Photo courtesy of Anne Cotter
As a young man, Peter O’Brien left his home in Northern Ireland to work at the shipyards in the Channel Islands. There, Irish and Scottish workers spun tales of America as a land of opportunity, a place where “everyone had cars.” Mr. O’Brien eagerly accepted driving lessons on his days off, hoping to soon be driving in a new country.
After immigrating to the U.S.
in the 1950s,
Mr O’Brien would later marry and go on to teach his children, grandchildren and dozens of Irish immigrants how to drive, giving them a sense of freedom in their new country.
all through the history of the game, we love the lovable rogues like derek jeter putting on the academy performance that it hit his hand, and not the bat. he was wonderful in that. and perry and ford are in the hall of fame. we know they gunked up the ball. this is a game where you steal bases. what we felt in the steroids era is that it crossed the line. since the beginning of the national game in the mid 19th century, people have been saying we had a quote from a guy in 1858, named pete o brien, they don t play baseball the way they used to when i was a kid. he was worried about people being paid to play. we had gambling, amphetamines, african-americans out of the game. if you want to attach asterisks, which i don t believe of, you have to add them to every other era of the game. thank you for taking the time