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Ed Henry on the story that was the impetus for the title "42 Faith" ~\n\n"It's a lesson for all of us, and that's why we call it 42 Faith. It wasn't just Jackie's faith, Branch Rickey's faith, I think a lot of these players on the Dodgers had remarkable faith."\n\nEd Henry - Author, 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story\n \nA Ockershausen:\tA friend in need is a friend in deed, and this man is a friend. He used to be a fresh faced kid, he made a huge impact on Our Town. He's not fresh faced anymore. \nEd Henry:\tWow.\nA Ockershausen:\tEd Henry is a transplant from Queens, New York.\nEd Henry:\tMm-hmm.\nA Ockershausen:\tCame to Washington as a journalist, to work for Jack Anderson.\nEd Henry:\tThat's right.\nA Ockershausen:\tHow about that! He's another success story who found his way to WMAL radio. Providing political insight into a morning show. We had a morning show here called Harden and Weaver, it's not with us anymore. He worked with Chris Core, and Chris Plante. In fact, he worked everywhere from Roll Call to the Washingtonian, to CNN, Fox News, he's covered the Hill, the White House. He's covered some incredible national news stories. \n\tAnd the main news himself, with a fabulous new book about Jackie Robinson. Please welcome Ed Henry to Our Town.\n42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story by Ed HenryEd Henry:\tThanks for having me! The book's called 42 Faith and you told me you had a little story about Jackie Robinson. Weren't you walking through National Airport?\nA Ockershausen:\tNo.\nEd Henry:\tWhen he-\nA Ockershausen:\tI had invited Howard down to be the ... \nHoward Cosell and Jackie Robinson\nEd Henry:\tHoward Cosell.\nA Ockershausen:\tTo be a ... Cosell, he's ... There's only one Howard.\nEd Henry:\tThere's only one Howard to you.\n\tLike Frank ...\nA Ockershausen:\tEveryone else didn't get to meet him.\n\tWhenever ever I say, JB who's sat right in that chair. You know JB, you know . . .\nEd Henry:\tI know JB.\nA Ockershausen:\tHe's our guy. Well, Howard and I . . . I had to pick him up at the airport, and when he got in, this is before cellphones. This must have been in the early 70S.\nEd Henry:\t1972\t72. \nA Ockershausen:\tHe got a phone call, somebody at the gate gave him this message, he had to make a phone call. He had to call Rachel Robinson, that Jackie had died. \nEd Henry:\tYeah, October 1972. He was only 53 years old.\nA Ockershausen:\tThat is incredible, but to be there, to be part of history when he got that message. He had been close to him, he used to ride the train with him. I didn't know that they lived up at Pound Ridge, or some place.\nEd Henry:\tYeah, it's amazing what, we get into all these different layers of this story but, the old Brooklyn Dodgers of the forties and fifties, they used to take the subway to Ebbets Field. I mean, you think about now, these players who make 150, 250 million Bryce Harper, here in Washington is talking about his next deal being over $400 million, almost half a billion dollars, for a baseball player. Are they worth it? Are they not worth it? It'll be a bar room argument for a long time, but these players didn't make a whole lot of money, even if they were world famous. \nA Ockershausen:\tHoward\u2019s point, . . Jackie rode the train.\nEd Henry:\tYeah.\nA Ockershausen:\tBecause he rode the train. Going home to Pound Ridge or some place and he met Rachel and the family.\nDodgers, Flatbush and Stickball\nEd Henry:\tOne of the characters in my book is Jerry Reinsdorf because he's the owner of the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Bulls, he became famous in Chicago but he grew up in Flatbush. And he played stickball with Duke Snider. You know Willie, Mickey and the Duke? Could you imagine playing stickball now with Jason Werth or Ryan Zimmerman, I mean, I know Ryan but you don't play stickball in the street, a 10 year old kid doesn't play stickball with Duke Snider. But Duke Snider lived in a little apartment in Flatbush and took the subway to Ebbets Field.