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Podcast: Past Ball Podcast
Episode: First MLB All Star Game | Pastball Podcast #53
Description: Arch Ward was born in 1896 in Irwin, Ill., about 55 miles south of Chicago, and grew up dreaming of playing for his beloved White Sox.Those dreams, though, were dashed early by poor eyesight and sloth-like speed. Ward would need to find another way to make an impact on the game of baseball, and he would do so by wielding influence rather than a Louisville Slugger. Years later, as a powerful, well-connected sports editor and promoter, this man of many caps put on his thinking cap and created an event that gave baseball’s biggest stars an opportunity to...