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During his time with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1950s, the great Jackie Robinson and his wife were having trouble buying a home in Connecticut. Despite his hard won acceptance as a sensational baseball player, many people - even those who rooted for him - did not want his family living in their neighborhood.  After a newspaper article detailed the Robinsons' failed attempts to purchase a nice suburban home caught the eye of a woman named Andrea Simon, she helped the Dodger legend fulfill his dream. Simon was the wife of Richard Simon of the renowned Simon and Schuster book publishing firm and mother of pop singer-songwriter,  Carly Simon . The two families became close friends. The Robinsons even lived with the Simons while the baseball pioneer's new home was under construction. The star frequently played ball with Carly and her family in the Simon's backyard and she grew up bleeding Dodger blue. (Tommy Lasorda would have been s...