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Irish Eye on Hollywood: Burns Pitches Tom Seaver

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
September/ October 2018

September 1, 2018 by Leave a Comment

It looks like baseball is making yet another cinematic comeback. Irish American writer / director / actor Ed Burns (The Brothers McMullen, She’s the One) is slated to direct a documentary about baseball Hall of Famer Tom Seaver. Burns, the son of Irish immigrants, was born in the New York Mets’ home borough of Queens, so it is only fitting he would direct a movie about the … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: Burns Pitches Tom Seaver

Why Grandpa Should
Be in the Hall of Fame

By Mark Gauvreau Judge, Contributor
October / November 2001

October 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

On July 1st, 1920, my grandfather saved the only no-hitter ever thrown by the Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson. Grandpa played first base for the Washington Senators, and he and Johnson were in Boston to play the Red Sox. When the ninth inning came around, only one Red Sox had made it to first base – on an error – and the Senators were ahead 1-0 with two outs. One more out … [Read more...] about Why Grandpa Should
Be in the Hall of Fame

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July 30, 1946

The Soviet Union blocked Ireland’s application for the UN on this day in 1946. The Soviets claimed that because Ireland was neutral, they did not personally help establish the organization. However, other member nations doubt the Soviet Union’s motives for blocking Ireland’s application, believing instead that the Soviet Union’s real reasons for blocking the application is because Ireland is a Catholic country and would therefore always vote against a communist nation.

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