August 7, 2010
Archive for the ‘Events & News’ Category
MANAGERS FROM COMCAST ARE SHOWN HERE AS THEY HELD THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING IN THE FRIENDLY CONFINES OF THE SOCIETY’S MUSEUM RECENTLY. MORE OF THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETINGS WILL BE ADDED AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM COMCAST. THE SOCIETY HAS OFFERED SPACE FOR MANY OTHER PROFESSIONAL COMPANY’S WHO CHOOSE TO MEET OFF SITE FROM […]
AUTOGRAPHED Straight Talk from Wild Thing Mitch Williams With Darrell Berger, forword by John Kruk 194 page hard cover So the 1993 season ends with Joe Carter’s homer off Mitch. I’m playing first. The first thing I thought to myself was, okay, its over, we had a helluva run. We finished last the year […]
HOW IT BEGAN: During a visit to the Naval Aviation Museum, President H.W. Bush discussed the positive impact baseball had on morale during WWII. His comments initiated the development of military baseball in the modern era. Over two decades later, we are the only program in history to wear camouflage uniforms with historical references to […]
Saturday July 17, 2010 at the Days Inn on Easton Road, Horsham, Pa. 10am-noon A chat with ‘Salty’ Sands By Mike Morsch Sarah Jane “Salty” Sands and some of the other original players of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League were a little concerned when Madonna was cast for the 1992 movie “A League of […]
Published: Sunday, July 11, 2010 By Harry Chaykun, hchaykun@delcotimes.com The people at the Delaware Valley Brandywine Visitors Bureau and Delco Athletes Hall of Fame picked the right week to have the United States Military All-Stars baseball team visit the area. The problem was that they couldn’t pick the weather.
A packed house of The Philadelphia Protestant Home residents and visitors were held spell bound this past May as Tony Zanzinger shared his military memorabilia collection and experiences as a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. His extensive collection includes articles from both the Allies and the Germans. Tony parachuted […]
Lou Brissie has been honored at three recent events in his native state of South Carolina. On Saturday May 8th, 2010 Lou received an honorary Doctorate Of Public Service degree from his alma mater Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC. Lou played college baseball at Presbyterian under head coach Chick Galloway a former Philadelphia A’s shortstop […]
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