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From: "Amy La Pietra" <>
Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] more baseball
Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 12:41:47 -0400
In-Reply-To: <BLU125-W357345D9DD9898A762DAC8D3CD0@phx.gbl>


Hi baseball fans. I have my own little posting re: Troy and baseball: My
grandfather, Mike Sweeney, born in Troy in 1880, was orphaned in 1896. Both
of his parents died within days of each other at 683 Burden Ave in South
Troy. My grandfather then went to a military school along the Hudson to work
his way through high school. He then played baseball and always talked about
"the year we won the pennant." He has a pin, now in my possession that reads
" H. R. League, Po'keepsie N.Y. 1904." I don't know what level of league
this was but I do know that he traveled and played in Geneva, NY where he
met my grandmother. Here is where the story gets romantic. When the baseball
team came to town the local girls would prepare box lunches for the players.
Each lunch would have an assigned name to it. When my grandmother, no
shrinking violet, saw my grandfather...all 5'3" of blue-eyed Irishman...she
traded her box lunch with some other player's name on it for the box lunch
with his name on it. The rest, as they say, is history. They married in
1911 and lived in Rochester, NY where my grandfather became a very
successful paving contractor. Amy LaPietra

-----Original Message-----
From:
[mailto:] On Behalf Of francis
healy
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 11:08 AM
To:
Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] (no subject)


These are such interesting and helpful posts. I have my own if it could ring
any bells

with other listers. My great grandfather William E. Fitzgerald b.1832 in
Limerick who came to Troy

about 1850 with his brother (name ?) probably married and then moved to St.
Louis after

his wife died.

f.a. Healy




> From:
> To:
> Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 10:10:15 -0400
> Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Baseball players in Troy, NY
>
> Hi Gerald. I enjoyed your email very much. I'm not related to any of
> the players, but my dad, Tom Diviney, grew up on Second Street in
> south Troy with the Evers boys. Johnny Evers was about 10 years older
> than dad. Dad's oldest brother, John Diviney, played on one of the
> Troy teams with Evers, and my dad was the bat-boy. My sons all played
> baseball (just at Little League and high school level) and loved to
> listen to dad's stories of old-time baseball. I forwarded your email
> on to them because I knew they'd like reading about Troy and Evers. If
> you have more stories about Troy and baseball, feel free to email me
> off-List. Terry in Michigan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gerald Duffy" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 5:48 PM
> Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Baseball players in Troy, NY
>
>
> > I'm 75 years old and a former minor league baseball player in the
> > Chicago White Sox farm system. My father, Tom Duffy, was born on
> > Nov. 30, 1874 in Troy and played semi-pro baseball most of his
> > life.>>>>>>>>>>
>
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