J. R. Moehringer Quote

In Manhasset you were either Yankees or Mets, rich or poor, sober or drunk...You were 'Gaelic' or 'garlic," as one schoolmate told me, and I couldn't admit, to him or myself, that I had both Irish and Italian ancestors.


The Tender Bar (ed. Hachette UK, 2011) - ISBN: 9781444717952


In Manhasset you were either Yankees or Mets, rich or poor, sober or drunk...You were 'Gaelic' or 'garlic, as one schoolmate told me, and I couldn't...

In Manhasset you were either Yankees or Mets, rich or poor, sober or drunk...You were 'Gaelic' or 'garlic, as one schoolmate told me, and I couldn't...

In Manhasset you were either Yankees or Mets, rich or poor, sober or drunk...You were 'Gaelic' or 'garlic, as one schoolmate told me, and I couldn't...

In Manhasset you were either Yankees or Mets, rich or poor, sober or drunk...You were 'Gaelic' or 'garlic, as one schoolmate told me, and I couldn't...