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"Little Charlie was watching him. “Ball,” he said. “Ball.”
“It’s a base ball,” Michael told him.
“Base ball,” Charlie Comiskey said.
So Honora's son introduced Charles Comiskey to baseball. Does that mean that the author's family is responsible for the 1919 Black Sox scandal?
— Jun 06, 2025 10:54PM
“It’s a base ball,” Michael told him.
“Base ball,” Charlie Comiskey said.
So Honora's son introduced Charles Comiskey to baseball. Does that mean that the author's family is responsible for the 1919 Black Sox scandal?
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Irish words were slipping into American slang. “‘So long’ is from ‘slán,’” he’d said. “And when a fellow’s told to say ‘uncle’ it’s ‘anacal’—mercy—he’s asking for.”
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Those with good intentions seemed to have no power, and the powerful had no good intentions. We had to get out some way.
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