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I see the scouts carry Robinson in to see Brooklyn's president, Branch Rickey.

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

You can hear this line at 00:09:47 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- This is kinda sudden, but...

- No, not so sudden. I been thinking about it a long time.

- But why'd you guys pick me?

- You look like the kind of player who could get a hit - even if you do start out with two strikes on you.

- Strike two! (2)

- That's when my double whammy started showing me where them two strikes come from.

- I see the scouts carry Robinson in to see Brooklyn's president, Branch Rickey.

- Rickey puts his cigar stub in the corner of' his mouth, he squints his eyes, and he examines Robinson, like a pawnbroker lookin' over a gold watch.

- And he give him the acid test.

- What do you think of Brooklyn, Robinson?

- I got nothin' against it.

- What do you think off Jim Crow?

- I'd like to knock the...

- OK! I know what you mean. That's part of the proposition.

[...]

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Destination Freedom Sound Clip

Destination Freedom Radio ShowQuotes with audio clips from Richard Durham's Destination Freedom old-time radio program, Radio's Black Legacy, 1948-1950.

Actors: Oscar Brown Jr., Studs Terkel, Janice Kingslow, Wezlyn Tilden

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