Peter O'Malley

An Irish Field of Dreams

By Kelly Candaele, Contributor
October / November 2003

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During his father's time, the Dodgers broke the color barrier with Jackie Robinson. Now, Peter O'Malley is helping to internationalize the most American of sports by building baseball fields in Ireland, China, and Nicaragua and supporting baseball programs in Japan and other countries. ℘℘℘ Peter O'Malley is an internationalist. You can tell by the gigantic pictures of baseball … [Read more...] about An Irish Field of Dreams

September 26, 1970

Irish American presidential candidate John F. Kennedy clashes with republican candidate Richard Nixon in the first ever televised presidential debate. This debate, which more than 60 million Americans tuned in for, vastly changed American politics. Kennedy was regarded as the outright winner of the debate, not because of his politics and opinions, but because Kennedy appeared more confident and well-rested than Nixon. Many believe that this debate ultimately secured Kennedy the 1960 election.

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