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Arriving in Newark I am excited to make my first double A start and put the awful experience of Helena Montana behind me. I know I will not start for 3 days, so I hit the Bar and run into former Major Leaguer Swede Risberg who has been relegated to the White Sox double A affiliate. Risberg is an unsavory character who has allegedly been banished by Chaz Comiskey for conduct detrimental to the team. After a few Beers he begins to get on my nerves and after about the 5th time he calls me a Rube we go to blows. Swede's reputation is well deserved as he blackens my eye, scratching the Cornea in the process. I am now day to day and my Double A debut is pushed back..........management can not be happy with me now and I have yet to even take a woman home in my Bar excursions........Hopefully my Mother will respond to my latest letter with words of encouragement and home made cookies.
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