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August 10th, 1945 ... Kansas City, Missouri
Cotton and his dad looked down on the field. The stadium was enormous, and sat close to twenty thousand people!
"Dad, you really think I could play here?" Cotton asked.
Lincoln was firm. "Absolutely. Watch the game, and after the game, you tell ME!"
At that point, the second baseman made a spectacular play in short right. "Wow, didja see that?!"
Lincoln looked at the program, which had cost him 5 cents. "That is Jackie Robinson, he was in the Olympics. He is quite a player."
Cotton looked over at his dad..."Olympic games?"
"Yep, he was a track man, got his college education, and was even an officer in the War."
Cotton pondered this...a college degree, and an officer?
Lincoln Grant Love looked sadly down at his son. "The boy can play, but they'll NEVER give him a chance. He'll sit and rot in the Negro Leagues."
Jackie Robinson, circa 1945, KC Monarchs:
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