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Baseball

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At that moment, quietly —
at a jogger's pace — a single
player emerged from the
Orioles' third base dugout,
glove and ball in hand. He
ran to third base and looked
home. It was Brooks. I turn-
ed around to look at the
yellow railing where my dad
and I had sat years ago, look-
ing for my father because I
wanted to catch his eye.
Then Frank Robinson
headed out to right field,
followed by Boog Powell to
first, Jim Palmer to the
mound and Louis Aparicio to
shortstop. Before it was over,
some 72 players filed to their
positions in the Orioles
uniforms of their period.
Like many others, I couldn't
applaud anymore. All I could
do was wipe my eyes.
Former manager Earl
Weaver came out near the
end, kicking dirt on the area
where home plate had been.
Rick Dempsey waved his hat
to further pump the crowd.
Ripken Jr., the future of this
franchise and man now sow-
ing memories, came out last.
In the booth over the
screen behind home plate,
Tigers' voice Paul Carey was
hugging Ernie Harwell after
their last game as Detroit
announcers. Carey's head
was buried in Harwell's
shoulder. Harwell was look-
ing ahead and down at the
field. The day before,
Harwell received a standing
ovation from almost 50,000
fans for his service as the
Orioles' original voice and
his 40 years in baseball.
The rumors were hot
everywhere that when the
O's open in April in their
new stadium against
Cleveland, Ernie might be
starting the Orioles on a new
chapter in their existence. If
it happens, it will prove once
again why baseball is diff-

erent from the other profes-
sional sports. This is a rite of
passage, an event that
makes 7-1 scores mean-
ingless in the place of histo-
ry. Sociologists write that we
now have a disposable socie-
ty. What is old is no longer
honored, they say.
But what happened at 900
E. 33rd Street last Sunday
will be remembered by
50,700. This was ours, for-
ever ours.
With the few opportunities
we have left to see baseball
in Tiger Stadium, go and
remember what you see
there . . . while you still can.
Remember what it was like
to see Kaline, McLain,
Lolich, Greenberg, Cash and
Freehan. Remember your
father and mother pointing
to places they saw Kaline
smack the ball. Laugh at the
recollections of Mark
Fidrych mending the mound
and talking to the ball.
These are your memories.
They're in your personal
record books.
Look em up. ❑

mmi LOCAL NEWS I'

JCCouncil
Walk For Justice

For the second year in a row,
the Jewish Community Coun-
cil will participate in the
Focus:HOPE Walk For Jus-
tice 1 p.m. Oct. 13. The walk
will begin at the Focus:HOPE
headquarters, 1300 Oakman
Blvd. in Detroit.
The Council invites the
metro-Detroit Jewish com-
munity to join the walk.
Anyone wishing to carpool
should be at the parking lot
of the United Hebrew
Schools building, 21550 W. 12
Mile Road in Southfield, at
noon.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1991

Jack A. Robinson, center, was presented with the Fred M.
Butzel Memorial Award for Distinguished Community Ser-
vice at the Jewish Federation's annual meeting, presided over
by Mark Schlussel, left, president of Federation. Dr. Conrad
L. Giles made the presentation.

