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Ransom ‘Randy’ Jackson, the oldest Dodger and last to homer for Brooklyn, dies at 93

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It was late September, and the Dodgers’ season was slipping away.

For Ransom “Randy” Jackson, it had been a disappointing year. He was brought in to take over for the aging Jackie Robinson, but injuries had kept him on the bench for much of the 1957 season.

Called to the plate in Philadelphia,…