Summary
LEWISTON - It had been two months since Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier, but the tension in the Brooklyn Dodgers clubhouse was still so palpable that even a fresh-faced kid from Auburn could feel it.
Tom Auger was at Ebbetts Field in Brooklyn for a three-day tryout with the Dodgers in June of 1947. He'd just graduated as a three- sport star from Edward Little, and had come to Brooklyn via Boston, where the Red Sox had put him through a one-day tryout at Fenway Park.See the full content of this document
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Brush with History
The short visit to the borough made quite an impression on Auger. Now, with Major League Baseball celebrating the 60th anniversary of Robins...
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