“Only half the lies the Irish tell are true.” – Brooklyn Dodger owner Walter O’Malley, quoted in Roger Kahn, The Boys of Summer (1972)
(O’Malley is rightly despised for taking his beloved team west, beginning in earnest sports franchises’ blackmail of municipalities—yet today he gets a dispensation, because this descendant of County Mayo natives always made sure to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day right.)
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