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t the end of 1946, my father, mother and sister returned to Connecticut. The apartment over his office was rented for two years, so they lived full time at Milford. He would leave at 8 am each week-day morning for the half-hour ride to the Yale University Medical Clinics. Afternoon office hours followed from 1 - 3 pm, before house calls (some readers may be astounded to find out that there was a time when doctors actually visited patients at their homes) and dinner. After evening office hours from 6 - 8 pm, he would return home around 9 o'clock, tired but happy. 1947 was a year that lifted the spirit of black people and changed America forever. That spring, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball. He wreaked havoc on the base paths. Dancing off bases, distracting and unsettling pitchers, daring them to pick him offJackie created a game within the game. Frequently, pitchers trying to pick him off would throw the ball past their exasperated fielders, while Jackie moved on to the next base. One base closer to scoring, he would work even harder to get inside the pitcher's head, to force another error and advance another base. Millions of black people were thrilled, knowing a black man was skillfully frustrating white men in front of thousands of people!
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