Pee Wee and Jacckie

Pee Wee Reese was a diminutive shortstop For the old Brooklyn Dodgers when I was a tot With Jackie at second Both are legends Heroes of my childhood and a joy to watch
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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April 24, 2017 at 8:34 AM
That was before my time//Which probably is fine//good old days//without this haze//from being stuck in rhyme. MORE COFFEE!!! AMBLE ON JACKSON! Let's see, that would be... Jackie Robinson? (Just a guess — without googling)
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April 24, 2017 at 8:40 AM
YOU WIN THE PRIZE!!! Actually saw Jackie Robinson play for the old Montreal Royals in 1946 before being promoted to the old Brooklyn Dodgers as the FIRST black player in baseball! Something that's etched in my memory all these years!!! GOOG MORNING JOHN JOHN!!!
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