Early Life
Born on Chicago’s South Side not far from Comiskey Park, Lindstrom as a youngster was an ardent White Sox fan, often playing hooky from school to watch their games. He was devastated when his hero, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and other teammates were banned from baseball for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series. Three years later, after a tryout with the Cubs didn’t pan out, he signed a contract at the age of 16 with the New York Giants. A sophomore at Chicago’s Loyola Academy at the time, he was assigned to the Toledo Mudhens where he played for two years with such future Giant teammates as Travis Jackson and Bill Terry.
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