As Told to Me: An Encounter with Ron LeFlore
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A childhood neighbor relates an experience of fielding a ground ball off the bat of Ron LeFlore, whose rise from the Jackson State Prison in Jackson, MI, to major-league all-star is well-known and -chronicled. This story, until now, was known by only a handful of witnesses and those who heard it first-hand, as I did. Music: "Field Grass" Sergei Pavkov email: [email protected]
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