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4.11.26 - Part 2 · Children's Hour

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  Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Radio Ice Children's Story Hour as
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  a reminder of radio is a reading service intend of
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  for people who are blinder of other disabilities that make
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  it difficult to read printed material. Today we will be
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  reading from various books on spring. Your reader today is
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  ny In. Our first book is titled Weather in Spring,
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  and it was published by the Child's World. It has
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  a copyright year of twenty seventeen and the author of
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  our book is m J. York Warmer Weather. It is spring,
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  The snow melts, Spring comes after the code winter, temperatures
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  warm up, the days grow longer, the sun rises earlier,
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  it says later. It rains in spring. Sometimes its storms.
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  Spring changes, plants grow again, flowers bloom. Animals eat the
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  new plants. Many animals have babies. Some birds flew south
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  for the winter. It was warmer there. Now they come back.
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  Spring clothes we fill it warm up in spring. We
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  wear lighter layers. We wear spring jackets. Spring keeps getting warmer.
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  Soon summer. We'll be here. Our next story is Parker
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  Grows a Garden, and it was published by Simon's Spotlight
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  of Simon and Schuster. It has a copyright ear of
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  twenty twenty two and the author of the book is
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  Parker Curry and Jessica Curry. My name is Parker. I
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  am visiting my nana today. Nana loves growing flowers in
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  her garden. Now I am almost as tall as her
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  roast bush. I wish I could have my own garden too.
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  Wonderful idea, Mom says, I find a sunny spot in
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  my backyard. My family helps prepare the soil. In the fall.
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  Nana brings a tray of tulip bulbs. We dig, cose
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  and plant them in the soil. Bulbs need water to
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  grow roots, says Nana. She gives me a shiny watering can.
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  Nana says, my garden will bloom in the spring. I
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  wait and wait and wait. While I wait, I draw
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  pictures of my tulip garden. Pink tulips are my favorite.
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  When the snow melts, mo Mom visits, she helps me
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  plant cucumbers and herbs. Look a worm, I shout. Worms
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  are important for healthy soil, my grandma explains. One sunny day,
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  I finally see green shoots and leafy vines poking out
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  of the ground. Soon my garden blooms. I spy hummingbirds
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  I smell the herbs, but not before I check for bees.
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  We invite my Grandma's for a special dinner. These cucumbers
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  are so crunchy, says Nana, and the tulips are as
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  pretty as Parker as Mom, Mom. I love my Grandma's
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  and I love my garden. Our next book is titled
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  Garden Day and it was published by Random House Children's Books,
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  a division of Penguin. Random House has a copyright year
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  of twenty nineteen and the author is Candace Ransome. Bunny's
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  hop Robin sing, Time to plant, Wake up spring, Grab
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  the hoe, bucket rake, long black hose looks like a snake.
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  The sunny spot is good for seeds. First, we have
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  to pull those weeds. Pickup rocks, smash her clumps. Mister
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  toad shows off his jumps, dick small hose. Use the hoe.
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  Let our peas have room to grow. Drop the seeds
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  into the row. Push shirt over with your toe. Hungry
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  crow spots a treat. Go find ants and worms to
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  eat these old pants. This old shirt make a scarecrow.
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  Stick in the dirt, working hard, hot sun, who water
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  garden and you to read our signs. Seeds in the
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  ground peas are growing. Please step around farm stand trip
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  popcorn to munch, We eat carrots, Buy the bunch, buzzing bees,
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  backyard swing, see our garden. Hello Spring. Our next book
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  is titled Sing Up the Earth and it was published
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  by Paraclets Press. It has a copyright year of twenty
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  twenty six and the author of our book is Cheryl Hellner.
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  Working with Grandpa in the old stone barn are making place.
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  My grandpa is very special kind of artist. He takes
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  clay in his two strong hands and shapes flutes and
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  whistles and horns and round pot drums. They beat, thrum,
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  they will oh, they hal and hum and sing beautiful songs.
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  Grandpa says, clay is amazing. It comes from the body
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  of our earth, and we artists can turn into a song,
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  creek song, cricket song, wind song, wolf's song. When he
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  was a boy, my grandpa's grandpa gave him a very
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  old clay instrument of red brown shiny i karina, shaped
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  like a hawk. When Grandpa held it up for the
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  first time, he should have felt both miraculous and real.
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  His grandfather told him that hawk could make sounds that
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  sang up this earth. When Grandpa playing that hawk. The
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  wild animals would come closer, curious, singing back their old
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  wild songs. Red fox came yipping and yelling. Cody came
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  with his howling song. Raven ol deer and bobcat, bullfrogs, spring, peepers, toads.
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  So many animals, so many different earth songs. Well that's
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  how I imagine it all summer along my hands in
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  the wet clay, I mowed, I shape, I mess up.
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  I try again. When my first clay instrument, a turtle
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  O griana, came out of the kiln, Grandpa's smile turned
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  it over and over. We went to the pond and
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  I blew all those turtles sunning on the warm rocks,
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  and locks turned their heads to listen. Bluebirds sang, bullfrog croaked,
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  chipmunk chattered, and squirrel joined in singing up the earth.
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  Grandpa whispered, great spirit of life sing as they walk
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  back to the old stone barn. Remembering how hard I
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  had worked to make my karena, Grandpa told me that
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  artists must work and not be afraid to let things
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  fall apart take a new shape. But in winter a
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  great storm came, thunder, snow, snow coming hard and fast,
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  wind beating the old barn door opening. Well, that's how
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  I imagined it. When red Fox slips in, finds that
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  hawk on a low bench, picks it up gently with
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  her sharp teeth, carries it out. Lightning flames, dryboards, crack beams, crash, Why, Grandpa, Why,
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  we don't know why, Meadow. Grandpa's arm felt warm around
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  my shivering shoulder. It's a mystery that fire and only love,
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  the one great love within and beyond us, can hold it.
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  I wrapped my fingers tight around my hurdle Akarina, holding
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  it close to my heart. When it was safe to
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  go inside the barn, we raked their ashes, bits of
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  broken glass, burnt wood, and clay sharks from all the
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  instruments we loved and had been making. But not one red, brown,
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  shiny piece of that hawk could be found. In spring,
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  family and friends came to help Grandpa and me rebuild
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  a little wren. That bright singer came every day all day.
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  She watched us work and sang her loud, clear, cheery, cheery,
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  cheery song. And the barn grew back. But there was
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  a burnt out place inside my Grandpa. I could see
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  it in his eyes, his sad smile. One day I
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  asked him, why don't you make another hak, Grandpa, I've tried,
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  but nobody knows how the old artists made the music
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  that hog could make. I thought about Grandpa's words as
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  I explored the creek, looking for beautiful stones and secret treasure. Suddenly,
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  right there in the rocky bottom, I saw one jagged
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  clay piece, red brown, shiny sun, sparkling water all around.
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  I reached down, picked it up, and ran back to
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  the barn. Grandpa kept turning it over and over, holding
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  it close to his eyes. This is part of the
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  wind way, a broken open part. Now we can see
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  inside the windwat is like a tiny hidden tunnel, he said.
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  It shapes the breath and creates the sound. Looks like
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  that hawk. Let us a gift meadow the secret of
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  his music, and you found it. Then Grandpa started working
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  all the time. Now that he had that open curl
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  of the windway, nothing could stop him. He finished the
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  new clay instrument, a red brown hawk, just like bad Hawk.
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  At sunrise, we took it to the field. Grandpa took
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  a deep breath and blew sounds that sang up this
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  earth and then I saw him great, howk bigger than
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  any hawk we'd ever seen, bright gold glowing from the
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  tip of each wing, staring out from the trees, circling
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  calling gear, gear, gear, filling the air, filling our hearts,
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  filling this world with Earth's wild song, singing up the earth.
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  Our next stories are going to be about baseball, and
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  our first one is titled Jump, Throws and Curtain Calls
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  Baseball's most signature moves, celebrations and more. It was published
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  by Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint. It has a copyright
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  year of twenty twenty four and it was written by
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  Steve Fox. Signature baseball Baseball is one of the world's
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  most popular sports. People started playing in England long ago,
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  then it became famous in the United States. It is
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  now known as the America's past time. Throughout the history
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  of the sport, some baseball players have stood out. These
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  players are often known for their unique moves, styles, or
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  ways of celebrating calling the shots. Babe Ruth as a
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  baseball legend. He won four World Series during his fifteen
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  years with the New York Yankees. Perhaps his most famous
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  moment at bad happened during the nineteen thirty two World Series.
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  By the fifth inning of Game three, the score was
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  tied four to four between the Yankees and the Chicago Cubs.
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  Then Ruth stepped up to the plate with two strikes,
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  Ruth held up his bat. Many thought he was pointing
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  to centerfield. When Ruth's won a third time he hit
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  a home run, the Yankees won swing Batter Swing During
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  his career. Hall of Fame player Ken Griffy Junior was
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  known for his home run records, who is also famous
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  for the wayst won his bat. Since then, many players
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  have copied his swing, but few can master it. He
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  played for the Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds, and the Chicago
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  White Sox. The key to Griffy's swing was balanced in smoothness.
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  He stood upright at the plate. His follow through was
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  one motion. The most famous part of the swing was
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  the one handed finish. After Griffy hit the ball, he
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  dropped his left hand, his right hand followed through with
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  the bat back to front. Ishiro Zuki played baseball for
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  nine years in his home country of Japan before heading
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  to the Seattle Mariners in two thousand and one. He
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  was one of the first Japanese players to have successful
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  career in America too, but some coaches overlooked him because
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  of the way he batted. Most hitters keep their weight
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  on their back foot, but he swung. His swing has
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  been described as a pendulum. He started with his weight
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  on his back foot, but he shifted to his front
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  foot mid swing. He won Rookie of the Year after
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  his first year. He went on to receive many other
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  awards and honors. Still, very few players shift their weight
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  during his swing the way he did. Catch some air.
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  Some of baseball's most iconic moves are defensive plays. Derek
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  Jeter is one of the top ranked shortstops in Major
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  League baseball history. He perfected his signature jump throw while
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  in the minor leagues. When a ball hit the field
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  near Jeter, he scooped it up back hand motion. Then
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  he jumped, spung his shoulders towards first base, and threw
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  the ball to the first baseman. The move spit up
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  the time it took to catch the ball and throw
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  it to his teammate. Every second counts on the field.
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  This move is now called the Jeter jump throw. No
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  matter who does it, Tornado time, many players like to
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  put their own spin on baseball moves. Picture Hideo Nomo
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  was known for one of the most unique wind ups
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  in the game during his career, no Moo raised both
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  hands in the air, Then he turned his body into
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  his back faced the batter. Finally, he whipped around to
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  release the ball. His wind up earned him the nickname
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  Tornado field Worthy facial hair. Some players become famous for
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  their signature style. During the nineteen seventies, seven time All
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  Star Raleigh Fingers helped bring respect to relievers. He also
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  stood out for his unusual handlebar mustache. More recently, pitcher
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  Brian Wilson grew a long, jet black beard. Many fans
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  grew beards of their own. They would chant fear of
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  the beard during Wilson's games. One of the kind moments
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  on October eighteenth, nineteen seventy seven, Reggie Jackson of the
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  New York Yankees hit three home runs in a row
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  in a single World Series game. He is the first
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  and only Major League Baseball player to ever accomplish this feat,
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  and it earned him the nickname Mister October. For his
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  legendary World Series performances. After each home run, Jason walked
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  out of the dugout, he waved his cap at the crowd.
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  He thanked the fans. This curtain call became Jackson's signature celebration.
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  Each season Major League baseball players break records, some will
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  win World Series rings, but only a few players will
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  ever be remembered for their signature moves, celebrations, and style.
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  Our next book is titled Hank on First. How Hank
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  Greenberg became a Star on and off the field. This
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  book was published by Apple and Honey Press, an imprint
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  of Berriman House Publishers. It has a copyright of twenty
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  twenty two and the author of the book is Steven Krinsky.
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  Play Ball, Young Hank Greenberg was twenty three years old
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  and he had the best job ever, playing first base
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  for the Detroit Tigers. He had been there for a
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  year now, and starting each new game was still just
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  as exciting as it had been on his very first day.
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  Hank gone first. It was almost too good to be true.
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  Almost not everyone was happy to see Hank on the field.
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  Many people at the time saw Jews as different and
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  treated them unfairly. The fans made fun of Hank from
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  the stands. Here comes the gew boy. Throw him a
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  pork chop. He can't hit that other Jewish players had
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  changed their last names to hide their religion. Not Hank.
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  Being Jewish was as much a part of him as
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  his height, his strength, or his love of baseball. He
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  was not going to pretend to be something he wasn't.
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  Hank had loved baseball his whole life. Growing up. He
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  thought about it at school, at home, and even at
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  the dinner table. Sports, though, didn't matter to the Greenbergs.
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  Someday you'll be a doctor, said his father in Yiddish,
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  the language Jewish people spoke in Romania, where he was from,
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  or a lawyer. His mother added, the choice is yours.
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  But Hank knew what he liked, and that meant playing
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  baseball better and better every day. He spent hours hitting, fielding,
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  and throwing. When his friends wanted to stop, he shook
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  his head. Not yet, he insisted, Even in extra minute
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  would help. When no friends were around, he paid other
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  neighborhood kids to run down fly balls for him. After
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  high school, Hank was offered a contract to play in
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  the minor leagues. This was his big chance, but it
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  wasn't all fun and games. The equipment was old, the
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  food was bad, and the travel was tiring and there
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  was something else. One day at practice, he knowsed another
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  player staring at him. What are you looking at? Hank asked,
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  just you. I heard you were Jewish. Hank nodded, see
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  anything interesting? I don't understand it, said the player. You
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  look just like anybody else. Imagine that thought, Hank. Hank's
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  difficulties followed him to the majors. Even now, in the
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  middle of a winning season, Detroit fans still huggled him
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  for being Jewish. When he came to bad or played
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  first base. They yelled and shouted, They booed and cursed.
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  Players on other teams did the same. Hank was hurt
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  and frustrated. Most of his teammates were standing up for him.
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  They were just letting it happen. What if he yelled
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  back of the fans himself, would that make him feel better? Maybe?
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  But Hank didn't want anyone to think they were getting
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  under his skin, so he kept quiet, unlet his hits
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  and RBIs speak for himself instead. The weather was hot
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  that summer of nineteen thirty four, but Hank's bat was hotter.
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  In July and August, he had ninety hits and drove
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  in fifty three runs. By September, the Tigers were leading
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  the league, but coming up were two important Jewish holidays,
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  rash Hashanana and Yam kerper. Traditionally, most Jews didn't work
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  on those days, and Hank's work was playing baseball. For Hank,
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  the choice was simple. He wasn't going to play. But
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  it wasn't that simple simple to the fans, they were furious.
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  How could Hank let them down? Of course, I don't
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  want to miss a game, Hank tried to explain, I
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  feel bad about it, but his religion came first. Just
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  to make sure, though, Hank spoke to a local rabbi
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  for some advice. The rabbi told him that rosh Hashana
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  is a celebration, which Hank understood to mean he could play.
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  So Hank did just that, hitting two home runs to
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  help win the game. But Yam kuperurr was different. On
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  this most important holiday, all Jews prayed to be forgiven
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  for their sins. Hank didn't need to ask a rabbi
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  about that. Who cares? Said the fans. Every day they
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  yelled at Hank on and off the field. He was
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  selfish and stupid, they said. I wish the fans could
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  see things my way, Hank thought, But that wasn't going
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  to happen. Their minds were made up. Then again, so
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  was his. When Hank woke up on Yam Kuper, he
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  thought about staying home instead of going to nearby temple
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  for services. He would have no friends or family there,
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  and if he went out, people on the street might
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  stare or yell at him. Still, temple was where he belonged.
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  When Hank arrived, the service had already begun. He didn't
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  recognize anyone, and yet many members of the congregation clearly
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  recognized him. They stood up, looked right at him, and
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  they started clapping. The Tigers lost that game that afternoon.
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  The next day, the newspapers were filled with angry articles
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  and angrier letters. It seemed like almost everyone was mad
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  at Hank. But there was also a poem in the newspaper.
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  It recognized Hank's achievements and how more people were accepting
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  him as a Jewish ball player, and it ended with
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  a message for the fans. We shall miss him on
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  the infield, and shall miss him at the bat, but
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  he's true to his religion, and not honor him for that.
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  And with Hank leading the way, the Tigers kept on
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  winning and put themselves in the World Series. In that contest,
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  the Leeds went back and forth. It looked good when
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  the Tigers went up three games to two, but in
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  the end the Saint Louis Cardinals defeated them four games
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  to three. Tiger fans were crushed. Hank was two, but
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  one game was not going to define his career. Wait
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  till next year, he told himself, he was just getting started.
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  Of course, not everything that mattered had happened on the field.
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  While Hank went on to be a top player over
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  the course of many years, staying true to his beliefs
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  had already made him a star. About Hank Greenberg Henry
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  Benjamin Greenberg was born in nineteen eleven. Also known as
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  Hammer and Hank or Hanks pankas, he was the first
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  Jewish superstar in American team sports. He faced a lot
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  of anti semists over the course of his career, but
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  he stood by his Jewish roots and never let the
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  attacks keep him down. Looking back over his career, he
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  stated that while he was playing, he wanted to be
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  known as a great ballplayer, period, but now he wanted
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  to be remembered as a great Jewish ball player. Hank
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  was named the American League's Most Valuable Player in nineteen
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  thirty five. In nineteen forty and was a five time
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  All Star before retiring in nineteen forty eight. He was
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  inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in nineteen fifty six.
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  But Hank's most lasting achievement was balancing the private and
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  public parts of his life. He stood up for what
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  he believed in while still playing the game he loved.
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  At the time Hank played, there were only white faces
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  in baseball major leagues, and when other players faced prejudice
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  in the future, whether about religion or race, Hank's examples
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  was there as an inspiration to them as well. That
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  is all we have time for today, so it concludes
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  our children's story are Please join us next time as
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  we will read more stories, fables and fairy tales. Thank
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  you for listening, and please stay tuned for The Lex
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  and Herald Leader on Radio I