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Cecelia Connor

Window on the Past

The Irish Bambino

By Ray Cavanaugh, Contributor
March / April 2020

March 1, 2020 by 5 Comments

In late 1990s baseball, home runs were everywhere. The balls were allegedly juiced. The sluggers were definitely juiced. Players who had been lanky rookies would later display cartoon-sized muscles, thanks to a regimen of syringes in the posterior. Even hitters of mediocre power were expected to belt 15 home runs per season. About one century earlier, however, 15 round-trippers … [Read more...] about Window on the Past

The Irish Bambino

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