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Dodgers great Don Newcombe passes out at news conference

Don Newcombe, baseball's first player to win rookie of the year, most valuable player and the Cy Young Award, passed out at Dodger Stadium after welcoming Dave Roberts as the club's first minority manager.

A team spokesman said Newcombe was transported by ambulance to a hospital Tuesday. At 4:54 p.m., the Dodgers posted on Twitter that Newcombe "is doing fine and resting comfortably at home."

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In early July, Newcombe was hospitalized for two days after becoming ill at the stadium.