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SUMMARY:\"Casey at the Bat\" and Irish Assimilation
DESCRIPTION:As most of you know, the Irish played a significant role i
 n baseball from the very beginning.  Baseball was an important avenue
  for Irish assimilation into American life.  Our speaker, Richard Pio
 reck, Adjunct Associate Professor of English at Hofstra University, wi
 ll discuss Casey at the Bat and Irish assimilation.  This talk was or
 iginally presented at the Hall of Fame at the 2013 Cooperstown Symposi
 um on Baseball and American Culture.\nProfessor Pioreck teaches creati
 ve writing and literature at Hofstra where he created the Baseball and
  American Literature course.  At this year’s Cooperstown Symposium 
 on Baseball and American Culture, he presented what he discovered writ
 ing the play Say It Ain’t So, Joe about Joe Jaclson and the 1919 Wor
 ld Series scandal.\nCome early.  We expect a World Series game crowd!
    \n\nFor more information visit https://thewildgeese.irish/events
 /casey-at-the-bat-and-irish-assimilation
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Midway:20140910T193000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Midway:20140910T210000
CATEGORIES:lecture, meeting
LOCATION:Garden City Library
WEBSITE:http://irish-society.org
URL:http://irish-society.org
CONTACT:516-488-1353
ORGANIZER;CN="John M. Walsh":https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/JohnMW
 alsh
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Gerry Re
 gan":https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/ger_regan
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="John M. 
 Walsh":https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/JohnMWalsh
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