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Originally Posted by cj
I'm from Baltimore, diehard city boy. I used to play hoops from late morning until 9:30 when the lights would go out at the rec center. Great respect for hoops in both Baltimore and DC.
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very young, I took the bus from DC to Baltimore to see Earl Monroe's first home game at the Civic Center.
everybody was thrilled by Earl the Pearl
he did stuff nobody had ever seen before
if Jack Marin, a white guy, got the ball - many of the black fans would yell out - "why don't you give the ball to the Pearl"
what a treat is was watching Monroe - and the way he excited the crowd
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