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Robinson kept runnin' the bases and takin' the razzin' and the cold shoulder, 'til in Pittsburgh he ran smack into the warm shoulder of first baseman, Hank Greenberg.

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

You can hear this line at 00:23:01 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Awww, this Jackie Robinson won't last two days in the majors!

- Says you!

- Says me!

- Say, don't you wave your finger in my face!

- Then get your finger outta my face!

- Take back what you said about the Bums!

- Ow! My eye! Ow!

- That'll teach you to talk about the Bums behind their back.

- Ow! Stop kickin'!

- And the fightin' went over Flatbush and the Bronx...

- Robinson kept runnin' the bases and takin' the razzin' and the cold shoulder, 'til in Pittsburgh he ran smack into the warm shoulder of first baseman, Hank Greenberg.

- And the two first basemen picked each other up and the Pirate said - to the Dodger...

- Say, how you doin', Jackie?

- Well, like Lincoln said, if it wasn't for the honor, I'd just as soon give it up.

- Stick it out. Some of 'em gave me the business when I first made the majors. But I beat the odds. I'm Jewish. Stick it out!

- And this Robinson was stickin' it out when the strike that was supposed to be 'strike three' was thrown.

- One major league team had gotten together before the big game at Ebbetts Field.

[...]

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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