[adrotate banner=”32″] On August 4, 1948 — Ernie Harwell, filling in for Red Barber, who is recovering from a bleeding ulcer, calls his first major league game as the Dodgers beat the Cubs at Ebbets Field , 5-4. Brooklyn scores a pair in the 1st, one on a steal of home by Jackie Robinson. To obtain
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Source: Historical record