I've enjoyed the stories of the baseball players as well. My dad (now 86) can recite the Evers to Tinker to Chance play in great detail. Dad's grandmother & aunts; Johanna, Bertha, & Nora Minehan lived at 356 First St and I believe the Evers family also lived there for a while. We also have a connection to the Troy baseball: Daniel J. Minehan. He is "somehow" related to our Minehan clan only we have not closed the gap yet. Daniel began his career with the Buffaloes. He also played with Glen Falls and Minneapolis in the Western League. He led the league for a season in batting average and won an award of a silver bat. He also played with the Louisville Nationals and Paterson NJ teams. At his retirement he was an umpire with the New York State League. His decendants remain in the Troy area. In fact an interesting monument to Troy baseball can be found at: http://www.ballparkreviews.com click on "places" and you'll see a monumnet for Troy Ny it will show the photos. There is another site his relative found about Troy baseball , I will send that out as soon as he gets it to me. Jeanne Daley KC Missouri -----Original Message----- >From: jill mcnamee <jillmcn@pacbell.net> >Sent: May 11, 2008 1:06 PM >To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Baseball players in Troy, NY > >My brother in law, Sean McNamee, is the swim coach at St Bonaventure >University, and as his dad John McNamee originally was from Troy, I sent >him both the letter from Gerald and the followup which mentioned the >connection to St Boanventure of Marc Evers. >He wrote back: "I know Marc Evers very well. He is with Wachovia Bank in >Charlotte." > >BTW John McNamee was a professor at St Bona's until his death in 1964. He >started the swim team there back in 1948 and was a professor in the >Education department. There have been 4 swim coaches at Bonas...and 3 of >them McNamees :-) > >Jill McNamee > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Theresa Bora" <terrybora@wowway.com> >To: <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 7:10 AM >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" <geraldjduffy@worldnet.att.net> >> To: <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> >> 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.>>>>>>>>>> >> >> ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== >> Did you pay your 2008 Dues? >> Troy Irish Genealogy Society >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== >Did you pay your 2008 Dues? >Troy Irish Genealogy Society >http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message