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NEWCOMBE

The LATimes has a nice tribute to Don Newcombe today:

The Dodger's Brooklyn Bridge.

When I was a kid, I was a Dodger's fan. Then they moved to LA.

I dropped out. LA was way too far away to even think about.

Anyway, Brooklyn was the golden time and that is when so much happened, and didn't happen, with the black players Robinson, Newcombe, and Campanella.

There is a lot said for the great breakthrough but it had a lot of heartache built into it.

Some of it is in this story.

But, it is a story about victory also. And dedication. And doing the right thing.

Not to mention that the Newk is 40 or so years sober as well.

A day at a time.