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Red Barber, Old Hand at Broadcasting Baseball
AP profile of Red Barber, veteran sportscaster, tracing his rise from campus radio in Florida to a long run with the Brooklyn Dodgers and later the New York Yankees. The piece notes his return as a guest commentator for a TV debut of baseball, with memories of early devices and evolving technology, and his current life in Tallahassee writing sports columns.
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