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Photo: Kareem takes his shot

Journal photo/Bob Breidenbach

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the former Los Angeles Lakers basketball great, grew up as a Dodger fan in Brooklyn, and always said one of his greatest sports memories was when the Dodgers won their first World Series, finally beating the Yankees in 1955. (He brought up the comparison when the Lakers beat the Celtics in the NBA Finals, after losing to them so many times, in 1985.) Saturday night he was asked to throw in one of the first pitches, as many former Dodger players stood behind him. When he wasn't satisfied with his overhand pitch, he took the ball back and showed everyone his classic "sky hook" shot that he was known for on the basketball court,

Posted by Bob Breidenbach  at 4:42 AM | Permalink