Tom Connelly
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"Thomas Martin Connelly" was an United States/American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played five games in 1920 and 1921 for the New York Yankees. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. In his career, he failed to hit any home runs, had no run batted in/runs batted in, and batting average/batted .167. He died at age 43 in Hines, Illinois.

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There were many personal attacks, and Mike was in the cross-hairs of those attacks. It got to him.

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