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Little Bums The Nashua Dodgers By
Steve Daly 176
pages, paperback, with 40 photographs and illustrations "Sign
your name and pick up your bags. We're roomates," Galipeau said.
With that, Galipeau and Newcombe became the first interracial roomates in professional
baseball. All
that seemed so long ago. As Newcombe basked in the bright sunshine and adulation
of the crowd at Holman Stadium, Galipeau stood quietly to the side, content to
let his friend and roommate get all the attention he deserved. The
glory days of baseball had returned to Nashua and historic Holman Stadium, if
only for one day. -From the Introduction STEVE
DALY is the assistant sports editor of The Telegraph of Nashua, New Hampshire.
In 1997, he was awarded first place by the New England Press Association for "Coverage
of a Racial or Ethnic issue." |