He was the Dodgers' 19-year-old ballboy in 1947 when the team reached the World Series.

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Another close-up of the fallen ballboy brought a huge ovation from the night show crowd crammed into the arena.

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In Miami, the ceremonial first pitch was thrown out by Norman Berman, the ballboy for the Brooklyn Dodgers the year Robinson was a rookie.

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Hazard has now met with the ballboy and has said sorry.

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Born in Pittsburgh, Rice spent his childhood by his father's side, learning the Xs and Os while serving as a ballboy and engaging in lengthy debate over the dinner table.

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"It's great to win at home again, " said the 12-time Grand Slam champion, who also lifted the title in Basle a year ago at the venue where he got his start as a ballboy.

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Murray's crash landing in the ninth game of the third set came shortly after a similarly spectacular tumble by a ballboy, whose foot clipped an advertising awning as he chased a ball, sending him splattering into a photographers box.

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The ballboy, who is the son of club director Martin Morgan, fell on the ball after it went out of play late in the game as Chelsea chased the two goals they needed to send the tie into extra time.

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