MLB pitcher Don Newcombe dies at 92
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WEBVTT HIS FACE CAN BE FOUND – LARGER THAN LIFE – ALONG NASHUA STREETS… HIS NAME – DON NEWCOMBE – HANGS ON HISTORIC HOLMAN STADIUM WHERE HE PLAYED HIS NUMBER – 36 RETIRED – NEXT TO TEAMMATE ROY CAMPANELLA ALONG WITH JACKIE ROBINSON – THEY WERE SIGNED TO THE BROOKLYN DODGERS IN 1945 – AND SENT FIRST TO MINOR LEAGUE TEAMS – NEWCOMBE AND CAMPANELLA CAME TO THE NASHUA DODGERS – THE FIRST U.S. TEAM TO FIELD AN INTEGRATED TEAM XXXXX 10 – COACH :53 BETWEEN JACKIE ROBINSON AND ROY CAMPANELLA AND DON NEWCOMBE, THOSE GUYS REALLY BROKE THE BARRIER – THAT’S GOING TO BE THEIR LEGACY FOR SURE :59 XXXXX SILVER KNIGHTS MANAGER BJ NEVERETT TREASURES THE HISTORY AT HOLMAN STADIUM NEWCOMBE PLAYED IN THIS BALLPARK IN 1946 AND 1947 – A STAR PITCHER WELCOMED BY FANS HERE – BUT HE ALSO ENDURED SLURS FROM SOME VISITING TEAMS HE WENT ON TO BECOME THE FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYER TO WIN ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, MVP AND THE CY YOUNG AWARD HIS OWN WORDS ARE ENGRAVED IN THE CONCOURSE – SAYING NASHUA TREATED HIM AND ROY CAMPANELLA LIKE LONG LOST SONS XXXXXX 10 – COACH :27 THE OLD TIMERS SAY HE WAS VERY VISIBLE, KIDS LOVED HIM HE WAS GOOD WITH THE KIDS AND HE WAS PRETTY LEGENDARY AROUND HERE :37 XXXXX 10 – COACH 1:36 MY DAD HE WAS OLD ENOUGH TO COME WATCH THE GAMES HERE 1:39 XXXXXX XXXXX 10 – COACH 1:44 HE TALKED ABOUT THOSE GUYS, HE’D SEE THEM AROUND TOWN 1;47 XXXXX XXXXXX 12 – STANDUP 3:51 EVEN LONG AFTER HE RETIRED, NEWCOMBE RETURNED HERE TO HOLMAN STADIUM WHERE GENERATIONS OF FANS WERE EXCITED TO SEE THE LEGEND 4:00 XXXXX 10 – COACH 2:29 I MET HIM IN 2000 – HE CAME HERE TO NASHUA 2:32 XXXXX 10 – COACH 2:10 NEW HAMSPHIRE SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE BASEBALL LEGACY IN THIS STATE CUZ WE’VE HAD A LOT OF REAL REALLY GOOD STORIES 2:15 XXXXX 10 – COACH 3:06 I’M SURE HE’S GOING TO BE MISSED BY ALL 3:08 XXXXX IN NASHUA, JEAN MACKIN, WMUR NEWS 9
MLB pitcher Don Newcombe dies at 92
Updated: 10:30 PM EST Feb 19, 2019
One of the first black baseball players to break barriers by pitching on a Nashua field has passed away.
One of the first black baseball players to break barriers by pitching on a Nashua field has passed away.
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