The first game will be played at the Days Inn on Easton Road
in Horsham, Pa featuring special guests, free hot dogs &
popcorn and free admission. A portion of the proceeds have
been promised to benefit the Special Olympics. The starting
lineup of our special guests includes regulars, Bobby Shantz,
Joe Astroth, & Lou Brissie. Representing other stars from
the 1950/1960's are Dick Tracewski & Bob Friend. A very
special treat will be Ladies from the All-American Professional
Girls Baseball League such as Salty Ferguson & Joannne
McComb. A very special attraction for both days will be the
appearance of representatives of David Hunts Auctions Inc.
of Exton,Pa who will be on site to appraise, free of any charges,
those collectibles you have had hidden in your closet all
these years wondering your grandfather or father saved hidden
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The Society will convert the Days Inn Lobby shown
here for all of Saturday's events
As of press time the Society’s Special Projects Committee
is currently in the process of pursuing other special guests
yet to be confirmed. An autograph session is scheduled from
11am-2pm for all guests Another feature will be the availability
of the Limited Edition Hartland figurines designed this year
for the Society by the popular Hartland LLC a leader in the
field., included in these nostalgic scarce collectibles are,
Lou Brissie, Mickey Vernon & a rare dual mounted figurine
of one of Connie Mack’s favorite battery mates Joe Astroth
& Bobby Shantz.. A Hartland figurine special discounted
show price will be made available on both days to all attendees.
Sorry, no pre orders on show pricing.
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Sundays “NITE
CAP” moves down the road a short bit to The Williamsons
Restaurant and will virtually include the same guests. A few
sports memorabilia dealers have been invited including those
from the non -sports Crafts Field. Doors will open at 10 am
for this part of the days events.
A special by reservation only full course dinner is scheduled
at 4pm.
NO AUTOGRAPH REQUESTS BEFORE, DURING OR AFTER DINNER,
PLEASE COMPLY.
Open seating, tickets are $75 each
and can be purchased now through the A’s Society Gift
Shoppe at 1-800-318-0483 or click
here to download and print out the order form.
The Rabbi Shmuel Jablon currently the principal of the Torah
Academy in Wynnewood, PA will be the pre dinner 4pm speaker
Rabbi Jablon who admits to being a huge A’s Bobby Shantz
fan has recently moved into this area from his previous position
in a Cleveland, Ohio, suburb. Hopefully he will not remind
us of that “almost” 1948 season. His topic will
be ''Tradition, Tradition, What's Jewish about Baseball?"
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Rabbi Shmuel & Max Silberman, Society Historian |
