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Richie “The Boot” Boiardo: The Real-Life Tony Soprano |
David Chase has said that Richie and his family were the bones beneath the Soprano name. Richie himself believed he was the primary inspiration for Vito Corleone—not just the television mob boss, but the original one. ‘The Godfather’—the book, the films, the whole mythology. So who was this man, and how deep does his shadow actually run? |
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Baseball Was Born in New Jersey. Here's Where It Happened. |
On June 19, 1846, a baseball game was played in Hoboken changed everything. The New York Base Ball Club defeated the Knickerbockers 23 to 1 on a field called Elysian Fields—and for the first time, the rules looked something like the game America would come to love. The field is gone. The bones of that day are not. |
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Batsto Village: The Pine Barrens’ Best Kept Secret |
In the Pine Barrens, this is Batsto, and before its restoration in the 1970s, it was the symbol of a bygone era of American industry. From its birth in the 1760s as a quiet woodworking hamlet, Batsto quickly became an integral part of America’s liberation from the British monarchy. Its story is flush with bureaucracy, war, and capitalism, while somehow dodging the radar of mainstream history. |
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