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People kept pourin' into the parks, and Robinson was hittin' 'em steady and playin' the infield like Eddie Collins used to.

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

You can hear this line at 00:17:16 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Take a look, coach. It's full of people.

- Well, well, well!

- They didn't know we'd call off the game.

- What you guys smiling' at?

- There's an overflow crowd. It means it's the politicians who're against us, not the people.

- What's the difference?

- This'll make quite a bit a difference, buddy, quite a bit.

- And the more they played, the more the difference began to count.

- People kept pourin' into the parks, and Robinson was hittin' 'em steady and playin' the infield like Eddie Collins used to.

- He was fightin' so hard to fill that gap in the Dodgers' lineup and he didn't know he was wearin' his arm out.

- Throwing' and catkin' and scooping' 'em up too fast and too much until a ball was hit his way that dropped from his hand when he tried to throw it.

- Hey, whatcha droppin' it for, Jackie? Pick it up! Throw it! Get rid of the ball! Get rid of the ball!

- But he can't throw it. He can't even lift it up. His arm swings around like its outta socket.

- They take him off the field. The coach looks him over.

[...]

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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