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Forty-odd years ago, I was a player-coach at Ohio Wesleyan University.

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In 1945, America's greatest generation came back from war.

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The flags of freedom fly over Europe.

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Nazi Germany had been defeated...

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...and three months later, Imperial Japan surrendered as well.

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And there's jubilation around this earth.

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Men returned home. Among them, some of baseball's most beloved names.

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Musial. DiMaggio. Williams.

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Life in the United States could return to normal.

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- What's the guy's name? - What's on second?

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- Who's on second? - Who's on first?

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- I don't know. - Third base.

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And baseball was proof positive that democracy was real.

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A baseball box score, after all, is a democratic thing.

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It doesn't say how big you are or what religion you follow.

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It does not know how you voted or the color of your skin.

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It simply states what kind of ballplayer you were on any particular day.

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And he did it. It's a home run.

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They knew he'd do it.

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African Americans had served their country gallantly.