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Showing posts with label Brooklyn Dodgers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brooklyn Dodgers. Show all posts
Saturday, May 13, 2017

229. Luis Olmo: Minor league kidnapping, Harlem safehouses and other obstacles encountered on the way to the Big Leagues

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A few weeks ago, a 97 year-old ball player passed away. This just wasn't any ball player, but a guy whose 1943 debut marked him as ...
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Saturday, January 7, 2017

226. Ralph Branca: Because he was strong enough.

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Except for scattered clumps of disheveled, half crocked men back-slapping one another and chirping kids darting back and forth from t...
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Monday, May 18, 2015

197. Rex Barney: Trying To Find His Way Home

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WDNC Radio Broadcast of the June 4, 1943 game between the Durham Bulls and Norfolk Tars: ...now on the mound for the Bulls making his...
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Thursday, March 12, 2015

194. Johnny Frederick: A Diamond in the Muck

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I'm usually not one to blame a manager on the overall performance of his team. There's usually a combination of circumstances t...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

188. Dazzy Vance: Dazzy's Last Dance

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This is the third of 5 Bushwicks Stories in 5 days. For the introduction to the Bushwicks and this series please go HERE first.  One ...
Thursday, April 18, 2013

149. Jackie Robinson: A Great Day in Jersey City

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Today's post is a re-working of one of my oldest ones on the site. While I liked the original drawing, times change and my style has ...
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Monday, November 26, 2012

137. Len Koenecke: Trains, Planes and Fire Extinguishers

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On the advice of a few colleagues, I've been actively searching around for someone to represent my baseball illustrations. After many y...
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