Remembering: John Roseboro

He was signed to a $5,000 dollar bonus in the spring of 1952 after being invited to tryout while the Dodgers were in Cincinnati, by scout, Hugh Alexander. His hosts for his weekend were Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe. They treated the wide-eyed 19-year-old to a room service steak. “This is the way I want to live.” he thought. He would later regret not going to college. He was born...