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Al Capone played semi-pro baseball in Brooklyn before turning to crime

Before he was bashing heads, Al Capone bashed baseballs for a semi-pro team in Brooklyn. “Scarface” — born and raised in hardscrabble downtown Brooklyn — starred as a sweet-swinging first baseman and fireballing pitcher from 1916 to 1918 alongside his older brother Ralph, according to Montreal gangland historian Mario Gomes, head of myalcaponemuseum, who recently unearthed...

 

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