I know baseball, mister. It's a hard, aggressive game. But you can't swing hard on your knees. You got to stand up and fight. That's the way I look at it.

— (Oscar Brown Jr.)

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12 seconds sound clip from the Destination Freedom - The Rhyme of the Ancient Dodger classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:10:30 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Maybe you'll make it. Maybe you won't.

- I never seen you play. My scouts say you're OK.

- But for this we need a cool, quiet sorta fellow, one who can keep outta trouble and not let razzin' get him. You know what I mean?

- You mean you want a guy who won't fight back when he's shoved around.

- If he knows anything about baseball...

- I know baseball, mister. It's a hard, aggressive game. But you can't swing hard on your knees. You got to stand up and fight. That's the way I look at it.

- I'm sorry if I'm not the man.

- Who said you were not the man?

- Well, I thought you wanted...

- Maybe I thought that too!

- You look different. Maybe you're right. It's going to be a long hard pull. It'll take a fighter to make it.

- You'll start out on the bottom on a farm team, Montreal. They train down in Sanford, Florida. Clyde'll take you down.

- Throw the ball around - limber up. Meet the townspeople. Shucks, can't tell, they may welcome you with open arms.

[...]

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