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BeatTheChalk
02-01-2012, 11:23 PM
Do you know who he or she was ??

Did you say Ace Rorthstein ?

B I N G O !! Now == who was he and what did he do ?
olddaddy
02-01-2012, 11:44 PM
A fictional character named after a fictional character, that is very strange.
turninforhome10
02-02-2012, 12:15 AM
Was it this guy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Rosenthal
Fingal
02-03-2012, 12:31 PM
Do you know who he or she was ??

Did you say Ace Rorthstein ?

B I N G O !! Now == who was he and what did he do ?

Ace Bernstein = Arnold Rothstein

The infamous NY businessman, gambler & one of the main players in the Jewish Mafia in the early 1900's.

Besides allegedly fixing the 1919 World Series also owned horses through shadow owners & allegedly worked the 1921 Travers in a betting coup.
Ted Craven
02-03-2012, 08:57 PM
HBO's other great show (one of them) Boardwalk Empire does a great portrayal of Arnold Rothstein. It will be interesting to see the parallels between these 2 characters.

Ted