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Yeah, Babe, the quadruple whammy had to be thrown. So I screw myself up - looked at the ump, and threw it!

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

You can hear this line at 00:26:05 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- The boys thought it over a long time.

- And then, from where I'm sittin' in the bleachers, I saw 'em come out on the field and take their places.

- Then Jackie comes to bat again, and I hear this ump... Strike two! And the bleachers is still quiet! I see that they haven't been told that strike two's outlawed.

- So I get ready to throw my quadruple whammy to awaken 'em.

- Good Lord, not the quadruple! Sammy, not the quadruple!

- Yeah, Babe, the quadruple whammy had to be thrown. So I screw myself up - looked at the ump, and threw it!

- Then I listen to the ump and he's correcting himself!

- No strikes, no balls. Batter up!

- And naturally, since he called it right, Brooklyn gave the ump his due: Yeah, ump! Yeah, ump!

- You got eyes like a blessed cat, ump! You got eyes like a blessed cat!

- That ump's the best man on our team! Yeah, ump!

[...]

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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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