waits slightly up the third base line. (Pitcher Preacher) Roe ambles from the mound to back
up the plate. It's the full panorama of baseball, a team game, in a moment that no television
camera can encompass.”
When we unfreeze, Furillo cuts loose with a throw“that bullets into Robinson's glove, head high,
slightly to the right, making it unnecessary for him to pivot his feet before throwing.”Robinson fires
home to Campanella. Russell is out. The next batter pops up. The inning and the threat are
history. Furillo jogs in from the outfield as Robinson, Roe, and Campanella wait for him at the lip
of the dugout. The four men embrace. Rodney recalls leaning out of the press box“to watch them
descend into the dugout together, then turn my gaze to the people in the stands, those raucous,
salty, kidding, good-natured, integrated Ebbets Fields stands.”
It took seven more years for the Brooklyn Dodgers to finally beat the hated Yankees in the World
Series… but when they did, Furillo greeted Jackie and his wife Rachel at the celebratory party
with an emotional cheek-to-cheek hug, crying,“We did it, we did it.”
They did it, all right… with more than a little help from Lester Rodney.
up the plate. It's the full panorama of baseball, a team game, in a moment that no television
camera can encompass.”
When we unfreeze, Furillo cuts loose with a throw“that bullets into Robinson's glove, head high,
slightly to the right, making it unnecessary for him to pivot his feet before throwing.”Robinson fires
home to Campanella. Russell is out. The next batter pops up. The inning and the threat are
history. Furillo jogs in from the outfield as Robinson, Roe, and Campanella wait for him at the lip
of the dugout. The four men embrace. Rodney recalls leaning out of the press box“to watch them
descend into the dugout together, then turn my gaze to the people in the stands, those raucous,
salty, kidding, good-natured, integrated Ebbets Fields stands.”
It took seven more years for the Brooklyn Dodgers to finally beat the hated Yankees in the World
Series… but when they did, Furillo greeted Jackie and his wife Rachel at the celebratory party
with an emotional cheek-to-cheek hug, crying,“We did it, we did it.”
They did it, all right… with more than a little help from Lester Rodney.
TIMELINE:
1940s 350,000 cases of draft evasion during WWII.
1945 Bob Marley born.
1949 Paul Robeson says:“I happen to love America very much, not Wall Street and not your press.”
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