LETTER from JIM FRANCIS Brooks Robinson Photo Recalls Best Play Ever To the Editor: Re: Brooks Robinson photo on recent front page: I watched a lot of baseball on TV around 1970. The single best play I ever saw was in the 1969 All-Star Game. Johnny Bench hit a rocket down the third-base line. Brooks dove flat out to glove it and threw the ball to first while airborne. It was high and a bit on the second-base side. Carl…
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