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Crime on the bases in 1952 World Series moment
The caption highlights a famous play where Yankee pitcher Johnny Sain hits to Brooklyn’s Jackie Robinson, who throws to Gil Hodges at first as Sain is recorded out on a grounder. The piece frames the scene as a camera catching crime on the basepaths with vivid, fast reportage.
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Johnny Sain
Gil Hodges
New York Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
John Lindsay
Associated Press
Boston
Brinks
Clifford Irving
Jesse James
Yankee
Jackie Robinson
Robinson
Sain
Hodges
Bill Dickey
Art Passarella
Dickey
Passarella
Lindsay
Sam