as a final games played out what also happened was the brooklyn dodgers arrived in havana for spring training that they brought with them the montrÉal royals, their aaa affiliate and that included stars like jackie robinson, don newcombe. robinson and the royals encountered quite a bit of resistance in florida during spring training in 1946. they would show up for a game and suddenly became would be canceled by a light malfunction or they would arrive in the state in which the padlock or there would be a police officer informing them does a city ordinance preventing blacks and whites playing together. so in 1947 they decide to move the dodgers spring training base from daytona beach to havana. there had been interracial baseball in the cuban league since 1900 so he chose havana a more tolerant racial climate there as opposed to jim crow florida. in february 1947 it was still not entirely clear robinsons rise to the majors were guaranteed. he ran into a lot of obstacles in cuba. he had to learn a new position. he had stomach problems to deal with. and injury late in spring training, e

and the "new york times" had a writer with a brooklyn dodgers during spring training in cuba. to other than the images i had done years before, a lot of it was just looking through old newspapers. they were books that touched on the subject here and here, maybe part of a chapter or chapter that make it especially books like on jackie robinson but no onunfortunate i have not been ae to go to cuba. my family thought i was five months old and i've not been back. i'm desperate to get there at some point. yes. >> did you ever play a small we knew were little? >> mostly pickup games with friends. so no, i never played like organized ball beyond ninth grade maybe like park league, but i love baseball and always have. spin what was the hardest thing about this project? >> the hardest thing was getting a publisher. like i said i kind of started this thing 20 years ago, and made sort of what i look back now, the queries to try to get a publisher. i was really focused on exactly what the book would say so i understand why i got the rejection letters. and then time, just like happened. yo

four losses and they're bums, as the old brooklyn dodgers were called. that's it for this edition of "media buzz." i'm howard kurtz. thanks for watching. like our facebook page, we post a lot of original content there, respond to your questions, we have videos, a dialogue. you can also write to us. no political rant. talk about the media, maybe i'll respond. and also dvr the show in case you're not sitting around on sunday. we're back next sunday as we are every sunday with the >>> exactly one year from now, millions of americans will go to the polls and choose the next leader of the free world. november 8th, 2016, of course it will be a tuesday next year. before we pick who will go to the white house, both reply wall parties must choose a gnome need. for republicans a crucial step happens just days from now in wisconsin. 12 candidates will gather for two debates. both will air on the fox business network. the democrats will also debate this week. one of the democratic candidates is coming to the defense of republican ben carson, senator bernie sanders n

four losses and they're bums, as the old brooklyn dodgers were called.t's it for this edition of "media buzz." i'm howard kurtz. thanks for watching. like our facebook page, we post a lot of original content there, respond to your questions, we have videos, a dialogue. you can also write to us. no political rant. talk about the media, maybe i'll respond. and also dvr the show in case you're not sitting around on sunday. we're back next sunday as we are every sunday with the latest buzz. >>> the leading republican contenders there for the presidential race are taking the headlines by storm with dr. ben carson going on the offensive against media scrutiny of his life story. and donald trump taking a star turn on "saturday night live," as dozens of protesters make their voices heard just outside the studios. hello, everyone. welcome to america's news headquarters. >> meantime, senator marco rubio is taking on his critics, releasing nearly two years of credit card

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it's going to be the biggest event for sports in brooklyn since the dodgers. [ laughter ] >> seth: v vy exciting. >> seth, big announcement. we've got three tickets left. >> seth: oh, my goodness. >> so now is the time -- >> seth: only three? >> go to meninblazers.com. >> seth: how many did you start with? >> seven. [ laughter ] so three left. but if you want to ce with three mates, you're going to have to unfortunately, make a tough decisionon >> seth: now, of course, premier league soccer is closest to your hearts. we're about, what? i guess 11 -- 10, 11 games into the season. >> 11 38ths into the season. >> seth: 11 38ths into the seasonon i want to talk about your beloved chelsea to start. a title contender at the beginning of the season. not off to a very od start. >> the team with the best record over the last 11 years in premier league soccer. rog believes the moves evil team in the history of the universe. sort of part darth vader, part voldemort rolled into one. [ laughter ] they haven't got off to the greatest start. >> seth: we have some highlights. maybe you could talk us

were in brooklyn, we had this horrible saying what if you were in a room and you only had two bullets. what would you do the horrible answer is we would have to kill o'malley to keep the dodgers absolutely. >> all right. so doris, you have studied and watched so many campaigns and so many presidencies over your career, as you watch what's unfolded here not just on the republican side with donald trump and ben carson and these outsiders rising to the top and on the other side with hillary clinton and bernie sanders, what are your impressions? >> the thing that makes me sad -- i would love to hear joe talk about this. public service used to be something that people wanted to enter. they felt they were making a difference in people's lives. the country respected people who went into public service and experience was considered a good thing to have. and the idea that now we're turning our back on that. i understand the frustration with what's happened in washington in the last decade and this very book about ted kennedy's leadership in the 1994 revolution shows that what happens is when you have people that can work together who are colleagues who care about the institution, thin