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Title card: "Baseball" over EXT Yankee Stadium / MS Babe Ruth walks past camera up to microphone / stopping and coughing, waving his hat, Cardinal Francis Spellman stands behind him / CU Ruth, with bowed head, speaks into mic / High shot crowd in stands / PAN out to diamond seen past US flag on pole, filled stadium in far bg / MS bearded men in fezzes laugh, jump up and down in the stands / MS New York City Mayor William O'Dwyer throws the first pitch, Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler and unid woman nearby / low angle MS Jackie Robinson prepares to bat / LS Robinson draws a walk / LS Robinson poised to steal, pitcher Spec Shea throws to first, Robinson slides back safe / CU several African-American fans smile and yell / LS Robinson trying to steal again / CU fans yelling and waving arms in derision / LS Robinson goes to second / WS crowded Ebbets Field / MS side view of trombonist and trumpet player of the "Brooklyn Symphony" playing / CU man clanging cymbals / CU Cookie Lavagetto at bat / CU Lavagetto's hands gripping bat / Lavagetto strike / CU boy in stands nervously chews his fingernails / VS Lavagetto hits, drives in Al Gionfriddo with the tying run / pinch-runner Eddie Miksis slides home to give Dodgers the win / High shot Lavagetto walks to the dugout, being mobbed by grateful hysterical fans who tear at his clothing, policeman trying to protect him / boy turns somersault and waves his arms for joy on the field / VS Joe DiMaggio with hat cocked; hitting ball / LS HS the field, Snuffy Stirnweiss and Yogi Berra heading home / Gionfriddo dashes to the gate and catching ball / Rear shot DiMaggio walks to the outfield / MS Dodger players congratulate Gionfriddo as they head for the dugout / side view fans clap, excited boy shouts / Miksis and Bruce Edwards out in Yankee double play; bedlam breaking loose on the field as the Yankees celebrate a 5-2 victory, win another World Series / LHS Yankees head for dugout led by fans and guards / Note: dates vary