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There was umpires, umpires everywhere and the pitcher hadn't thrown a ball.

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

You can hear this line at 00:05:41 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- If you're blind, git yourself a seem'-eye dog! Kill that ump!

- Where's my pistol! Will somebody go home and get my pistol! Oh, please get my pistol!

- Lovely, lovely, pleasant and gentle, true Brooklyn activities goin' on as usual.

- And then it happened. It starts when this new Dodger comes to the plate.

- The next batter for Brooklyn will be first baseman, Jackie Robinson!

- There was umpires, umpires everywhere and the pitcher hadn't thrown a ball.

- But when this Robinson ups to the plate, some ghostly umpire calls.

- Strike two!

- Did you hear that! Did you hear him!

- Yeah, I heard it.

- But you didn't say nothin'. You was quiet, like the bleachers was.

- Here was and umpire callin' two strikes on a man before he gets to bat.

[...]

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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