THE BLACK HAND FORUM

Pogo The Clown wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 6:26 pm

Pogo The Clown wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 10:19 am What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy? Baseball! A man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? Part of a team. Teamwork.... Looks, throws, catches, hustles - part of one big team. Bats himself the live-long day, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and so on. If his team don't field... what is he? You follow me? No one! Sunny day, the stands are full of fans. What does he have to say? "I'm goin' out there for myself. But... I get nowhere unless the team wins."

This was DeNiro as Capone in The Untouchables by the way.


Pogo

Pogo The Clown wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 10:19 am What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy? Baseball! A man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? Part of a team. Teamwork.... Looks, throws, catches, hustles - part of one big team. Bats himself the live-long day, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and so on. If his team don't field... what is he? You follow me? No one! Sunny day, the stands are full of fans. What does he have to say? "I'm goin' out there for myself. But... I get nowhere unless the team wins."

Uforeality wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 1:52 pm Those guys in Chicago had a legendary control and influence on the entire fabric of the Chicago life. Police, judges and politicians all being influenced. I think that was partially where a lot of the violence stemmed from.

Antiliar wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 1:41 pm According to Matt Luzi, Accardo also testified before a grand jury under a grant of immunity and actually gave up some information. Too bad (for us) grand jury proceedings are kept secret.

aleksandrored wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 10:26 am

PolackTony wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 10:09 am

aleksandrored wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 9:07 am According to the 1984 Senate hearing when Accardo was asked about his nickname:
"Just one day someone came by that name (Joe Batters) and started calling you that?"
"Yes sir"

That’s what they called him in Bunchawanaland.

There's no way to take this Senate Hearing seriously, it felt like a joke

PolackTony wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 10:09 am

aleksandrored wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 9:07 am According to the 1984 Senate hearing when Accardo was asked about his nickname:
"Just one day someone came by that name (Joe Batters) and started calling you that?"
"Yes sir"

That’s what they called him in Bunchawanaland.

Antiliar wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 10:06 pm The Anselmi-Scalise baseball bat beating is a myth. The coroner's report shows that they weren't beaten to death by baseball bats, they were shot to death with bullets. So the exact origin of how Accardo got his nickname of Joe Batters is unknown. We can presume he beat people with bats, but we don't have any solid evidence.

aleksandrored wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 9:07 am According to the 1984 Senate hearing when Accardo was asked about his nickname:
"Just one day someone came by that name (Joe Batters) and started calling you that?"
"Yes sir"

Snakes wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 7:21 pm

davidf1989 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 1:55 pm Thanks for your reply and wasn't Butch Blasi Giancana's driver or something?

I can't remember if he actually drove for Sam, but he was definitely one of a handful of guys (Dick Cain and Chuckie English being two others) who were close with him after he left for Mexico.