from 1913 through 1957.  The World Series was held in nine seasons at Ebbets Field, with the 1955 Dodgers winning the team's only Brooklyn World Championship. The Dodgers moved to Los Angeles following the 1957 season. Dodgers' owner Walter O'Malley had been unable to get New York City financing for a new ballpark in Brooklyn and moved to California, bringing along the New York Giants, who moved to San Francisco.

The breaking of baseball's modern "Color Line" took place at Ebbets Field on April 15, 1947, as Jackie Robinson made his Major League debut. Announcer Red Barber handled the first-ever televised professional baseball game from Ebbets Field, the first game of a doubleheader on August 26, 1939.  Red Barber, in his radio broadcasts, praised Ebbets Field, often saying, "Anything can happen at Ebbets Field." Barber was right; anything could, and did happen at Ebbets Field, including the Dodgers once winding up with three baserunners at third base! Ebbets Field was asymmetrical, and it had a very short right field (297 feet), with a concrete wall of 19 feet topped by a 19-foot screen. The Dodgers' great right fielder of the late 1940s and 1950s, Carl Furillo, was a master at playing balls off the right field wall and screen, and Furillo and Snider were famous for protecting the advertising sign for Brooklyn clothier Abe Stark, a sign which said, "Hit Sign, Win Suit." The ballpark only sat a listed 35,000 at its peak capacity, and so Brooklyn fans were always close to the action. As Hall of Fame pitcher Don Drysdale stated about the ballpark, "You were all part of one big, but very close family, and the main topic of conversation was the Dodgers." The wrecking ball, painted as a giant baseball, started to demolish Ebbets Field on Feb. 23, 1960. At present, on the spot where Ebbets Field existed is the Ebbets Field Apartments. 

The offered Ebbets Field seat does not have a seat number, and it is not known exactly when the seat was at Ebbets Field. The seat is metal, with wooden slats. It measures approx. 34" in height. At its widest, it is approx. 22.7" across. The wooden seat section of the chair measures approx. 12.7" from back-to-front and 12" across. When the seat is folded down, the distance, from back-to-front, of the chair is 14". It is not known whether any part or parts of the seat are original. It appears that the seat has been repainted at least one time. The seat shows good use: There is some minor paint loss, a number of small scratches, some very minor chipping of the wood in a few places, etc. Overall, the seat is in very good condition, and the actual "seat" part of the chair still can be placed down or up. The minor imperfections resulting from the offering's use do not diminish the significance of a seat from the baseball shrine that was Ebbets Field.