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One thing... I've been watchin' the catchers. Only a few of 'em can whip a ball down to second base faster than I can steal it.

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

You can hear this line at 00:19:19 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- But you've got to get that arm workin'. You got to.

- And slowly he got the arm workin' again and pulled himself back into the lineup, stretched for the wild ones off first base 'til Rickey noticed and said...

- OK, Jackie. You're gettin' set.

- This farm team's goin' to play a few games against the Dodgers.

- Think you can make it now?

- Feel pretty sure I can make it.

- One thing... I've been watchin' the catchers. Only a few of 'em can whip a ball down to second base faster than I can steal it.

- What are you leadin' up to?

- Look, let me run bases the way I want to. Let me steal all the bases I can. Course I'll get caught sometimes.

- Ty Cobb got caught sometimes, didn't he?

- OK. Be smart and cagey, but don't be reckless.

- If the record looks good by April... Well, we'll see.

- And the season rolled around, and it came time for the reckonin'.

[...]

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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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