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Brother Buzz

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7. The Chicago Cubs used to play in that marine layer...

Reply to Magoo48 (Reply #6)

Thu Aug 6, 2020, 01:23 AM

Aug 2020

back when they held Spring training out on Catalina Island.

Hell, even Ronald Reagan was over there doing radio announcing for the Cubs. That is, when he wasn't making screen tests on the mainland. One could make the argument that if Wrigley had never purchased Catalina Island, Ronnie Boy would NEVER have made it to the White House. Fucking chewing gum was Ronald Reagan's stepping stone to the White House!

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