750 sq. feet. The guy who owns it bought it for 66k in 2024. He put in on the market recently but took it off the market after he found out he was living in Pope Leo’s boyhood home. The demographics of the city have changed quite a bit since the time the pope lived there Dolton, Illinois - Wikipedia
Not exactly sure how this will work, but Pete Rose is now eligible for the HOF. In a historic, sweeping decision, baseball commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday removed Pete Rose, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and other deceased players from Major League Baseball's permanently ineligible list. The all-time hit king and Jackson -- both longtime baseball pariahs stained by gambling, seen by MLB as the game's mortal sin -- are now eligible for election into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Manfred ruled that MLB's punishment of banned individuals ends upon their deaths.
On further reflection tha steroid era guys have never been banned from baseball, so it's the writers/voters who are keeping them out of the HOF, but Rose and the others were banned from baseball so they couldn't even be on the ballot.
Jackson had 12 hits in the 1919 WS which stood as a WS record for 45 years. If he was truly trying to fix the Series, he certainly went about doing it in a very strange way.
But Jackson did admit to taking money from the gamblers although he claimed he was short changed and others argue that just looking at his batting average during the series is meaningless as to the question of guilt. A passage from an article supporting Jackson’s banishment ************* “Even before the grand jury, Jackson insisted that he had always played to win – but his .375 batting average contains an interesting split. In the four thrown games, Jackson hit .250 with one run scored and no RBI; in the other four, he batted .500 with four runs and six RBI. In each of the first two games Jackson allowed a two-out, two-run triple to left field. And even if the evidence that Jackson actually threw the Series is ambiguous, the evidence that he was paid to do so is overwhelming. Nearly all historians who have studied the Black Sox scandal supported Jackson’s banishment. Bill James has described Jackson’s supporters as “baseball’s answer to those women who show up at murder trials wanting to marry the cute murderer.” When the myth is stripped away, Shoeless Joe stands exposed as a willing participant in baseball’s greatest crime.”
I've never been acquainted with Jackson's actual role in the Black Sox scandal until reading Bobda's above post. However, I was a Ray Liotta fan so I've been somewhat sympathetic since watching Field of Dreams multiple times.
A trip down memory lane for those who remember. Two friends and I were playing monopoly in one friend's living room on a hot August day when the mailman delivered the first-ever copy of Sports Illustrated. I was 10 years old.
I was a long time subscriber to SI, starting 7th or 8th grade. When I was in practice, the girls who worked for me wouldn't allow the swimsuit edition in the waiting room.
I also was a long-time subscriber. I don't recall when I first subscribed but I was an adult. At some point, I think in the 90s, SI did a hit piece on ND. I don't even recall the details. I canceled my subscription and never looked at an SI again.
Strange some of the things we remember from an early age years later Sid. I vividly remember that our family subscribed to Look magazine monthly and I probably was 10 years old. I can remember Johnny Lujack being on the cover in one issue. Notre Dame was of no particular importance to me at the time but Notre Dame football was and I still cannot grasp how that came to be? Just felt like sharing the experience.
Kyle I understand. I remember Look Magazine, but I don't think my family subscribed to it. I know we subscribed to Life. My "funny" story: As a kid I loved Purdue, my dad's alma mater, and the three-stripe helmets. I hated Notre Dame because, 1) I was a fan of the underdog and teams like ND, the Yankees, Celtics, etc. were dominant in their sports; 2) ND would beat Purdue most of the times they played. I changed when my family moved to Indianapolis just before my senior year of HS. My dad took me to the '61 ND-SoCal game, won by ND 30-0, and I fell in love with the campus and the school. The rest is history. (I know we're off topic, but I'm sure we'll get back).
For the old school guys who believe in fundamentals, I just saw something that shocked me. Cubs vs.Rockies at Wrigley. Bottom 5. Tied 1-1. First Cubs batter walks. Second batter (9th in lineup) lays down a perfect sacrifice bunt, moves the runner to 2b. one out. Next batter (leadoff in lineup) hits ground ball to 3b. Instead of a 5-4-3 DP, out at first, runner stays on 2b. Two outs. Next batter singles to CF scoring the runner from 2b. Excellent strategy that paid off, something you just don't see in today's game. Game still in progress. Score still 2-1 going into bottom 7. The Cubs may or may not win today, but their commitment to fundamentals is one reason why they currently are winning.