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Now Batting for Brooklyn . . .
Fifty years after baseball's "great experiment," Jackie Robinson is still chasing the dream
April
1
1997
Mike Lupica
Now Batting for Brooklyn . . .
Mike Lupica
April
1
1997
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Now Batting for Brooklyn . . .
Fifty years after baseball's "great experiment," Jackie Robinson is still chasing the dream
April
1
1997
Mike Lupica
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