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TCleary46 · 05-15-2005, 04:35 PM

4/10/1907

Ms. Bridget Ronaghan
24 Flagg Road,
West Hartford Connecticut

Dear Bridget,

How are things at home? I am having a great time down here in the south. We have just finished spring training in Little Rock, Arkansas. Its a lot different here than at home. I played mostly with the other young guys on the team, and have become good friends with Ben Hunt, a pitcher from Oklahoma. We are roommates here and both of us will be coming back to Hartford to play with the Senators. Tomorrow everyone will go seperate ways, the big league team with head up North for their games against the Philadelphia Athletics. I will be going with the Senators to North Carolina to play some of the other Class C teams before returning home for our home opener.

One of the veterans on our team is James "Jimmy" Callaghan. He's a pitcher from Hartford who has played for the Senators for the past 3 years after playing a Trinity College for two. I knew him the past two years and he and I have become close friends due to being from the same state. James is glad that the Red Sox purchased the Senators, because now he has a chance to make it to the majors, something he never had before. Jimmy is a great guy, and an Irishman like me. Hopefully you can meet him when we come back home in a week or so. I can't wait to see you and Tommy, give love to Mom and Dad and everyone,

Love Always,

Your Brother,

Will Ronaghan

4/12/1907

PS. I'm sorry I didn't send this sooner, but things got so hectic after the Spring Training camp broke up. We took a train to Durham, North Carolina to play Durham. The team is owned by the Philadelphia Athletics. I started at third base and batted four times, with two hits including a double (which means I made it to second base). We played two games against the Durham squad and won one, and lost one. I'm happy to say that my friend James Callaghan won the first game, pitching nine innings with 12 strikeouts. We lost the next game in a close one, 2-0, and Smokey Joe Wood, a 17 year old from Kansas City pitched very well. If Smokey Joe and Jimmy can keep pitching this way it will be a very good season! I can't wait until we return home! I'm playing two more games here in North Carolina, one in Wilmington and one in Raleigh before returning home for the start of the Connecticut League. Can't wait to see you!

05-15-2005, 04:35 PM	#6
TCleary46 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 64	4/10/1907 Ms. Bridget Ronaghan 24 Flagg Road, West Hartford Connecticut Dear Bridget, How are things at home? I am having a great time down here in the south. We have just finished spring training in Little Rock, Arkansas. Its a lot different here than at home. I played mostly with the other young guys on the team, and have become good friends with Ben Hunt, a pitcher from Oklahoma. We are roommates here and both of us will be coming back to Hartford to play with the Senators. Tomorrow everyone will go seperate ways, the big league team with head up North for their games against the Philadelphia Athletics. I will be going with the Senators to North Carolina to play some of the other Class C teams before returning home for our home opener. One of the veterans on our team is James "Jimmy" Callaghan. He's a pitcher from Hartford who has played for the Senators for the past 3 years after playing a Trinity College for two. I knew him the past two years and he and I have become close friends due to being from the same state. James is glad that the Red Sox purchased the Senators, because now he has a chance to make it to the majors, something he never had before. Jimmy is a great guy, and an Irishman like me. Hopefully you can meet him when we come back home in a week or so. I can't wait to see you and Tommy, give love to Mom and Dad and everyone, Love Always, Your Brother, Will Ronaghan 4/12/1907 PS. I'm sorry I didn't send this sooner, but things got so hectic after the Spring Training camp broke up. We took a train to Durham, North Carolina to play Durham. The team is owned by the Philadelphia Athletics. I started at third base and batted four times, with two hits including a double (which means I made it to second base). We played two games against the Durham squad and won one, and lost one. I'm happy to say that my friend James Callaghan won the first game, pitching nine innings with 12 strikeouts. We lost the next game in a close one, 2-0, and Smokey Joe Wood, a 17 year old from Kansas City pitched very well. If Smokey Joe and Jimmy can keep pitching this way it will be a very good season! I can't wait until we return home! I'm playing two more games here in North Carolina, one in Wilmington and one in Raleigh before returning home for the start of the Connecticut League. Can't wait to see you!