Walter Dean Myers - Growing up in Harlem, I had the chance to practice with a Negro League team. At ...

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Growing up in Harlem, I had the chance to practice with a Negro League team. At fifteen, I was over six feet tall and a fair athlete, but my skills didn't come close to some of the players I saw.

Walter Dean Myers

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Als ich in Harlem aufwuchs, hatte ich die Chance, mit einem Negro-League-Team zu trainieren. Mit fünfzehn war ich über zwei Meter groß und ein fairer Athlet, aber meine Fähigkeiten kamen einigen der Spieler, die ich sah, nicht nahe.

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