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Jackie Robinson Steals Home MD2025-custom-gifts is in the first rowJackie Robinson makes a cap flying slide and catches a corner of the plate with his right foot before the Cubs' catcher, John Pramesa, can tag him. It happened in the fourth inning at Ebbets Field in May 1952. The umpire is Augie Guglielmo and the man with the bat is Preacher Roe, Dodger pitcher. Roe stepped back up to the plate and made his first hit of the year. Robinson stole home 19 times in his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers, making him the