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Ed Achorn



The Legacy of Corruption in the Ocean State 

Rhode Island's amazing and colorful history of corruption - from its founding to its years as a haven for smugglers and slavers, from its ugly political wars of the nineteenth century to the present day. What factors have contributed to creating a "culture of corruption" in the Ocean State? Is the state improving? Share your ideas and opinions about this curious phenomenon. 

 

Rough Diamonds: The Providence Grays and the Brutal World of Early Major League Baseball
Inthe 19th Century, Rhode Island was booming. Its factories turned out some of the most highly advanced products in the world, while America's wealthiest families were turning Newport into their personal playground,complete with fabulous mansions they called cottages. And Providence was home to one of America's best baseball teams in the National League:the Providence Grays, winners of baseball's first World Series.

Thispresentation takes us into the fascinating and brutal world Gilded Age major-league baseball, when men played bare-handed, cheated all they could when the umpire's head was turned, faced horrible injuries, drank heavily, and flirted with gambling corruption. Learn about such future Hall of Famers as the legendary Wright Brothers (George and Harry), "OldHoss" Radbourn (who won 60 games in a single season), Jim O'Rourke, Johnny Ward, and a host of remarkable characters who shared the Darwinian ethic of their time---when winning was everything.

 

EdwardAchorn is an award-winning deputy editorial pages editor and columnist with The Providence Journal and was a Pulitzer prize finalist.His articles have appeared nationally, and he is currently working on abook about early baseball.

 

Needs (ifpossible): Data projector that can show a Power Point presentation, a screen, a table, and an extension cord, and water.